Immigration Office (Belgium)
E830129
The Immigration Office (Belgium) is the federal authority responsible for managing migration, residence permits, and asylum procedures within Belgium.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken | 1 |
| Immigration Office (Belgium) canonical | 1 |
| immigration services of Belgium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9945975 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration Office (Belgium) Context triple: [Federal Public Service Interior, oversees, Immigration Office (Belgium)]
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A.
Directorate General of Immigration
The Directorate General of Immigration is Indonesia’s national immigration authority responsible for regulating entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and citizens, as well as managing visas, residence permits, and border control.
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B.
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is Germany’s central authority responsible for asylum procedures, refugee protection, and the implementation of migration and integration policies.
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C.
Directorate General of Migration Management
The Directorate General of Migration Management is Turkey’s central government authority responsible for regulating migration, managing asylum and refugee procedures, and overseeing the rights and services of foreign nationals within the country.
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D.
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
The Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs is the European Commission department responsible for EU policies on migration, security, borders, and asylum.
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E.
department of immigration
The department of immigration is a government agency responsible for regulating the entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and managing a country’s immigration policies and procedures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Immigration Office (Belgium) Target entity description: The Immigration Office (Belgium) is the federal authority responsible for managing migration, residence permits, and asylum procedures within Belgium.
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A.
Directorate General of Immigration
The Directorate General of Immigration is Indonesia’s national immigration authority responsible for regulating entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and citizens, as well as managing visas, residence permits, and border control.
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B.
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees is Germany’s central authority responsible for asylum procedures, refugee protection, and the implementation of migration and integration policies.
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C.
Directorate General of Migration Management
The Directorate General of Migration Management is Turkey’s central government authority responsible for regulating migration, managing asylum and refugee procedures, and overseeing the rights and services of foreign nationals within the country.
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D.
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs
The Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs is the European Commission department responsible for EU policies on migration, security, borders, and asylum.
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E.
department of immigration
The department of immigration is a government agency responsible for regulating the entry, stay, and exit of foreign nationals and managing a country’s immigration policies and procedures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal authority
ⓘ
government agency ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (Belgium)
ⓘ
European Union institutions ⓘ
linked to:
European institutions
Fedasil ⓘ local municipalities in Belgium ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| employerType | public sector ⓘ |
| governs | entry and stay of foreigners in Belgium ⓘ |
| handles |
applications for international protection
ⓘ
applications for long-term resident status ⓘ applications for regularisation of stay ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | Belgium ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Brussels
ⓘ
linked to:
Brussels, Belgium
|
| jurisdiction | Belgium ⓘ |
| languageOfNativeName |
Dutch
ⓘ
French ⓘ German ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Belgian Aliens Act
ⓘ
linked to:
Belgian federal law on aliens and asylum
EU asylum acquis ⓘ
linked to:
Common European Asylum System
Schengen Borders Code ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Ausländeramt
ⓘ
Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken ⓘ
linked to:
Immigration Office (Belgium)
Office des Étrangers ⓘ |
| parentAgency |
Federal Public Service Interior (Belgium)
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Public Service Interior
|
| partOf |
Federal Public Service Interior (Belgium)
ⓘ
linked to:
Federal Public Service Interior
|
| regionServed |
Kingdom of Belgium
ⓘ
linked to:
Belgium
|
| responsibility |
Dublin procedure management
ⓘ
decisions on entry bans ⓘ decisions on extension or withdrawal of residence permits ⓘ detention of irregular migrants in closed centres ⓘ family reunification applications ⓘ implementing Belgian asylum policy at first instance ⓘ issuing orders to leave the territory ⓘ managing legal migration to Belgium ⓘ processing residence permit applications ⓘ registration of asylum applications ⓘ return and removal of irregularly staying third-country nationals ⓘ visa policy implementation for long-stay visas ⓘ |
| scope | federal ⓘ |
| sector |
asylum
ⓘ
border control policy ⓘ migration management ⓘ residence permits ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Minister of the Interior (Belgium)
ⓘ
linked to:
Minister of the Interior of Belgium
|
| typeOfService | administrative decision-making ⓘ |
| website | https://dofi.ibz.be ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Immigration Office (Belgium) Description of subject: The Immigration Office (Belgium) is the federal authority responsible for managing migration, residence permits, and asylum procedures within Belgium.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Immigration Office (Belgium)
linked to: Immigration Office (Belgium)