Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum
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| State level | Federation | ||
| Position of the authority | subordinate authority | ||
| At sight | federal Ministry of Internal Affairs | ||
| founding | January 1, 2014 | ||
| Headquarters | Vienna 3 , Modecenterstraße 22 | ||
| Authority management | Gerhard Reischer | ||
| Servants | 1,284 (December 31, 2016) | ||
| Website | www.bfa.gv.at | ||
The Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum ( BFA ) is an Austrian authority directly subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior , which started operations on January 1, 2014.
The main tasks of the BFA include the implementation of first-instance asylum and aliens law proceedings - with the exception of criminal proceedings and visa matters - and the issuing of residence permits for reasons worthy of consideration. The BFA implements the Asylum Act (2005, AsylG), the 7th (deportation and tolerance) , 8th (measures to end residence) and 11th (Austrian documents for foreigners) main part of the Aliens Police Act (2005, FPG) as well as the Federal Basic Welfare Act (GVG- B).
The issues of integration , the Aliens Employment Act, border controls and competencies from the Settlement and Residence Act in the area of legal migration that go beyond the area of humanitarian residence permits do not fall within the competence of the BFA . Likewise, the BFA has no criminal and security police competencies or competencies in the area of enforcement in the police detention centers and the immediate deportation process .
The BFA is a monocratic authority with headquarters in Vienna and a regional directorate in each federal state as well as a uniform service and technical supervision. In addition, there are five federal care centers for asylum seekers , two of which are also initial reception centers (EAST), EAST Ost in Traiskirchen (Lower Austria) and EAST West in St. Georgen im Attergau (Upper Austria). There is also a detention center in Vordernberg in Styria .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ BFA: 30 percent more expatriations and increase in asylum decisions by 57 percent. In: bfa.gv.at. Federal Ministry of the Interior, January 19, 2017, accessed on April 29, 2019 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 2.6 ″ N , 16 ° 24 ′ 47.4 ″ E