Welcome services for new arrivals in Austria

Free Advice Services in English

There are several national and provincial services that can offer advice to people in English who want to live, work and study in Austria. Some can also offer general advice about issues related to living in Austria. The list below contains the free advice services that we are aware of:

Austria-wide

• Work in Austria

• Austria Agency for Education and Internationalisation

• Austrian Ombudsman (Volksanwaltschaft)

Vienna (Wien)

• Vienna Business Immigration Office

• Vienna Business Agency Expat Centre

• Vienna Business Agency: Welcome to Vienna guide (PDF)

• Start Wien

Burgenland

• None that we are aware of, but if you work in Vienna, you can use the services of the Vienna Business Agency

Carinthia (Kärnten)

• CIC – Carinthia International Club

Lower Austria (Niederösterreich)

• Work in Lower Austria

Salzburg

• Innovation Salzburg: Welcome Service

• Team Vielfalt

Styria

• Seddwell Center, Graz: Currently run by volunteers but in talks with the City of Graz for public funding, the Seddwell Center provides a drop-in service for the international community. Their facilities can be used for integration, wellbeing, culture, education and sustainability projects that benefit the community.

• Available only to employees of member companies only: CINT – Club International Styria

Tyrol (Tirol)

• Welcome Service

Upper Austria (Oberösterreich)

• Welcome to Upper Austria

• Pocket Guide for moving to Upper Austria

Vorarlberg

• None that we are aware of