Since the start of the war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have come to Germany. For many of them, the time will come in about two years when they will be eligible for naturalization . From February 24, 2027, onward, numerous new applications could be submitted to the German naturalization authorities . This represents a further significant organizational challenge for the authorities, as German naturalization law is already characterized by absurdly...

The year 2025 was particularly dynamic for VISAGUARD and the entire migration landscape in Germany . Numerous new developments, political decisions, and legal debates shaped the field. On a professional level, the focus was primarily on the abolition of so-called "turbo naturalization" (including corresponding "last-minute cases") and the heated discussions surrounding the "Work and Stay Agency" (WSA) . These debates illustrate how sensitive and complex the issue of naturalization and...

These are scenes one would expect to see in a crime thriller rather than in the tranquil administrative offices of the Unterallgäu region : Criminal investigators appear at the workplace of an administrative employee, files are seized, living quarters are searched, and finally, the handcuffs click. What shook the regional news on December 23, 2025 , is far more than a mere bureaucratic error. It is the suspicion of a massive breach of trust at the heart of our legal system. Within an...