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New York City's two immigration courts, 26 Federal Plaza (Broadway) and 201 Varick Street, carry an estimated 195,000 pending cases between them, with master calendar hearings often set years out. Buffalo, Batavia (detained docket), and the video courts serve the rest of the state.
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The lookup opens on New York's immigration courts with estimated waits and backlogs, links to directions, and the EOIR case check with your A-number.
Your Notice to Appear names the court; detained cases are heard at the facility's docket, usually by video.
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Wait times, judge counts, and pending-case figures are estimates and change constantly. Confirm the address and your hearing details on the official EOIR court directory before your hearing. Your assigned court may differ from the nearest one.
Walking into immigration court without a lawyer is how good cases get lost. Tell us your court and hearing date and we will tell you what to expect.
Disclaimer: Court addresses and phone numbers change, and wait-time, judge, and backlog figures are estimates. Always confirm your assigned court and hearing details through the official EOIR system before traveling to court. This tool provides general information only and is not legal advice. Using it does not create an attorney-client relationship with Santos Khoury Law.
Removal proceedings, explained
New York City's two immigration courts, 26 Federal Plaza (Broadway) and 201 Varick Street, carry an estimated 195,000 pending cases between them, with master calendar hearings often set years out. Buffalo, Batavia (detained docket), and the video courts serve the rest of the state.
The charging document that starts removal proceedings. It lists the allegations and the charge; every line is checked against the record, and defective notices are grounds to terminate.
A short first hearing where the judge confirms the charges, sets deadlines, and schedules the next date. Never miss it: an absence produces a removal order.
When the allegations are wrong, the notice is defective, or status was never lost, we ask the judge to end the case before it reaches a merits hearing.
Cancellation of removal, asylum, withholding, adjustment of status through a family member, waivers, and voluntary departure as a last resort. The record decides which apply.
The trial on the merits: testimony, evidence, cross-examination, and a decision. Preparation of the client and the witnesses is most of the work.
Board of Immigration Appeals within 30 days; petitions for review in federal court; motions to reopen for new evidence, defective notice, or changed law, even years later.
New York immigration facts
New York City (Broadway) Immigration Court
26 Federal Plaza, Room 1237, New York, NY 10278
Est. wait 4.5 yrs · 35 judges · Pending 130,000
New York City (Varick) Immigration Court
201 Varick St, Suite 1130, New York, NY 10014
Est. wait 4.2 yrs · 18 judges · Pending 65,000
Wait times and pending-case figures are estimates; confirm your hearing with your A-number through EOIR.
People arrested by ICE in New York City are often processed at 26 Federal Plaza and moved within days to Delaney Hall or Elizabeth in New Jersey, to Batavia in western New York, or out of state. Locating them quickly is the first job.
Affirmative asylum interviews for New York residents are generally scheduled through the New York Asylum Office (Bethpage, NY).
USCIS field offices serving New York: New York City (Manhattan), Queens, Brooklyn, Long Island (Holtsville), Buffalo, Albany.
Our attorneys are admitted in New York and appear at the New York City immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza and Varick Street, in person and by video.
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Common questions
Non-detained cases in New York are heard at the New York City (Broadway), New York City (Varick) immigration courts. Detained cases are heard on the docket of the facility holding the person, usually by video. Your Notice to Appear names the court.
Not yet. A Notice to Appear starts removal proceedings; it is not a deportation order. The allegations can be contested, proceedings can be terminated in the right cases, and relief such as cancellation of removal, asylum, or adjustment of status can be pursued. Do not miss the hearing.
The judge can order removal in your absence. A motion to reopen must be filed quickly with evidence of the reason, such as lack of notice or exceptional circumstances. Use the court lookup on this page to confirm your hearing date.
The New York City (Broadway), New York City (Varick) courts carry an estimated 195,000 pending cases, with non-detained hearings often set years out. Detained cases move in weeks. Time is either an asset or a threat depending on how it is used.
Often. Appeals go to the Board of Immigration Appeals within 30 days of the judge's decision, and motions to reopen or reconsider have their own deadlines and exceptions. Even old orders can sometimes be reopened when notice was defective or the law changed.
File Form EOIR-33 with your court within five days of moving. Notices go to the address on file, and a missed notice rarely undoes an in absentia order.
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