What is Judge Chak Wong's background?
EOIR's notice says that Chak Wong was appointed in September 2026. Judge Wong earned a Bachelor of Science in 2007 from Stony Brook University and a Juris Doctor in 2011 from the University at Buffalo School of Law. From 2021 to August 2026, he served as a supervisory immigration services officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, at the Newark Field Office, HART Service Center, and Queens Field Office. From 2015 to 2021, he served as an asylum officer and immigration services officer with USCIS, DHS, in New York, New York. From 2011 to 2015, he was in private practice at law firms in New Jersey and New York.
What the official record establishes
The source lists the name Chak Wong in 1 alphabetical row. The recorded title is Immigration Judge. The record is not an appointment history or an employment certification.
Dated court associations
EOIR’s court-specific tables associate this entry with Newark Immigration Court. The relationship is recorded as listed 2026-10-20; it may include supervisory coverage rather than a merits-hearing assignment.
No outcome or personal-profile claims
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