Administrative Court: Germany must give Afghan Visa!

Administrative Court: Germany must give Afghan Visa!

Berlin, Deutschland - The administrative court in Berlin has decided that Germany must give Afghan citizens and their family members who have received admission commitments as part of the Federal Recording Program for Afghanistan. This judgment was announced on July 7, 2025 by the 8th Chamber of the Court and is an important step for the applicants concerned who are currently in Pakistan and are waiting for the implementation of their admission commitments that they received in October 2023. So far, they had made visa applications at the German Embassy in Islamabad, but without success. berlin.de reports that the applicants raise a legal right to the visa and argue that they are deported in Pakistan according to Afghanistan threatens.

The Federal Admission Program for Afghanistan was launched in October 2022 to enable particularly endangered Afghans and their family members to enter Germany. About Federal recording programfghanistan.de Interested information about the program. The focus is currently on the departure of people who have already received an admission of admission. Since the beginning of the program, over 33,200 people have successfully entered Germany, including many former local forces and other endangered Afghans.

Currently, however, around 2,600 particularly endangered Afghans in Pakistan are waiting for their recording. Many of them are people who had to flee from the Taliban due to their work for German institutions or their political beliefs. The Federal Government offers support for departure that includes accommodation and medical care. Entry is always accompanied by security checks to ensure security in Germany.

prospects and political debates

Although the executive federal government fulfills commitments and takes into account the current case laws, there are efforts to suspend the entrance programs. According to Tagesschau discusses the potential black and red government coalition on the limitation of the newly incurring refugees, which could affect the existing programs. Critics of current politics, including many Union politicians, blame the government for the ongoing challenges in the admission.