The Federal Office of Administration (, BVA) is an agency of the
Federal Ministry of the Interior, headquartered in
Cologne
Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...
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[About the BVA]
." Federal Office of Administration. Retrieved on 23 January 2015. The agency is tasked with a wide variety of responsibilities, including, for example, the collection of German federal student loans, so called
BAföG, as well as the administration of
German nationality law
German nationality law details the conditions by which an individual is a national of Germany. The primary law governing these requirements is the Nationality Act, which came into force on 1 January 1914. Germany is a member state of the Euro ...
for people outside of Germany.
See also
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Central Agency for German Schools Abroad
The German Central Agency for German Schools Abroad (, ZfA) is an agency of the Federal Office of Administration, itself an agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, that operates and manages schools for German children outside of Germany. ...
, an agency
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Federal Office of Administration*
Federal Office of Administration
Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)
German federal agencies
Government agencies established in 1960
1960 establishments in West Germany
Organisations based in Cologne
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