Affirmative Asylum Report Key (source: Affirmative Asylum Application Statistics and Decisions Annual Report) Applications Filed: The total number of new asylum cases received and reopened cases. Applications Received: The number of new asylum cases USCIS received during the fiscal year. Applications Reopened: The total number of previously administratively closed asylum cases that were reopened. Cases Completed: The total number of cases approved, denied, interviewed referred, uninterviewed referred, and administratively closed. Approved: The number of cases that USCIS approved for asylum status during the fiscal year. Denied: The number of cases USCIS interviewed and found ineligible for asylum status while in lawful immigration status. Interviewed Referred: The number of cases USCIS interviewed, found ineligible for asylum status, and referred to the Immigration Judge because the applicant was not in lawful immigration status. Included is the number of referrals following termination of approved asylum applications. Filing Deadline Referrals: The number of cases USCIS interviewed and found ineligible for asylum status and referred to the Immigration Judge because the applicant failed to establish that they met the one year filing deadline or exceptions Un-interviewed Referred: The number of cases USCIS referred to the Immigration Judge because the applicant failed to appear for interview or withdrew his or her asylum application and were not in lawful immigration status. Administratively Closed: The number of cases USCIS administratively closed for lack of jurisdiction, withdrawn by an applicant who is a lawful permanent resident, or found ineligible due to status as a US Citizen, outside the US/abandoned, or denied for failure to appear. NOTE: Cases completed in any fiscal year could have been filed, received, or reopened in previous fiscal years. Cases may include more than one individual (e.g., an applicant and a spouse and/or children). 120