Federal Office of Administration

This article is about the German agency. For the United States agency, see Office of Administration.

The Federal Office of Administration (German: Bundesverwaltungsamt, BVA) is an agency of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, headquartered in Cologne.^{[1] [2]} 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 for people outside of Germany.

Federal Office of Administration

Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA)
Agency overview
Formed	14 January 1960 (65 years ago) (1960-01-14)
Superseding agency	Bundesstelle für Verwaltungsangelegenheiten
Jurisdiction	Government of Germany
Headquarters	Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia
Employees	6,000
Agency executive	Katja Wilken, President
Website	http://www.bundesverwaltungsamt.de

Head office

See also

• Central Agency for German Schools Abroad, an agency