State Office for Immigration

State Office for Immigration - LEA -
State level	Berlin
position	Higher regional authority
Supervisory authority	Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport
founding	2020
Headquarters	Friedrich-Krause-Ufer Berlin-Tiergarten
Authority management	Engelhard Mazanke
Servants	around 540 (as of 2020)
Web presence	https://www.berlin.de/einwanderung/

The State Office for Immigration Berlin is the immigration office in the capital. With around 540 employees and 400,000 customers speaking annually, it is the largest immigration authority in Germany. The authority is subordinate to the Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport .

founding

The Berlin State Office for Immigration emerged from the State Office for Citizens and Regulatory Affairs. Before that, the now independent state office was only a department in the state office for civil and regulatory affairs. The opening took place on January 15, 2020.

According to the Senate Department for Interior and Sport, the reasons for the establishment of the state office are demographic change and the resulting shortage of skilled workers . In addition, the state office is supposed to be a reaction to the Skilled Workers Immigration Act of August 15, 2019. The law enacted by the federal government came into force on March 1, 2020. So that skilled workers can be placed more quickly, u. a. Bureaucratic obstacles are removed, a complaint management system introduced and an interpreting service set up.

In addition, the intended state office as the first independent immigration authority of a state and a political signal towards welcoming culture to be. Andreas Geisel ( Senator for Internal Affairs and Sport ) said at the opening speech: "Berlin is the symbol of cosmopolitanism and tolerance".

Tasks and organization

The State Office for Immigration takes the immigration office as Berlin enforcement of the law on aliens true. The authority is represented by the director Engelhard Mazanke.

The authority is divided into seven departments and 27 units :

Section A - Asylum Matters

Papers:

• A 1 - Syria (letters A – E)
• A 2 - All countries except Syria (letters A – C)
• A 3 - All countries except Syria (letters D – L)
• A 4 - All countries except Syria (letters M – Z)
• A 5 - All countries except Syria (letters F – Z)

Department B - Special Tasks

Papers:

• B 1 - Students , professionals and their family members , language students and other educational purposes, blue card (letters A – K)
• B 2 - Students, specialists and their family members, language students and other training purposes, blue card (letters L – Z), university service
• B 3 - Business Immigration Service, BIS I - Fasanenstrasse , BIS II - Mierendorffplatz , visa extension
• B 4 - Entry, visa procedure from abroad
• B 5 - Declarations of commitment for C and D visas

Department K - Combating Crime

Papers:

• K 1 - Combating terrorism and extremism , expulsions except BtMG
• K 2 - Expulsion in the event of criminal offenses against the BtMG, procedure according to Section 98 Residence Act

Department E - Immigration

Papers:

• E 1 - Citizens from Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Australia and British Dependent Territories, Australia, Bahrain, Cook Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Jordan, Qatar, Kiribati, Kuwait, Lebanon, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia , Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Nördl. Mariannen, Oman, Pakistan, Palest. Autonomous Areas, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, United Arab Emirates as well as stateless and unexplained nationals from these countries
• E 2 - Citizens of the continents of North and South America, Africa, Central Coordination eAT edition
• E 3 - Citizens from Georgia, Israel, Turkey, Ukraine, Libya
• E 4 - Citizens from Armenia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Korea, the PR, Korea, Republic, Laos, the PR, Macao, Malaysia, Moldova, Republic, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russian Federation, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, as well as stateless and unexplained citizens from these countries
• E 5 - Citizens from Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, San Marino, Switzerland, Serbia, Vatican City, Belarus, family members of citizens of the EU and the EEA with other nationalities

Department R - Return

Papers:

• R 1 - Unauthorized new entries
• R 2 - clearing house / criminal detention
• R 3 - General Detention

Department G - Principle and Cross Section

Papers:

• G 1 - IT (information technology)
• G 2 - principle
• G 3 - Human Resources and Finances
• G ITSiB - IT security officer

Department P - Process and Service

Papers:

• P 1 - Process and Law
• P 2 - Advice, complaint management , coordination of interpreting services

At sight

The Senate Department for Internal Affairs and Sport exercises legal and technical supervision .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Katarina Heidrich: State Office for Immigration opened. In: authorities mirror . January 15, 2020, accessed May 9, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Jens Anker: The immigration office becomes a welcome office. In: Berliner Morgenpost . May 29, 2019, accessed May 9, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Frank Bachner: Foreign skilled workers are placed more quickly. In: Der Tagesspiegel . January 15, 2020, accessed May 10, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Nina Amin: When the immigration office becomes an immigration office. In: rbb . January 2, 2020, accessed May 10, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Frank Bachner: Foreign skilled workers are placed more quickly. In: Der Tagesspiegel . January 15, 2020, accessed May 10, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Management and organization. State Immigration Office, May 9, 2020, accessed on May 9, 2020 .