Overview

• The former senior Afghan judge and his family filed a constitutional complaint with an urgent request for an interim visa, and a court spokesperson confirmed receipt.
• The family received an admission assurance in December 2022, cleared security checks, and has waited in Pakistan under GIZ support without visas.
• The Berlin-Brandenburg higher administrative court held their Überbrückungsliste assurance to be nonbinding, unlike recent administrative-court orders that enabled several dozen Bundesaufnahmeprogramm beneficiaries to enter Germany.
• The Interior Ministry reports about 1,910 people with German assurances are still in Pakistan awaiting visas, while roughly 250 have been detained and deported to Afghanistan since mid‑August.
• The Union–SPD government suspended voluntary intake programs in May and is conducting case-by-case reviews, so a constitutional ruling on reliance and protection duties could shape outcomes for many remaining applicants.