Residence Permit - Temporary Family Reunification

d partners or unmarried minors including adoptive and step children (spouses and registered partners must be 21 years of age or older when applying) of sponsors holding the following residence permits: ICT - Intra-corporate

d partners or unmarried minors including adoptive and step children (spouses and registered partners must be 21 years of age or older when applying) of sponsors holding the following residence permits: ICT - Intra-corporate

porate transferee Mobile ICT - m

bile intra-corporate transferee Seconded emplo

ial cases of gainfu

employment (except Au Pairs) Student Access to the L

upils S

h sponsors of the following residence permits is not possible: Pupil Self-employed per

ial S

rson if the foreign

vice Employee Volunteer

employee Self-emp

employment (Au Pairs) Volunteers Cross-border

Family Re

s-border worker Emp

If applicableBirth certificate (for children) Marriage certificate Divorce certificate Certificate of registered partnership Certificate of dissolution of registered partnership Adoption papers Evidence or certificate concerning the family relationship

You have to submit originals and copies of the abovementioned documents. The authorities may request that German or English translations or certified versions of the documents be provided for a thorough examination.

nt must have fixed and regular own income enabling him/her to cover his/her living costs without resorting to welfare aid from local authorities. At the time of application the regular monthly income must be equal to the amount of the standard rates of the General Social Insurance Act (ASVG). For single

: € 1,308.39 For couple

: € 2,064.12 For each c

ild additionally € 201.88 For Pupils

t must have health insurance coverage providing benefits in Austria. Adequate ac

must provide evidence of a legal title to an accommodation (e.g. by providing a lease contract), considered adequate for his/her family size according to local standards. This is not a requirement for the residence permit “students”, "ICT", "mobile ICT" and “researchers-mobility” and the family members of these researchers, if they already resided in the other member state with the researcher on the basis of a family reunification permit. However the c

ts or the capacity of obligated third parties, proof of this must be submitted in each case. Exception “Stay permit – cr

First applications for a residence title shall be filed with the competent Austrian consular representation (embassy or specific consulates) abroad. Local competence of the consular representation depends on the applicant’s domicile.

The foreigner can enter Austria with the visa and pick up the residence permit personally from the responsible settlement authority.

If you are a family member who is a national of a third country and wish to work as an employee, you need a residence permit with authorization to enter the labour market in order to work in Austria. This authorization must be applied for with a specific employer.

In the event of a change of employer, holders of a “Family Reunification” residence permit may provisionally take up the new employment after a waiting period of 45 days from the submission of the application to change the purpose of residence, pending the issuance of a new residence permit granting access to the labour market. However, this waiting period will only begin once all documents required for the review of the application have been submitted in full; otherwise—that is, if documents are not submitted or are incomplete—the 45-day period will be suspended accordingly.

If the application has to be submitted to the representation authority abroad, the latter checks the completeness and correctness of the documents submitted and forwards them to the competent authority in Austria.