How long is the waiting time for court decision in Berlin?

Question

Hello community. I am a rejected asylum seeker in Berlin and have made an appeal to the court in October. How long is the waiting time for court decision in Berlin?

Comments

Dear @Meike, Thank you for the information. My case my an outright or simple rejection. Rightnow, I am doing the language integration course so I can apply for ausbildung immediately when I get my B1 language certificate, do you think this is achievable in 8 months time from now? When I was applying for asylum, unfortunately I made my identity clear to them by giving them my passport. Except for my appeal case which is pending at the court, all the legalities to deport me exist and I read that it is very difficult to win an asylum case at the court here in Berlin. Hence my only hope to prolonged my stay here hangs on the possibility of doing an ausbildung which will shatter if the court decides on my case before I get my B1 certificate. Please advise me on what to do and other possibilities too if you know of any. I can barely sleep nowadays because of the situation.

Answer 1

Dear @Ajawo96,

Welcome to the Wefugees Community and thank you for your question.

When asylum seekers appeal against a BAMF decision, the waiting time for the respective court decisions varies significantly across Germany's federal states and regions and of course from case to case as well. The government is constantly trying to speed up the process and implements new measures and laws (experts doubt, however, that the currently planned measures will actually have an effect).

In 2022, the wating period was around 19 months in Berlin (and around 1-2 months for people who submitted an "Eilantrag"/urgent appeal, i.e. when rejected "obviously unfounded" by the BAMF). For 2023, I could not find specific data for Berlin yet. According to this article, however, the waiting period declines generally in Germany (on average).

Maybe my colleagues or other community members can add more to my findings.

In any case, please don't hesitate to get back to us with any further questions.

All the best,

Meike