Austria's EU Blue Card, governed by the Settlement and Residence Act (NAG) and the Act Governing the Employment of Foreign Nationals (AuslBG), admits third-country citizens with a university degree from a programme of at least three years — or, for ICT professionals and service managers, three years of comparable pr…
Austria's job-seeker visa for very highly qualified workers, governed by the Settlement and Residence Act and the Act Governing the Employment of Foreign Nationals, lets a third-country national without a job offer come to Austria for six months to look for work — the entry door to the Red-White-Red Card system.
Austria's Red-White-Red Card for Skilled Workers in Shortage Occupations, governed by the Settlement and Residence Act and the Act Governing the Employment of Foreign Nationals, admits third-country citizens into occupations the Federal Minister of Labour and Economics promulgates each year in the shortage-occupatio…
Austria's Red-White-Red Card for Start-up Founders, governed by the Settlement and Residence Act and the Act Governing the Employment of Foreign Nationals, admits third-country nationals who establish a company to develop and launch innovative products, services, processing methods or technologies.
The Red-White-Red Card (Rot-Weiß-Rot – Karte) is Austria's criteria-based work-and-residence permit for qualified third-country nationals, and this is the umbrella route: seven distinct applicant groups sit under one card, each with its own conditions and, for most, its own points test.
Temporary residence permit for eligible non-EU students, with limited employer-sponsored work during study and a 12-month post-graduation job-search option.
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Shortage occupations — Austria
Shortage occupations for the Red-White-Red Card, Fachkräfteverordnung 2026 (BGBl. II No. 316/2025). Two lists in one: 64 occupations short nationwide, and 66 more short only in the provinces tagged beside them. For a tagged occupation the job your employer offers must be in one of those provinces.
Agricultural machinery fitters
Registered general nurses
Power engineering technicians (higher technical qualification)
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