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Red-White-Red Card - Other Key Worker

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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 third-country citizen taking up employment with a company in Austria as a key worker, applying for a Red-White-Red Card valid for 24 months.

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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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    If you are a third-country citizen who is to take up employment with a company in Austria as a key worker you may apply for a Red-White-Red -Card valid for 24 months if you meet 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?

The applicant takes up employment with a company in Austria, which must pay at least the statutory minimum of EUR 3,465 gross per month (2026 figure), and no equally qualified jobseeker registered with the AMS may be placeable in the post. The potential employer may file the application with the competent residence authority in Austria.

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  • The captured official page lists the exact regional authority per federal state; not fully transcribed here. It also does not establish every condition for this route.
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    Either you can file the application for the Red-White-Red Card personally with the Austrian representation (embassy or consulate) of your country of residence or your potential employer may file it with the competent residence authority in Austria
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    in Lower Austria: the Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government
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    If you are a third-country citizen who is to take up employment with a company in Austria as a key worker you may apply for a Red-White-Red -Card valid for 24 months if you meet the following requirements:
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    Your prospective employer will pay the statutory minimum of € 3,465 (2026) gross monthly payments
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    no equally qualified person registered as a jobseeker at the Public Employment Service (AMS) can be placed
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    you reach a minimum of 55 points according to the following list of criteria

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

Three things decide this route together: a statutory salary floor, a labour-market test and a points score. The employer must pay at least the statutory minimum of EUR 3,465 gross per month (2026 figure); no equally qualified jobseeker registered with the Public Employment Service (AMS) may be placeable in the post; and the applicant must reach at least 55 points, where vocational training or special know-how in the occupation scores 20, university-admission eligibility 25, and a tertiary programme of at least three years 30.

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  • Points tables and salary figures are the values published on the captured page; confirm the current year's figures before publication.
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    Your prospective employer will pay the statutory minimum of € 3,465 (2026) gross monthly payments
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    no equally qualified person registered as a jobseeker at the Public Employment Service (AMS) can be placed
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    you reach a minimum of 55 points according to the following list of criteria

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

The holder is entitled to fixed-term settlement and to employment by the employer specified in the application, so the work permission is tied to that named employer. Self-employment is also possible, but only where it is subsidiary and all other legal requirements are fulfilled. The official page does not state a family-accompaniment rule 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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    As a holder of the Red-White-Red Card you are entitled to fixed-term settlement and employment by the employer specified in the application. The Red-White-Red Card is generally issued for a period of 24 months. You can also work self-employed, if this employment is subsidiary and all other legal requirements are fulfilled.

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

A Red-White-Red Card granted to a third-country citizen taking up employment with an Austrian company as a key worker is valid for 24 months. The official page sets out the qualifying requirements but does not establish the renewal cycle or an automatic progression to a longer-term status.

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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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    If you are a third-country citizen who is to take up employment with a company in Austria as a key worker you may apply for a Red-White-Red -Card valid for 24 months if you meet the following requirements:

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

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