Austria visa types (23)
Official visa categories with requirements, documents and FAQs. Start from a passport-specific route above for entry rules.
Tourist Visa (Schengen C) — Schengen short-stay visa for tourism and private visits of up to 90 days within 180 days.
Business Visa (Schengen C) — Schengen short-stay visa for business meetings, negotiations, and short commercial visits.
Airport Transit Visa (Type A) — Transit visa for nationals who need a visa to transit through an Austrian airport.
Job Seeker Visa (Type D) — Six-month national visa for very highly qualified workers seeking employment in Austria.
Red-White-Red Card — Two-year residence and work permit for qualified third-country workers.
EU Blue Card — EU-wide residence and work permit for highly qualified employment in Austria.
Red-White-Red Card Plus — Residence permit with unrestricted access to the Austrian labour market.
Family Reunification — Residence permits for spouses, registered partners, and minor children of residents or citizens.
Settlement Permit — Researcher — Residence permit for researchers with a hosting agreement at a certified research facility.
Settlement Permit — Artist — Residence permit for self-employed or dependently employed artistic activity.
Settlement Permit — Special Cases of Dependent Gainful Employment — Residence permit for specific dependent employment cases such as media correspondents and university teachers.
Settlement Permit — Gainful Employment Excepted — Residence permit for financially independent persons and pensioners without gainful employment.
Long-Term Resident — EU — Five-year residence permit for third-country nationals after five years of uninterrupted lawful residence.
Residence Permit — Student — Temporary residence for regular or extraordinary studies at an Austrian higher-education institution.
Residence Permit — Pupil — Temporary residence for pupils attending qualifying Austrian schools.
Residence Permit — Volunteer — Temporary residence for participation in the European Voluntary Service.
Residence Permit — Social Service Employee — Temporary residence for non-profit social service of up to one year.
Residence Permit — ICT (Intra-Corporate Transferee) — Temporary residence for intra-corporate transfers to an Austrian entity.
Residence Permit — Researcher Mobility — Residence permit for researchers normally resident in another EU member state.
Residence Permit — Self-Employed Person — Temporary residence for contractual self-employment lasting more than six months.
Residence Permit — Seconded Employee — Temporary residence for employees seconded to Austria for more than six months.
Residence Permit — Cross-Border Worker — Residence permit for cross-border workers employed in Austrian border districts.
Residence Permit — Special Cases of Gainful Employment — Temporary residence for certain dependent employment exempt from the Foreign Nationals Employment Act.