What is the equivalent of Ausländerbehörde in DR Congo?

Government & administration

Ausländerbehörde → DGM

Ausländeramt, Amt für Migration, Einwanderungsbehörde

2 → 1 mergedVerified · Aug 4, 2026

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 mergedConfidence: High

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

Function by function

FunctionGermanyDR CongoMatch

Immigration administrationAusländerbehördeDirection Générale de MigrationClose

Border controlNo equivalentDirection Générale de MigrationNone

Function by functionShow

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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