Austria’s Red-White-Red Card seems interesting, right?

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Everything I write, I’ve written the first draft in Austria. -Peter Morgan. That’s how beautiful and resourceful it is!

The “Red-White-Red Card” provides temporary settlement and employment with a specific employer to the card holder. It is suitable for people intending to settle in Austria permanently. The “Red-White-Red Card” is issued if the applicant can prove an adequate employment. The job must correspond to the applicant’s qualifications and be paid adequately and comply with the special eligibility criteria for the “Red-White-Red Card” applied for (e.g. achievement of a minimum score, minimum gross salary).

The RWR Card model aims at a more flexible immigration of qualified third-country work force and their families who wish to settle in Austria according to personal and labour market criteria.

The most important requirements are qualification, work experience, age, language skills, offer of employment according to the qualification and minimum remuneration. The new regulations come into force on 1st of July 2011.

The RWR Card is available for persons who meet the requirements in two different versions:

RWR Card: entitles to residence and employment only with a certain employer

RWR Card plus: entitles to residence and unlimited labour market access

The RWR Card will be available the following groups of applicants:

1. Very highly qualified workers

2. Skilled workers in shortage occupations

3. Other key workers

4. Graduates of universities and colleges of higher education in Austria

The RWR Card plus will be available the following groups of applicants:

5. Family members of applicant groups 1 to 4 and holders of an EU Blue Card

6. Family members of foreign citizens permanently settled in Austria

Application and Assessment

Very highly qualified workers without an employer in Austria may apply for a visa for the purpose of searching for employment in Austria with the competent Austrian representation (embassy, consulate) of their native country respectively their country of residence. The high skilled migration visa will be issued under the condition that the Public Employment Service for Vienna (AMS Wien) confirms to the representation that the applicant achieves the minimum amount of points required for the grant. Applicants permitted to enter Austria under a visa-free regime do not require a job search visa. They may apply for the RWR Card during their lawful visa-free stay in Austria if they find a job corresponding to their qualifications during this period.

Skilled workers in shortage occupations and other key workers may apply for a RWR Card with the competent Austrian representation abroad (embassy, consulate). A declaration by the intended employer on compliance with the employment conditions must be submitted together with the application. Applicants who are entitled to entry without a visa and foreign graduates of universities in Austria holding a confirmation by the competent residence authority may submit their application directly with the competent residence authority.

All key workers, skilled workers and university graduates holding a RWR Card, and all third country citizens already permanently settled in Austria may bring their spouses, registered partners and children up to 18 years (family reunion/nuclear family). Before entry, family members have to prove successfully completed language tests in German.

Holders of an EU Blue Card may apply for a RWR Card plus with unlimited labour market access if they have been employed for at least 21 months during the previous 24 months according to their qualification.

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