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Work Permits for Austria
In our article on moving to Austria, we have already dealt with a couple of permits for living and working in Austria, namely the EU Blue Card and the Red-White-Red Card. In this paragraph, our main concerns will be the long-term work permit for non-EU/EEA nationals and the permit for the secondment of employees. EU citizens (apart from Croatian nationals) enjoy free labor market access.
The secondment of employees to Austria requires a specific permit, depending on where the company sending the project worker is registered and on the nationality of the worker. If the employer is an EU company but the employee is either a Croatian national or a non-EU citizen, an EU placement permit (Entsendebestätigung) is needed for working in Austria. If the employer is not from an EU member state or is originally from Croatia , the Austrian contractor must apply for a foreign placement permit (Entsendebewilligung). It is valid for 4 months. When it comes to work permits in general, those are tied to the respective residence permit as well as the passing of a language test which is anchored within the “Integration Agreement”. The most important permits are the Red-White-Red Card, which is valid for 12 months and requires the passing of language module 1, the EU Blue Card, which is valid for 24 months and requires no language test, and finally the long-term work permit. After five years of legally working in Austria and successfully having passed the language test module 2, foreigners may apply for a long-term work permit. It is valid for five years and allows you to take up work anywhere in the country. Foreign spouses and children of applicants may also apply. For further information with regards to residence and work permits, please visit the Austrian Migration Portal of the Federal Government.
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