Austria

European Citizenship by Investment Program

AUSTRIA

Program Overview

An excellent place to gain citizenship within the EU, Austria is one of the few Western European countries that offers the possibility to obtain citizenship by exceptional achievements and a European passport without prior residence requirements. When you acquire citizenship under the Austrian Citizenship Act, you and your family enjoy full citizenship for life, which can be passed on to future generations by descent.

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Program Details

Time to Citizenship

12 – 36 Months

Visa-Free Access

191 Countries

Passport Rank

3rd in the world

Minimum Investment

€4,000,000 EUR

Residency Requirements

None

Establishment Date

1985

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Investment Options

Austria offers a citizenship by investment option under Section 10(6) of the Austrian Citizenship Act, targeting individuals who provide extraordinary services to the country. Unlike many other programs, Austria does not have set financial thresholds but instead grants citizenship based on significant contributions in areas like scientific, economic, artistic, or athletic achievements that benefit the Austrian Republic. These contributions must be of national interest, and applicants typically invest in large-scale business ventures, create employment opportunities, or make other substantial contributions to the Austrian economy or culture.

Exceptional Achievements

Austrian Citizenship may be granted to foreigners for exceptional achievements according to Sec. 10(6) of the Austrian Citizenship Act. Exceptional achievements can be made in the areas of science, sports, arts or business (incl. philanthropy). Total cost for a family (incl. spouse and children up to 18y) is estimated at around EUR 4-5 million.

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Country Overview

Flag

The Austrian flag is one of the oldest national flags in the world. It consists of three horizontal stripes: red, white, and red. The red symbolizes the bloodshed in the country’s defense, while the white represents peace and honesty. The flag’s design dates back to the 12th century, making it a significant part of Austria’s historical identity.

Coat of Arms

Austria’s coat of arms features a black eagle symbolizing Austria’s sovereignty. The eagle holds a sickle and a hammer in its talons, representing agriculture and industry. The broken chains around the eagle’s legs signify Austria’s liberation from fascism after World War II. Atop the eagle’s head is a mural crown, symbolizing Austria as a republic.

Austria stands as an alluring country, with Vienna, its capital, consistently recognized for its exceptional quality of life. The nation’s blend of economic stability, pristine environment, and superb infrastructure creates an outstanding living environment. Austria thrives with a vibrant culture, boasting world-class museums, renowned musical festivals, and stunning architectural wonders. Nature lovers are captivated by its breathtaking landscapes, encompassing snow-capped mountains, verdant countryside, and picturesque lakes.

As one of Europe’s wealthiest nations, Austria boasts a well-developed economy, primarily driven by the service sector, which contributes significantly to its GDP. Furthermore, Austria benefits from robust commercial ties with Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe, further fueling its economic growth and prosperity.

It is an excellent place to establish residence within the EU, and it is one of the only EU countries that have an established practice of offering citizenship and a passport to substantial investors without prior residence requirements, on the basis of a capital contribution to the country.

Country Capital

Vienna

Population

8.9 million

Language

German, English

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Exchange Rate

1 USD = 0.891 EUR

Government Type

Federal Parliamentary Republic

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Visa Free Travel List

Legend:

Visa-free: No visa is required for entry into the country for a specified period.
Visa on arrival: Visa can be obtained upon arrival at the destination, typically at the airport or border entry.
eVisa: Visa must be applied for and obtained online before traveling.
Visa required: A visa must be obtained from the destination country’s embassy or consulate prior to traveling.

