Entry, Residence, Working and Citizenship

Entry to Austria
Integrationsbüro
Dear citizens of Salzburg,
I extend a warm welcome in our
city to you. Salzburg offers you
a high quality of living, beautiful surroundings and has much
to offer for you and your family.
Naturally, the first steps in a
new city or even in a new country are often challenging
and difficult. To assist you, we are providing you with
information about residency and working.
I wish you all the best for your new beginning in Salzburg.
Entry, Residence,
Working and
Citizenship
Dr. Heinz Schaden, Mayor
For persons without Austrian citizenship
Valid travel documents are required for entering, leaving
and residence.
n Visa requirement: A valid entry document is required
for entering the country, either Visa A (air transit visa),
Visa C (tourist visa) or Visa D (temporary worker visa).
Visas made out by other Schengen states are also valid as
entry visas for Austria, provided that they are Schengen
visas.
 Schengen states comprise all EU member states except the
United Kingdom, Ireland, Croatia, Cypress, Bulgaria and
Rumania, plus four non-EU states: Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. There are no internal border controls
between Schengen states.
n Responsibility: the Austrian embassy in the country of
residence is responsible for awarding visas.
Dear citizens of Salzburg,
This information is intended
to provide an initial overview
of the residency conditions in
Salzburg. If you require more
detailed legal information,
contact the listed organisations.
Tips on living in the city are available in the City of Salzburg Integration Office. We hope that you will contribute
to the respectful and tolerant coexistence in the city.
We wish you a successful start into your future in Salzburg.
Information for
immigrant citizens
Mag.a Daiva Döring, Mag.a Anja Hagenauer
Integration Office of the City of Salzburg
Englisch
, www.stadt-salzburg.at
 List or all authorities representing Austria abroad: http://
www.bmeia.gv.at/aussenministerium/buergerservice/oesterreichische-vertretungen.html
Citizens of states exempt under international law or
European law (e.g. Serbia, Bosnia, etc.) do not require a
visa. Entry without a visa is valid for up to three months
within a time period of six months in the entire area of
the Schengen states.
Residence
Residence
Integration Agreement
Persons from so-called third countries (all non EEA
member states and Switzerland), who wish to remain in
Austria for a longer period require a visa. A fee is payable
for the initial application for a visa, and the application
must normally be personally submitted at the Austrian
embassy in the country of residence. The embassy then
forwards the application to the concerned authority in
Austria, which makes the final decision.
n Niederlassungsbewilligung (Residence Permit)
1.
n Niederlassungsbewilligung ausgenommen
A temporary residence permit may be awarded in special
cases, especially for students, pupils, artists or self-employed persons.
n The “Familienangehörige” (Family member)
Please note: Proof of basic competence is German (level A1)
should be issued by a language institute recognised in Austria.
At the Austrian embassy in your country of residence, enquire
which language institutes are suitable for this. Proof must be
provided at the time of first application, this proof cannot be
submitted at a later time.
Persons who wish to remain in Austria in the long term,
may, independently of the reason for remaining, if the
requirements are fulfilled (e.g. sufficient financial means,
accommodation, health insurance) be awarded one of
the following types of visa:
n For employment at certain employers a “Rot-Weiß-
Rot-Karte” (red-white-red card) (for highly qualified, skilled workers in professions with insufficient
available workforce, other key workers or university
graduates graduates) or a “Blaue Karte EU” (blue
card EU) (for highly qualified workers from third states, facilitates labour mobility within the EU).
Whether the requirements for a key worker are
fulfilled is determined by the “Arbeitsmarktservice
(AMS)” (Public Employment Service Austria) Salzburg
(see address below).
n For residence with unrestricted access to the labour
market a Rot-Weiß-Rot-Karte plus (red-white-red
card plus) (e.g. for family members of already resident
third state citizens).
n Please note: residence permits for third state citizens are
restricted to spouses and their unmarried minor children.
Minority is specified by Austrian law (under 18 years), the
spouse must be over 21 years of age at the time of application.
– permit for residence, employment is only possible
with a work permit.
­Erwerbstätigkeit (Residence Permit Excluding Work) – permit for residence, working is not
possible.
permit is intended for spouses and the minor unmarried children of Austrians, and the “Niederlassungsbewilligung – Angehörige “ (Residence Permit
– Relatives) is intended for the adult children and
other relations of Austrians (without access to the
labour market).
