Immigration court: how to find your hearing date

Official EOIR services show the date, time and place of your hearing by A-number. Here is how to use them and what each stage of the case means.

This is how the I-GUIDE app shows a court case. The number and date here are made up.

EOIRA000-000-000

Next HearingMASTERFebruary 17, 2027

PendingDecisionAppeal

What you need

A-number: The letter A and 8 or 9 digits, printed on letters from DHS and EOIR. Enter 9 digits without the A; if there are 8, type 0 first. Format: A000-000-000.

How to find your hearing date

Online: ACIS
Open ACIS, the official EOIR website, accept the terms, enter the 9 digits of your A-number and your nationality, and pass the “I’m not a robot” check. If the check fails, ACIS asks you to try again in 5 minutes.
You will see your next hearing (master or individual), the date, time, court address, judge, decision and appeal deadline, for the most recent case only. For a bond hearing, ask the court.
Open ACIS
By phone
EOIR's automated case information line: toll-free, 24 hours a day, in English and Spanish. When the voice prompt asks, enter the 9 digits of your A-number: you will hear the date, time and place of your hearing, the judge's decision and appeal information.
Call 1-800-898-7180
EOIR Respondent Access Portal
If you have no lawyer and EOIR mailed you a letter inviting you to register, use the Respondent Access Portal: all your hearings, documents and the asylum clock. Without that letter you cannot register yet, as EOIR enrolls people in phases. If you have a lawyer, they see your case in the ECAS portal.
If your case is not found
ACIS says “No case found for this A-Number”? Check the digits and the country. A court case starts only when DHS files the Notice to Appear (NTA) with the court, and the NTA can be served on you earlier, even with a date. If your NTA has a date but there is no case, call the court named in it (court addresses and phones) and check again later.

Protect your A-number

Do not give your A-number to strangers who offer “help”, and do not enter it on websites you do not trust. The check on this page goes from your browser straight to the EOIR court system: your name and A-number are not sent to I-GUIDE servers.

What each stage means

Notice to Appear (NTA)
The case starts with it. If the NTA has no date, the hearing notice comes by mail to the address the court has on file.
Master calendar hearing
The judge explains your rights and the charges, you answer them and name the relief you seek, such as asylum; the judge sets deadlines for documents. Without a lawyer you can ask for time to find one, and the court gives you a list of free legal service providers.
Individual (merits) hearing
The main hearing: testimony under oath, witnesses, evidence, questions from the DHS attorney. Documents are filed in advance, by the deadlines set.
Decision
Given orally at the end of the hearing (you receive a signed summary order) or in writing later. If no appeal is filed, the decision becomes final.
Appeal to the BIA
Form EOIR-26 must reach the BIA within 30 calendar days after an oral decision or the mailing of a written one. The date of receipt counts, and the deadline cannot be extended. BIA phone line: 703-605-1007.

Missing a hearing means a removal order in absentia

If you do not come or are late, the judge may order you removed in absentia. Such an order cannot be appealed to the BIA; you can only ask the court to reopen the case: within 180 days for exceptional circumstances such as serious illness, or at any time if you did not receive notice of the hearing. Come early: delays at security screening do not excuse being late.

In 2025–2026 there were reports of ICE arrests inside immigration courts; the rules for them are being challenged in federal courts (court order, The Intercept). If you are worried about arrest, discuss it with a lawyer before the hearing instead of skipping it.

New address: Form EOIR-33 within 5 days

The court mails notices to the address it has on file. If you move or change your phone number, file Form EOIR-33/IC within 5 days: online in EOIR Respondent Access (no account needed) or on paper. If your case is at the BIA, use EOIR-33/BIA. A phone call, a letter or an address in an application does not count.

Courts and judges: statistics
EOIR data for every court and judge: asylum grant rates, case length, backlog, appeals.

3,025,539
cases waiting in the courts
14.4%
approvals at final hearings over the year
16.3%
approvals with an attorney; without one: 3.2%
31 months
pass before the court decides (median)

EOIR data as of September 30, 2026, calculated by stats.i-guide.org. Approvals are decisions in the person’s favor at final (individual) hearings over the last 12 months.