The German cabinet on the 29th submitted a draft law to allow immigration
officers to use artificial intelligence to assist processing of asylum, visa and
residence-permit applications to improve efficiency. Under the draft, the German
Foreign Ministry, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and local
immigration authorities may use immigration-application data to train, validate
and test AI models. The government said AI would be advisory only; legal
assessments and final decisions would remain with immigration officers.