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Government & administration
Ausländerbehörde → DGM
Ausländeramt, Amt für Migration, Einwanderungsbehörde
2 → 1 merged
In DR Congo
One directorate: the Direction Générale de Migration. It does what the BAMF and your Ausländerbehörde do between them, and border control as well.
2 → 1 merged
Main similarities
- Deciding who may enter and stay
- Registering foreign nationals
- Issuing and renewing permission to stay
Main differences
- Germany splits the status decision (BAMF) from the permit (Ausländerbehörde); the DGM does both
- The DGM also controls the frontier, which in Germany is the Bundespolizei's
- There is one national authority rather than one per district
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01 · Immigration administrationAusländerbehörde → Direction Générale de MigrationClose
Residence permits are issued and renewed by the local Ausländerbehörde — one per district, with practice that varies between them.
02 · Border controlNo equivalent → Direction Générale de MigrationNone
Border control at German frontiers is the Bundespolizei's, not either of these bodies'. The DGM does both border control and residence administration; Germany separates them.
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