Long-term Resident EU Permit
("Daueraufenthalt EU")
("Daueraufenthalt EU")
The Long-term Resident EU permit...
- requires at least 5 years of consecutive residence in Austria.
- requires German language skills on level B1, among others.
- allows to you work self-employed or employed, and does not bind you to one particular employer.
- grants you permanent residence in Austria and is valid for 5 years.
Requirements for the Long-term Residence Permit EU
You can apply for the Long-Term Resident EU Permit if you have lived in Austria uninterruptedly for five years and currently hold, for example, a:
- Red-White-Red – Card Plus (“Rot-Weiß-Rot – Karte Plus”)
- Settlement Permit (“Niederlassungsbewilligung´”)
- Residence Permit – Family Member (“Aufenthaltstitel Familienangehöriger”)
- Settlement Permit – Artist (“Niederlassungsbewilligung – Künstler”)
- Settlement Permit – Special Cases of Gainful Employment (“Niederlassungsbewilligung – Sonderfälle unselbstständiger Erwerbstätigkeit”)
- Settlement Permit – Relative (“Niederlassungsbewilligung – Angehöriger”)
- Red-White-Red – Card (“Rot-Weiß-Rot – Karte”)
- Blue Card (“Blaue Karte”)
- Settlement Permit – Researcher (“Niederlassungsbewilligung – Forscher”)
Special rules apply for times in which you lived in Austria with a simple residence permit (“Aufenthaltsbewilligung”). Only 50 percent of the time spent in Austria with such a permit counts for the Long-Term Resident EU permit.
It is not sufficient, for example, if you lived in Austria for ten years with a Residence Permit – Student (“Aufenthaltsbewilligung Student”). You must have had a Red-White-Red – Card, a Blue Card or one of the various Settlement Permits.
You are not obliged to apply for the Long-Term Resident EU permit.
If you are not able to show all documents in a timely manner, or if you did not pass the ÖIF Integration Exam at a B1 level (“ÖIF-Integrationsprüfung B1”), you can simply extend the residence permit that you currently have. You can then apply for the Long-Term Resident EU permit at a later date.