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Berlin Court Orders Visa Issuance for Afghan Family

The ruling turns non-revoked admission notices into enforceable obligations despite the government’s suspension of new resettlement flights

Verwaltungsgericht Berlin
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Overview

  • The Berlin Administrative Court ruled on July 8 that the Foreign Office must issue visas immediately to an Afghan woman and her 13 relatives based on binding admission notices.
  • Judges held that final, non-revoked Aufnahmebescheide legally oblige Germany to grant entry and cannot be undone by the new coalition’s policy changes.
  • The Foreign Office may appeal the decision to the Higher Administrative Court, a step that could postpone the family’s departure even after the order.
  • About 2,400 other Afghan pledge-holders remain in Pakistan awaiting visas under the federal admission program halted in early May.
  • The NGO Kabul Luftbrücke has filed roughly 40 similar emergency applications to compel the government to honor its existing commitments to vulnerable Afghans.