Austria
Republic of Austria
Exhaustive country intelligence for living and relocating โ pathways, tax, labour, education, safety, and costs.
World intelligence snapshot
Open World map layers โNaturalisation
10 Years
Dual citizenship
Restrictive/Conditional
Birthright
No
Ancestry
1 Generation
PIT top rate
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Corporate tax
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Territorial tax
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Wealth tax
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Crypto tax
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Unemployment
5.26%
Social security (EE)
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Pathways published
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Full detail in the sections below (pathways, fiscal, citizenship, labour, education). Compare countries on the World map.
Red-White-Red Card โ Startup Founder
Entrepreneur
Dedicated RWR Card category for innovative startup founders โ business plan assessed by an expert jury, no points calculation needed.
Family Reunification (Familiennachzug)
Family
Residence permit for spouses and children of RWR Card, Blue Card, and permanent residents โ spouses receive work rights via the RWR Card Plus.
Red-White-Red Card (Rot-Weiร-Rot-Karte)
Skilled Migration
Austria's criteria-based work and residence permit for qualified third-country workers, with category-specific 55-point, 70-point, graduate, self-employed, and start-up routes.
Student Residence Permit (Aufenthaltsbewilligung Studierender)
Study
Temporary residence permit for eligible non-EU students, with limited employer-sponsored work during study and a 12-month post-graduation job-search option.
EU Blue Card (Austria)
Sponsored work
EU-wide highly qualified worker permit โ higher salary threshold than the RWR Card but offers intra-EU mobility after 12 months.
38
Mobility (FoM)
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Travel risk
Europe/Vienna
Timezone
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Population
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