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Government & administration
Office des Étrangers → Ausländerbehörde + BAMF
Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken, DVZ
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In Germany
Your local foreigners' office decides most residence questions itself, and a federal office handles asylum and the national rules. The decision is usually made where you were standing.
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Who does what
Ausländerbehörde (Local immigration office)Immigration administration
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal migration and refugee office)Immigration administration · Asylum decisions
Main similarities
- Immigration administration
Main differences
- Address registration → Bürgeramt
- Asylum decisions → Commissariat général aux réfugiés et aux apatrides
- Civil registration (birth, marriage, death) → Standesamt
- National identity card issuance → Bürgeramt
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