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Project Staff Visa and Work Permit

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This route is for specially qualified workers employed exclusively for a certain company project; a project is usually a one-time temporary undertaking aiming at a specific objective, and the workers are employed only for the duration of its implementation.

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  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.
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    As project is a (usually) one-time temporary undertaking aiming at a certain objective, implemented within the company through special workers employed exclusively for this undertaking and only for the duration of this implementation.
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    Your employer applies for a work permit, respectively, first for a conditional assurance for your visa (Sicherungsbescheinigung), for you as a specially qualified worker, employed exclusively for a certain company project, at the local Public Employment Service’s office (AMS).

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The employer applies for a work permit, first a conditional assurance for the visa (Sicherungsbescheinigung), for the applicant as a specially qualified worker employed exclusively for a certain company project, at the local Public Employment Service (AMS).

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.
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    Your employer applies for a work permit, respectively, first for a conditional assurance for your visa (Sicherungsbescheinigung), for you as a specially qualified worker, employed exclusively for a certain company project, at the local Public Employment Service’s office (AMS).

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

This permit turns on project-specific expertise plus a labour-market test, not on a salary band or occupation list. The AMS may grant it only where special knowledge (especially technical proficiency), a high level of qualification and matching professional experience are accounted for, where the employment is genuinely temporary and limited to the project, and where the labour market test shows no already-settled registered jobseeker can be recruited for the position.

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    Special knowledge (especially technical proficiency), a high level of qualification and matching professional experience are accounted for
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    The AMS labour market test shows that that no other person, registred with the labour market service and already settled in Austria, can be recruited for the position

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

Employment is limited to the company project for which the worker is employed and may only be taken up after the visa is issued; the visa does not include a right to settle permanently in Austria, nor a right to family reunification.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.
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    You may take up employment only after the visa has been issued. This vis does neither comprise the right to seetle permanently in Austria, nor the right to family reunification.
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    Your employer applies for a work permit, respectively, first for a conditional assurance for your visa (Sicherungsbescheinigung), for you as a specially qualified worker, employed exclusively for a certain company project, at the local Public Employment Service’s office (AMS).

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The employment permit for project staff has a maximum duration of six months, and the official page states that an extension is not possible. No renewal cycle or progression to a longer-term status is established for this route.

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Limits of the record
  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.
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    The maximum duration for the employment permit is six months. An extension is not possible.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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