No registration required

EU/EEA nationals and nationals of Switzerland are generally permitted to stay in the member countries for up to three months.

If you have sufficient financial means to finance your stay in Austria and valid health insurance covering all the necessary costs, you only need a valid travel document (passport or identity card) to enter and become resident in Austria.

You have to carry your travel document at all times as proof that you are entitled to reside in Austria.

Students who have a valid national health insurance in their home country can obtain a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) from their health insurance provider in their country of origin upon application. With this card they will have access to all medically necessary public health services in Austria (at the same conditions and the same costs). However, visits to doctors that are not due to acute complaints (e.g. medical check-ups) are not covered. We therefore recommend that you additionally take out travel health insurance (also if you wish to have repatriation costs covered).

Please note: As a rule, the back of the card must have an expiry date in order to use the EHIC. Simply placing stars in the expiry date field is not sufficient!

The valid EHIC basically gives you access to all medically necessary services provided by the public health system in Austria (under the same conditions and at the same cost). However, visits to the doctor that are not due to acute symptoms (e.g. check-ups) are not covered under this scheme. We therefore recommend that you also take out travel health insurance (also in case you wish to be repatriated to your home country).

EU/EEA and Swiss nationals are allowed to work in Austria in any kind of job. They do not need any official permit such as a work permit.

If you are staying in Austria for more than 3 months, you have to apply for a Registration Certificate (“Anmeldebescheinigung”) within 4 months.

After five years of lawful and uninterrupted residence in Austria you are entitled to permanent residence. A “certificate of permanent residence” can then be issued upon request.

Independently of the registration certificate, within three working days of your arrival in Austria, you must register at the registration office in your place of residence.

Attention: You do not need to register if you are staying in a tourist accommodation (e.g. hotel, guesthouse, campsite, private room, AirBnB) for a maximum of 2 months. Please ask the tourist accommodation if they hold a guest register (=Gästeverzeichnis). Otherwise registeration at the registration office is required!

For stays longer than two months, you must register at the registration office, even if you have entered your details in the guest register!