How to get Austrian Visa | Visa types | Documents required?

Since Austria is among the twenty-two of the twenty-eight European Union (EU) member states participating in the Schengen Area, it follows a single jurisdiction for international travel purposes, with a common visa policy.If you are planning to go on a visit, study or work in Austria, you will have to apply for a different Austria Schengen Visa, accordingly.All visa applicants must apply at the Austrian Embassy or Austrian Consulate General in person where biometric identifiers (10 fingerprints taken flat and collected digitally) of each applicant is collected.

Austrian Visa – The Uniform Schengen Visa C

The uniform visa is a short stay visa, up to ninety days. Third country nationals who are not residents of EU, want to travel to Austria for tourism, private visits or business can apply for short stay visas, which is valid for all Schengen countries.

Check the above link to know “documents required to get all visa purpose such as Business, Medical, Cultural, Sports, Film Crew or Religious Purposes, Study, Training, Research, or other type of Internship Purposes, Members of Official Delegations”

Austrian Visa – Visa D

Visa D are national visa, which entitle the holder of the visa to stay for a period from 91 days up to six months in Austria.Please note that in Austria it is not possible to extend a Visa D

Entry documents for Austrian Visa D

Entry documents (Einreisetitel) are same as uniform visas, whose issuance requires in general a personal interview of the applicant in the consular department of the representation.

Fees for Austrian Visa D

The fee for a visa of more than 90 days is 150 Euro.

Austrian Visa – Job-seeker visas

Workers are considered very highly qualified if they reach at least 70 out of 100 points according to a list of criteria (points system). The Red-White-Red Card category “Very Highly Qualified Workers” seeks to attract very highly qualified and experienced top-level personnel, such as scientists and senior-level top-managers.

Austrian Visa – Airport Transit Visa (Visa A)

Whether you are required to apply for a Schengen airport transit visa or not depends on your nationality.

• Citizens of some countries must hold an airport transit visa when transiting through the international parts of airports situated in Austria.
• If you need to go through passport control (normally while travelling from one Schengen country to another) or if you have to spend one night in Vienna, you must apply for a Schengen Visa (Visa C).

The application process takes maximum 15 calendar days.  Visa applications should ideally be submitted at least 3-4 weeks prior to departure. If the application is filed less than 15 calendar days before departure, the issuance of the visa on time cannot be guaranteed.

Visa on Arrival to Austria

Citizens of all EU member states and the following countries and regions are exempt from the obligation of obtaining a visa:

Albania (biometric passports only), Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Bosnia-Herzegovina (biometric passports only), Brazil, Brunei, Chile, Costa Rica, Canada, Croatia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (SAR only) Israel, Japan, Macao (RAE only), Malaysia, Mauritius, Macedonia (biometric passports only), Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro (biometric passports only), Nicaragua, New Zealand, Paraguay, Panama, Serbia (biometric passports only and NOT issued by KoordinacijaUprava), Seychelles, Singapore, St. Christophe and Nevis, Taiwan (all passports if they contain the holders identity number Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela, Vatican.