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Red-White-Red Card - Graduate of Austrian Higher Education

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

This route is for a recent graduate who, within the twelve-month post-study job-search renewal, receives an employment offer from a specified employer (a work contract) matching their level of qualification, allowing a Red-White-Red Card application without a labour market test.

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    If, within these twelve months, you receive an employment offer from a specified employer (work contract) which matches your level of qualification, you can apply for a Red-White-Red Card without a labour market test, provided that you also fulfil the following requirements:

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

A specified employer must make an employment offer (work contract) matching the graduate's qualification level; with that offer, no labour market test is required.

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    If, within these twelve months, you receive an employment offer from a specified employer (work contract) which matches your level of qualification, you can apply for a Red-White-Red Card without a labour market test, provided that you also fulfil the following requirements:

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

For graduates of Austrian higher education the qualification itself replaces the scoring system: the source states expressly that there is no points system for graduates. What is decisive instead is that the job offer matches the level of qualification obtained and that the pay is the locally customary gross minimum salary which comparable Austrian graduates (junior employees) would receive. No labour market test is applied.

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    you can apply for a Red-White-Red Card without a labour market test
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    you get paid the locally customary gross minimum salary which comparable Austrian graduates (junior employees) would receive
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    For graduates, there is no points system

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

The Red-White-Red Card allows the holder to settle temporarily in Austria and to work for the employer specified in the application, so the work permission is tied to that named employer. The official page does not state a family-accompaniment rule for this route.

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    For graduates, there is no points system. The Red-White-Red Card allows you to settle temporarily in Austria and to work for the employer specified in your application. You can obtain a Red-White-Red Card if you have graduated from an Austrian university, university of applied sciences, private college, or private university as defined by the Private Higher Education Act (PrivHG). You have to prove that you have successfully completed a diploma programme at least from the second stage of studies, a bachelor's programme, a master's programme oder a doctoral programme.

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

Progression to a Red-White-Red Card plus, with unlimited labour market access, is available once the graduate has been employed in accordance with the eligibility criteria for at least 21 months during the preceding 24 months. The official source does not state the permit duration or renewal.

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    You may apply for a Red-White-Red Card plus with unlimited labour market access if you were employed in accordance with the eligibility criteria for at least 21 months during the preceding 24 months.

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