Flag Country Area Length of Stay Visa Requirement
Afghanistan Afghanistan Asia N/A Visa required
Albania Albania Europe 90 days Visa-free
Algeria Algeria Africa N/A Visa required
American Samoa American Samoa Oceania N/A Visa required
Andorra Andorra Europe 90 days Visa-free
Angola Angola Africa 30 days eVisa
Anguilla Anguilla Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda Europe 90 days Visa-free
Argentina Argentina South America 90 days Visa-free
Armenia Armenia Asia 180 days Visa-free
Aruba Aruba Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Australia Australia Oceania 90 days eVisa
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Asia 30 days eVisa
Bahamas Bahamas Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Bahrain Bahrain Asia 14 days Visa on arrival
Bangladesh Bangladesh Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Barbados Barbados Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Belarus Belarus Europe 30 days Visa-free
Belgium Belgium Europe 90 days Visa-free
Belize Belize Central America 30 days Visa-free
Benin Benin Africa 30 days eVisa
Bermuda Bermuda Caribbean 180 days Visa-free
Bhutan Bhutan Asia N/A Visa required
Bolivia Bolivia South America 90 days Visa on arrival
Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe 90 days Visa-free
Botswana Botswana Africa 90 days Visa-free
Brazil Brazil South America 90 days Visa-free
British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Caribbean 30 days Visa-free
Brunei Brunei Asia 90 days Visa-free
Bulgaria Bulgaria Europe 90 days Visa-free
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Africa N/A Visa required
Burundi Burundi Africa N/A Visa required
Cambodia Cambodia Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Cameroon Cameroon Africa N/A Visa required
Canada Canada North America 180 days Visa-free
Cape Verde Islands Cape Verde Islands Africa 30 days Visa on arrival
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Caribbean 30 days Visa-free
Central African Republic Central African Republic Africa N/A Visa required
Chad Chad Africa N/A Visa required
Chile Chile South America 90 days Visa-free
China China Asia 30 days Visa required
Colombia Colombia South America 180 days Visa-free
Comoro Islands Comoro Islands Africa 45 days Visa on arrival
Congo (Dem. Rep.) Congo (Dem. Rep.) Africa N/A Visa required
Congo (Rep.) Congo (Rep.) Africa N/A Visa required
Cook Islands Cook Islands Oceania 31 days Visa-free
Costa Rica Costa Rica Central America 90 days Visa-free
Cote d'Ivoire Cote d’Ivoire Africa N/A eVisa
Croatia Croatia Europe 90 days Visa-free
Cuba Cuba Caribbean 30 days Visa required
Curacao Curacao Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Cyprus Cyprus Europe 90 days Visa-free
Czechia Czechia Europe 90 days Visa-free
Denmark Denmark Europe 90 days Visa-free
Djibouti Djibouti Africa 31 days eVisa
Dominica Dominica Caribbean 180 days Visa-free
Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Caribbean 30 days Visa required
Ecuador Ecuador South America 90 days Visa-free
Egypt Egypt Africa 30 days eVisa
El Salvador El Salvador Central America 90 days Visa-free
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Africa N/A Visa required
Eritrea Eritrea Africa N/A Visa required
Estonia Estonia Europe 90 days Visa-free
eSwatini eSwatini Africa 30 days Visa-free
Ethiopia Ethiopia Africa 30 days eVisa
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands South America N/A Visa required
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands Europe 90 days Visa-free
Fiji Fiji Oceania 120 days Visa-free
Finland Finland Europe 90 days Visa-free
France France Europe 90 days Visa-free
French Guiana French Guiana South America 90 days Visa-free
French Polynesia French Polynesia Oceania 90 days Visa-free
French West Indies French West Indies Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Gabon Gabon Africa 90 days eVisa
Georgia Georgia Asia 360 days Visa-free
Germany Germany Europe N/A Visa-free
Ghana Ghana Africa N/A Visa required
Gibraltar Gibraltar Europe 90 days Visa-free
Greece Greece Europe 90 days Visa-free
Greenland Greenland Europe 90 days Visa-free
Grenada Grenada Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Guam Guam Oceania N/A Visa required
Guatemala Guatemala Central America 90 days Visa-free
Guinea Guinea Africa N/A Visa required
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Africa 90 days Visa on arrival
Guyana Guyana South America 90 days Visa-free
Haiti Haiti Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Honduras Honduras Central America 90 days Visa-free
Hong Kong (SAR China) Hong Kong (SAR China) Asia 90 days Visa-free
Hungary Hungary Europe 90 days Visa-free
Iceland Iceland Europe 90 days Visa-free
India India Asia 30 days eVisa
Indonesia Indonesia Asia 30 days Visa-free
Iran Iran Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Iraq Iraq Asia N/A Visa required
Ireland Ireland Europe 90 days Visa-free
Israel Israel Asia 90 days Visa-free
Italy Italy Europe 90 days Visa-free
Jamaica Jamaica Caribbean 180 days Visa-free
Japan Japan Asia 90 days Visa-free
Jordan Jordan Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Asia 30 days Visa-free
Kenya Kenya Africa 90 days eVisa
Kiribati Kiribati Oceania 90 days Visa-free
Kosovo Kosovo Europe 90 days Visa-free
Kuwait Kuwait Asia 90 days Visa on arrival
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Asia 60 days Visa-free
Laos Laos Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Latvia Latvia Europe 90 days Visa-free
Lebanon Lebanon Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Lesotho Lesotho Africa 14 days Visa-free
Liberia Liberia Africa N/A Visa required
Libya Libya Africa N/A Visa required
Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Europe N/A Visa-free
Lithuania Lithuania Europe 90 days Visa-free
Luxembourg Luxembourg Europe 90 days Visa-free
Macao (SAR China) Macao (SAR China) Asia 90 days Visa-free
Madagascar Madagascar Africa 90 days Visa on arrival
Malawi Malawi Africa 90 days Visa-free
Malaysia Malaysia Asia 90 days Visa-free
Maldives Maldives Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Mali Mali Africa N/A Visa required
Malta Malta Europe 90 days Visa-free
Marshall Islands Marshall Islands Oceania 90 days Visa on arrival
Mauritania Mauritania Africa 30 days Visa on arrival
Mauritius Mauritius Africa 90 days Visa-free
Mayotte Mayotte Africa 90 days Visa-free
Mexico Mexico North America 180 days Visa-free
Micronesia Micronesia Oceania 90 days Visa-free
Moldova Moldova Europe 90 days Visa-free
Monaco Monaco Europe 90 days Visa-free
Mongolia Mongolia Asia 30 days Visa-free
Montenegro Montenegro Europe 90 days Visa-free
Montserrat Montserrat Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Morocco Morocco Africa 90 days Visa-free
Mozambique Mozambique Africa 30 days Visa on arrival
Myanmar Myanmar Asia 28 days eVisa
Namibia Namibia Africa 90 days Visa-free
Nauru Nauru Oceania N/A Visa required
Nepal Nepal Asia 90 days Visa on arrival
Netherlands Netherlands Europe 90 days Visa-free
New Caledonia New Caledonia Oceania 90 days Visa-free
New Zealand New Zealand Oceania 90 days Visa-free
Nicaragua Nicaragua Central America 90 days Visa-free
Niger Niger Africa N/A Visa required
Nigeria Nigeria Africa N/A Visa required
Niue Niue Oceania 30 days Visa-free
North Korea North Korea Asia N/A Visa required
North Macedonia North Macedonia Europe 90 days Visa-free
Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands Oceania N/A Visa required
Norway Norway Europe 90 days Visa-free
Oman Oman Asia 30 days eVisa
Pakistan Pakistan Asia 30 days eVisa
Palau Islands Palau Islands Oceania 30 days Visa on arrival
Palestinian Territory Palestinian Territory Asia 30 days Visa-free
Panama Panama Central America 180 days Visa-free
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Oceania 60 days Visa on arrival
Paraguay Paraguay South America 90 days Visa-free
Peru Peru South America 180 days Visa-free
Philippines Philippines Asia 30 days Visa-free
Poland Poland Europe 90 days Visa-free
Portugal Portugal Europe 90 days Visa-free
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Caribbean N/A Visa required
Qatar Qatar Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Reunion Reunion Africa 90 days Visa-free
Romania Romania Europe 90 days Visa-free
Russian Federation Russian Federation Europe 90 days Visa-free
Rwanda Rwanda Africa 30 days Visa on arrival
Samoa Samoa Oceania 60 days Visa-free
San Marino San Marino Europe 90 days Visa-free
Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe Africa 15 days eVisa
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Asia 90 days eVisa
Senegal Senegal Africa 90 days Visa-free
Serbia Serbia Europe 90 days Visa-free
Seychelles Seychelles Africa 90 days Visa-free
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Africa 30 days Visa on arrival
Singapore Singapore Asia 90 days Visa-free
Slovakia Slovakia Europe 90 days Visa-free
Slovenia Slovenia Europe 90 days Visa-free
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Oceania 90 days Visa-free
Somalia Somalia Africa 30 days Visa on arrival
South Africa South Africa Africa 90 days Visa-free
South Korea South Korea Asia 90 days Visa-free
South Sudan South Sudan Africa N/A Visa required
Spain Spain Europe 90 days Visa-free
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Asia 30 days eVisa
St. Helena St. Helena Africa 90 days Visa-free
St. Kitts and Nevis St. Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
St. Lucia St. Lucia Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
St. Maarten St. Maarten Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
St. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Sudan Sudan Africa N/A Visa required
Suriname Suriname South America 90 days Visa-free
Sweden Sweden Europe 90 days Visa-free
Switzerland Switzerland Europe 90 days Visa-free
Syria Syria Asia N/A Visa required
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Asia 90 days Visa-free
Tajikistan Tajikistan Asia 45 days eVisa
Tanzania Tanzania Africa 90 days Visa on arrival
Thailand Thailand Asia 30 days Visa-free
The Gambia The Gambia Africa 90 days Visa-free
Timor-Leste Timor-Leste Asia 30 days Visa on arrival
Togo Togo Africa 7 days Visa on arrival
Tonga Tonga Oceania 31 days Visa-free
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Tunisia Tunisia Africa 90 days Visa-free
Türkiye Türkiye Asia/Europe 90 days Visa-free
Turkmenistan Turkmenistan Asia N/A Visa required
Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean 90 days Visa-free
Tuvalu Tuvalu Oceania 30 days Visa on arrival
Uganda Uganda Africa 90 days Visa on arrival
Ukraine Ukraine Europe 90 days Visa-free
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Asia 90 days Visa-free
United Kingdom United Kingdom Europe 180 days Visa-free
United States United States North America 90 days Visa required
Uruguay Uruguay South America 90 days Visa-free
US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands Caribbean N/A Visa required
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Asia 30 days Visa-free
Vanuatu Vanuatu Oceania 90 days Visa-free
Vatican City Vatican City Europe 90 days Visa-free
Venezuela Venezuela South America 90 days Visa-free
Vietnam Vietnam Asia 30 days eVisa
Yemen Yemen Asia N/A Visa required
Zambia Zambia Africa 90 days Visa on arrival
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Africa 90 days Visa on arrival
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