Bundesaufnahmeprogramm
(Federal Admission Program)

What’s the Deal?

The German government has announced an admission program for Afghans at risk – what does that mean, and how does it work?

IMPORTANT: Kabul Luftbruecke is currently not a „Meldeberechtigte Stelle“ and cannot refer cases to the Federal Admission Program. Registrations by other NGOs, so-called “Meldeberechtigte Stellen”, are always free of charge.

The ministries of the interior and exterior have finalized a humanitarian admission program, which will cover 1000 people (family members already included) per month; HOWEVER, note the following:

  • The program proceeds in layered selection rounds. Therefore, it is not an emergency evacuation programme, but will stretch over the next months and possibly years
  • Individuals CAN NOT register with the government themselves.
  • Only selected NGOs can nominate people for the program. “Kabul Luftbruecke” is currently not able to refer people to the federal admission program.
  • Each proposal submitted by an NGO must then be reviewed by the “Civil Society Coordination Unit”, and can then be entered as an application into the Admission Program.
  • Please do not send us any emails or documents as we cannot refer them to the coordination unit.
  • The program is designed and executed by the German government. You can find the government’s website section on the program here. Further information are also available on the website of Handbook Germany in Dari / Pashto.
  • The selection of people who are admitted to Germany via the Federal Admission Program lies exclusively with the German Federal Government. Neither Kabul Luftbruecke nor any other NGO is involved in the government’s decision-making processes.

Frequently Asked Questions

For the new Federal Admission Program we have put the following questions and answers together. Please note that these answers are preliminary and are continuously updated.

The target group for admissions are Afghan nationals still living in Afghanistan who

  • have exposed themselves to particular risk through their commitment to women’s/human rights or their work in the spheres of justice, politics, the media, education, culture, sport or academia and are thus vulnerable
and/or
  •  due to the special circumstances of their individual cases have experienced or are experiencing violence or persecution based on their gender, sexual orientation or gender identity or religion and are therefore at concrete and personal risk. In particular, these are victims of serious individual women’s rights violations, homo- or transphobic human rights violations or vulnerable representatives of religious groups/communities.

you can NOT register directly with the German government for the admission program. Registration takes place via certain non-governmental organizations. These are called „Meldeberechtigte Stellen“. These organizations are not publicly known.

No. Since the information requested for the federal admission program differs from the data previously requested, registration must unfortunately be repeated.

Registering with Koordinierungsstelle is not automatically a registration for the admission programme. Please use this link for further information: (https://www.koordinierungsstelle.org)

No. Momentarily, the selection procedure of the admission programme only addresses people who are residing in Afghanistan at the moment of registration. (https://www.bundesaufnahmeprogrammafghanistan.de/bundesaufnahme-en/bundesaufnahmeprogramm-faq/-/2557876).

No. The local travel agencies do NOT play a role in this program. Only a limited number of organizations (NGOs) based in Germany have access to register people for this program. The official registration offices are based in Germany and do not charge money for registration. ATTENTION – offers from organizations that charge money for registration are fraudulent! Recently, we have noticed an increasing number of people falsely claiming to be part of “Kabul Luftbruecke” and demanding money. If you come across such incidents, please report them to info@kabulluftbrücke.de.

No. The new admission program does not require any sort of payment.