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Residence Permit - ICT

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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 key worker (manager, specialist or trainee employee) temporarily employed in an Austrian branch of their company or group by their employer, obtaining a residence permit to reside and take up employment in Austria.

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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 as a key worker are going to be temporarily employed in an Austrian branch of your company or group by your employer, you may obtain a residence permit entitling you to residence and taking up employment in Austria.

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

An employer's declaration (Arbeitgebererklaerung) confirming the conditions of employment must be submitted with the application, together with proof that the company carries on a genuine economic activity.

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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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    Along with the application an employer’s declaration (Arbeitgebererklärung) has to be submitted, which is a written confirmation of the company on the conditions of employment of your job.
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    proof of a genuine economic activity of the company.

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

The applicant must be a manager, a specialist with a high level of qualification or specific technical knowledge, or a trainee employee, and must have at least nine months of employment in the company (six months for trainees) preceding the transfer.

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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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    managers: directors of the branch or of a department therof
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    specialists: skilled workers possessing specialised knowledge essential to the branch with a high level of qualification or specific technical knowledge
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    trainee employees: university graduates whose career development is to be promoted or who undergo an industry-specific, technical or methodological training
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    temporary employment in the company of at least nine months or, for trainees, at least six months preceding the transfer

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

The residence permit entitles the holder to residence and to take up employment in Austria as a key worker temporarily employed in an Austrian branch of their own company or group, so the work is tied to that intra-corporate assignment. 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.
  • captured paragraph
    If you as a key worker are going to be temporarily employed in an Austrian branch of your company or group by your employer, you may obtain a residence permit entitling you to residence and taking up employment in Austria.

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

A direct-transfer ICT residence permit is issued for no longer than three years (one year for trainees). The official source does not state renewal or a longer-term residence direction.

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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 will receive a residence permit as an intra-corporate transferee ("ICT") that will be issued for no longer than three years or, for trainees, for no longer than one year.
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    Application fee: € 218

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

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