The 1-800 EOIR number is 1-800-898-7180, the Executive Office for Immigration Review’s free automated case information line. Call it any time, enter your nine-digit A-Number, and the system will read out your next hearing date and location, the immigration judge’s decision if one has been issued, Board of Immigration Appeals information including appeal and brief due dates, and filing information.1United States Department of Justice. Check Case Status2Department of Justice. Customer Service Initiatives The line runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in English and Spanish, from any phone in the United States.
How the Call Works
The system asks you to pick a language, then to enter your nine-digit A-Number on the keypad. It reads the number back for you to confirm, then spells out the name on file and asks you to confirm again before releasing any details. Those two confirmations exist to keep you from accidentally pulling up someone else’s record.
Hearing-impaired callers can use the TDD line at 800-828-1120.3United States Department of Justice. Immigration Court Information
What You Need Before You Call
Just your A-Number. It’s the nine-digit number the government assigns to foreign nationals in immigration proceedings, and you can find it on your Notice to Appear (Form I-862), any green card you hold, or correspondence from the Department of Homeland Security or the immigration court.4Executive Office for Immigration Review. EOIR Case Information On a Notice to Appear, it sits near the top of the first page next to the field labeled “File No.”
Enter digits only, no letter “A.” If your A-Number is only eight digits, add a zero at the front so it’s nine.
What Each Menu Option Tells You
After you confirm your identity, the recording offers a numbered menu. The available information covers your next hearing date, time, and court location; case processing details; the immigration judge’s decision and its date; BIA information including appeal and brief due dates; and filing information.2Department of Justice. Customer Service Initiatives
- Option 1: your next hearing date, time, location, and the assigned immigration judge.
- Option 2: case processing information, including the status of pending motions such as a Motion to Reopen or Motion to Reconsider.5Social Security Administration. Verifying Asylee Status Through the Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
- Option 3: the immigration judge’s decision outcome and the date it was issued.
- Option 4: BIA case information, including appeal due dates, brief due dates, and decision outcomes.5Social Security Administration. Verifying Asylee Status Through the Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
- Option 5: filing information.5Social Security Administration. Verifying Asylee Status Through the Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
If a judge is still hearing your case, the system reports it as “Pending.” If a final decision has been issued, you’ll hear whether the judge granted relief, meaning you may remain in the country, or ordered removal.
One limit worth knowing: the automated system only shows the most recent case associated with your A-Number. If you’ve had more than one case, older case details won’t appear.4Executive Office for Immigration Review. EOIR Case Information
The Same Information Online
You don’t have to call. The EOIR Automated Case Information System website at acis.eoir.justice.gov shows the same basic status: next hearing date, court decision and motion information, BIA case details, and court contact information. Like the phone line, it needs only your A-Number and no account.4Executive Office for Immigration Review. EOIR Case Information
The Respondent Access Portal
EOIR also runs a Respondent Access Portal that goes further than either the hotline or the basic online lookup. Through it, you can view detailed case information and your full proceeding history, download a complete copy of your case file (the electronic Record of Proceeding), and file documents with the court electronically.6Executive Office for Immigration Review. Respondent Access Portal Frequently Asked Questions
Enrollment is being phased in. If you don’t have an attorney or accredited representative, you can register on your own, provided your case is not consolidated with a minor’s case. If you do have an attorney, you have to wait until EOIR mails you an official notice with registration instructions. Registration requires a DOJ Login account, and the mailed notice walks you through creating one.6Executive Office for Immigration Review. Respondent Access Portal Frequently Asked Questions
Checking Your Asylum EAD Clock
If you have a pending asylum application, the same hotline tracks your asylum employment authorization document clock: the count of days since you filed your asylum application that determines when you become eligible to apply for work authorization. Call 1-800-898-7180, or check it through the ECAS Case Portal or Respondent Access Portal.7Executive Office for Immigration Review. Asylum EAD Clock Correction Requests
If your clock looks wrong, where you send the correction request depends on where your case stands. For cases still before an immigration court, send it to the asylum clock email address listed on that court’s website. For cases on appeal before the BIA, send it to Asylum.Clock.OGC@usdoj.gov or by mail to the Office of the General Counsel at EOIR in Falls Church, Virginia. Include your name, A-Number, and an explanation of why you believe the clock is incorrect.7Executive Office for Immigration Review. Asylum EAD Clock Correction Requests
If the System Can’t Find Your Case
Two things usually cause a “no case found” result: a typo in the A-Number, or a case the government hasn’t filed with an immigration court yet. Check that you entered all nine digits, with a leading zero if your number is eight digits, and try again. If it still doesn’t find you, the case likely just hasn’t been docketed. Call back at least once a week so you know when a hearing gets scheduled.8ICE Portal. Court Case Status: Legal Orientation Handout
“Do Not Release” Cases
Some cases are flagged “Do Not Release” in the system. When that flag is on, the phone line and the basic online lookup won’t show detailed case information. The Respondent Access Portal will, so registering for the portal is the way through this block.6Executive Office for Immigration Review. Respondent Access Portal Frequently Asked Questions
Information That Looks Wrong
If a hearing date, court location, or status doesn’t match what you expected, contact the immigration court handling your case directly. Court phone numbers and addresses are listed on the EOIR website.
Keep Your Address Updated
Whatever the hotline tells you about your next hearing only reaches you at home if your address on file is current. The immigration court sends hearing notices and decisions to the address you’ve given it. Move without updating, and you won’t get the notice, you’ll miss the hearing, and the judge can order you removed in your absence.
After any change to your address or phone number, file Form EOIR-33 with the immigration court within five working days.9U.S. Department of Justice. Form EOIR-33 Change of Address/Contact Information Form You can submit it through the Respondent Access Portal if you have an account.10EOIR Respondent Access. Change of Address Form (EOIR-33/IC) If your address is wrong from the start because your Notice to Appear lists the wrong contact information, the same five-day window applies from the date you receive that document.
Federal law requires an immigration judge to order you removed in absentia if the government proves you received written notice of the hearing and that you are removable. Notice counts as legally sufficient if it was sent to the most recent address you gave the court. If you never provided an address, the government doesn’t even need to prove it sent notice.11Office of the Law Revision Counsel. 8 USC 1229a – Removal Proceedings An in absentia order can make you ineligible for voluntary departure, cancellation of removal, and adjustment of status for ten years after it becomes final.10EOIR Respondent Access. Change of Address Form (EOIR-33/IC)
The hotline is the fastest way to catch a hearing you didn’t know about. If a date shows up that you weren’t expecting, call the court right away and, if you’re near the appeal window on any decision, verify the deadline against current EOIR guidance or with an attorney before you rely on the recording.