After a period of residence of 5 years and if all the
general requirements are fulfilled, the “Daueraufenthalt- EG” (Long Term residence EC) or “Daueraufenthalt-Familienangehörige/r” (Long Term
Residence – Family Member) permit is awarded.
This applies if the integration agreement is fulfilled, i.e.
certification is provided for B1 level German.
Please note: this permit is for an unlimited period, the residence card is valid for 5 years.
Certain groups of persons, especially family members of Austrians from third states or resident third
state citizens, must provide proof of basic competence in
German (level A1) at the time of application.
2.
Aside from a few exceptions, every immigrant who
makes an initial application for a residence permit
must agree to the Integration Agreement (acquisition
of the German language, i.e. proof of positive examination results, within 2 years at A2 level (module 1)). If
the Integration agreement is not adhered to within the
intended deadline (normally 2 years for module 1), the
residence permit will not be extended and extradition
will ensue. Module 2 (level B1) is an obligatory prerequisite for the “Daueraufenthalt-EG“ (Long Term Residence
EC ) and “Daueraufenthalt- Familienangehörige” (Long
Term Residence Family Members).
Please note: Every relevant change to your living situation
(e.g. divorce) must be reported to the responsible aliens’ police.
Especially in case of divorce, violence in the family or the
death of a partner, these circumstances for concerned family
members must be reported, especially if they themselves do not
meet the requirements for extension of the residence permit.
Please note: Which authority is responsible is determined
by your place of residence. The responsible authority for the
City of Salzburg is noted below. Five district administrations
(BH) are responsible in the municipalities of the federal state of
Salzburg: BH Salzburg-Umgebung/Flachau, BH Zell am See,
BH Hallein, BH St. Johann im Pongau and BH Tamsweg.
Residence
Working in Austria
Working in Austria
The extension application must be submitted to the
responsible authority before expiry of the valid residence
permit, but no more than three months before expiry of
the valid residence permit.
Persons with non-Austrian citizenship are only allowed
to enter employment (including apprenticeship) in
Austria under certain circumstances. The following have
unrestricted access to the Austrian job market:
and University graduates. There are special admission
procedures for groups of persons, in which criteria such
as education, professional experience and language
competence are evaluated.
n EEA citizens (except Croatia) and Swiss, as well as
Please note: entering employment without the required working permission can lead to extradition or even a residence ban.
Please note: In some cases, even if the requirements for the
extension of the residence permit are not fulfilled, and the
applicant is already in Austria, if e.g. the right to family life is
taken into account, the residence permit may still be awarded.
EEA citizens and Swiss, as well as their family members
have the right to residence under circumstances under
European law. Within 4 months from starting residence,
they must report this to the authority, which, on
application, will issue a “Anmeldebescheinigung”
(Registration Card).
Their family members who are third country citizens
may be issued an “Aufenthaltskarte” (Residence
Card), and after five years a “Daueraufenthaltskarte”
(Permanent Residence Card).
Responsible authority in the City of Salzburg:
Amt für öffentliche Ordnung (Office for order)
Address: Schwarzstraße 44, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 8072-3173
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.stadt-salzburg.at
their family members, as well as family members of
Austrians under certain circumstances under European law
n Spouses and unmarried minors who are children of
Austrian citizens, if permitted to take up residence
n Those entitled to be granted asylum and subsidiary
protection (for people without asylum whose life or
health is threatened in their country of origin)
n Holders of “Daueraufenthalt- EG” (Long Term Resi-
Responsible Authority:
Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS) Salzburg
(Austrian Employment service Market Service)
Address: Auerspergstraße 67, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 8883-0
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.ams.at
dence EC), “Rot-Weiß-Rot Karte plus” (Red-WhiteRed Card Plus) and „Aufenthaltsberechtigung-plus“
(Residence Permit Plus)
Please note: unrestricted residence permits under old laws
(e.g. proof of residence (Niederlassungsnachweis), unrestricted
reidence permit (unbefristete Niederlassungsbewilligung),...)
count as Daueraufenthalt-EG, therefore holders of these residence permits have unrestricted asccess to the labour market.
Additional groups of persons can enter certain occupations without special permission (pastoral workers,
artists, scientists, etc.).
