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Red-White-Red Card - Very Highly Qualified 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 highly qualified worker from a third country who already has a job offer in Austria and meets the relevant requirements.

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  • The captured official page does not establish every condition for this route; verify the remaining route-specific rules before approval.

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

A concrete employment offer is the primary requirement for the Red-White-Red Card: the employment must match the applicant's qualification while offering adequate pay. The application must be accompanied by an employer's declaration giving detailed information about the future position, and the prospective employer can submit the application on the applicant's behalf at the relevant residence authority in Austria. The card covers employment by the employer specified in the application.

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

This is the top of Austria's points ladder: at least 70 points are required, and the criteria reward research seniority over an employer relationship. A four-year higher-education degree scores 20, rising to 30 in mathematics, informatics, natural sciences or technology (MINT), and to 40 for a post-doctoral qualification (habilitation) or PhD. Previous-year gross salary in a senior management position scores 20 to 30 depending on the band (EUR 50,000-60,000, 60,000-70,000, or above 70,000), and patents, publications or recognised prizes add 20 each.

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    you must score at least 70 points based on the following criteria
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    Post-doctoral qualification (habilitation) or PhD
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    Gross salary of previous year earned in a senior management position

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 to the paid employment and all other legal requirements are fulfilled. The official page does not state a family-accompaniment rule for this route.

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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 a holder of a Red-White-Red Card, you are entitled to fixed-term settlement and employment by the employer specified in your 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 to your paid employment 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?

The Red-White-Red Card is generally issued for a period of 24 months; progression to a Red-White-Red Card plus, with fixed-term settlement and unlimited labour market access, is available once employed in accordance with the eligibility criteria for a minimum of 21 months during the preceding 24 months, assessed by the AMS.

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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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    The Red-White-Red Card is generally issued for a period of 24 months.
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    if you were employed in accordance with the eligibility criteria for a minimum of 21 months during the preceding 24 months, to be assessed by the AMS.
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    If you are a holder of a Red-White-Red Card plus, you are entitled

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

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