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Residence Permit - Volunteer

AustriaCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

Residence Permit - Volunteer requires evidence of working for an organisation in the framework of the European Voluntary Service.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.

What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

The volunteer's placement must be with a Sponsor Organisation, and a liability declaration from the Sponsor Organisation the volunteer is working for must be provided.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

Evidence of working for an organisation in the framework of the European Voluntary Service must be provided, together with a liability declaration from the Sponsor Organisation the volunteer is working for.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether a volunteer can receive pay, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement, or undertake other work.

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Limits of the record
  • the page does not state work rights for volunteers beyond requiring evidence of service in the framework of the European Voluntary Service
  • the page does not state travel or re-entry rights
  • the page does not state rights while the application is being processed

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

Stay permits, of which Volunteers is one, are for temporary, time-limited residence on federal territory for a specific purpose. Holders of the Volunteers stay permit cannot be sponsors for family reunification. The official source does not state the validity period, change of host or renewal rules.

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Limits of the record
  • the page does not state the validity period of the Volunteers stay permit
  • the page does not state renewal rules or which residence title follows it

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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