Persons with restricted access to the labour market
(e.g. visa holders) in Austria, but who wish to
enter employment need a “working permission”
(“Arbeitsberechtigung“). This may be in form of a
“Beschäftigungsbewilligung”, a „Arbeitserlaubnis” or a
“Befreiungsschein” (employment permit, work permit,
or exemption certificate). These working permissions
are in particular awarded to persons already (legally)
resident in Austria.
Immigration for the purpose of work is restricted
to highly qualified persons, specialists in jobs with
insufficient available workforce or other key workers
Gaining and Losing
Austrian Citizenship
Austrian citizenship is gained through descent, awarding
and re-naturalisation (persons displaced for political
reasons). Children gain Austrian citizenship at birth
if their parents are married and the mother or father
has Austrian citizenship. If the parents are unmarried,
children gain Austrian citizenship at the moment of birth
if the mother has Austrian citizenship or if the father is
Austrian and he has acknowledged paternity or paternity
has been established by a court.
Please note: The child born to an unmarried mother acquires
Austrian citizenship with the acknowledgment of paternity by
the father or the judicial determination of paternity only when
these were made within eight weeks after the birth of the child.
If the acknowledgment of paternity or a court determination of
paternity is made later, the child‘s citizenship can be granted
under certain conditions. On later marriage of the parents
(legitimacy) – the child gains Austrian citizenship.
Citizenship
Information centres
Information centres
Persons who have been resident in Austria for an extended period (generally 10 years), may, under certain
circumstances (secure income, German language competence B1 level, behaviour in accordance with the law,
etc.) be awarded Austrian citizenship. Even after a legal
residence of at least six years Austrian citizenship can be
awarded in some cases, e.g. to persons entitled to asylum, EEA citizens or to persons who can prove German
skills at B2 level or sustainable personal integration.
n helping hands Salzburg
Advice on law regarding aliens
n Verein VEBBAS
Advice for labour market integration and
nostrification
The federal state government is responsible for awarding
citizenship.
Responsible Authority:
Amt der Salzburger Landesregierung,
­Landesamtsdirektion
(Salzburg Federal State Government Office)
Department for elections and security
Address: Sebastian-Stief-Gasse 2, 5010 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 8042-2338
Internet: http://www.salzburg.gv.at/themen/se/salzburg/
wahlen_sicherheit/staatsbuergerschaft.htm
n Caritas Rechtsberatung
Advice for asylum seekers
Address: Plainstraße 83, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 84 93 73-214 oder -234
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.caritas-salzburg.at
n INTO Salzburg – Diakonie Flüchtlingsdienst
Legal advice for asylum seekers
Advice for those entitled to be granted asylum and
subsidiary protection (for people without asylum
whose life or health is threatened in their country
of origin)
Address: Linzer Bundesstraße 12, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 87 32 48-11
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.vebbas.at
n Verein VIELE
Advice for women and families
Address: Rainerstrasse 27/1.Stock, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 87 02 11
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.verein-viele.at
Address: Lehenerstraße 26, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 87 03 29
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.fluechtlingsdienst.diakonie.at
n Österreichischer Integrationsfonds (ÖIF)
Integration advice service point
Address: Ernest-Thun-Straße 6, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0676/ 55 66 069
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.integrationsfonds.at
n Verein FRAUENTREFFPUNKT
Advice for women in Salzburg
Address: Paris-Lodron-Straße 32, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 87 54 98
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.frauentreffpunkt.at
We have assembled this information to the best of our
knowledge. We would especially like to thank Ms. Ljiljana
Zlatojević of Verein Frauentreffpunkt, the integration guides
of Projekt MidA of the “Frau und Arbeit” organisation and
Mr Thomas Schiller of the Amt für öffentliche Ordnung
(Office for order).
We are looking forward to your responses and comments
under [email protected]
Editor, owner, publisher:
Stadtgemeinde Salzburg, Integrationsbüro
(Corporate town of Salzburg, Integration Office)
Mirabellplatz 4, 5024 Salzburg, Phone: 0662 8072-2296
10/2013
Please note: Austrian citizenship can also be lost, e.g. due
to citizenship being gained on application, a declaration or
express agreement. Keeping previous citizenship may lead to
Austrian citizenship being withdrawn.
Address: Kaigasse 28, 5020 Salzburg
Phone: 0662/ 8044-6003
E-Mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.8ung.at/helping-hands-salzburg