Austria - Apply for Identification(ID) Card

ProcedureEdit

Visit the nearest authority to you. For the list of where you can go, please see the 'Office Locations and Contacts' in this page.
The application for an identity card must personally be introduced.
The card is issued within approximately five working days by post to the address given ( eg sent home, work place, passport agency).
When application on the town is to be expected with a longer waiting time.

Required DocumentsEdit

Application form - If the applicant is under age 18 (please note there is a separate application form for minors), one of the parents (if parents are married) or the legal guardian must sign the application as well. (The legal guardian for children born out of wedlock is the unmarried mother. #If the parents are divorced and share custody, both parents have to sign the application form).
Statutory Declaration ("Erklrung")- completed and signed.
One (1) recent passport photo. Additionally to the listed criteria the eyes on the picture have to be in the upper half of the photograph.
If you hold dual citizenship or a temporary visa this document is not required.
Birth Certificate
Citizenship Certificate
if applicable: Marriage (issued by Registrar Office) and Divorce Certificates
if applicable: Proof of Academic Degree (e.g. diploma) to be entered into the passport *)
if applicable: Austrian Change of Name Document

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Competent authorityEdit

The passport authority:

The district administration
- In Leoben and Schwechat : the community
In statutory cities : the City Council
- In Vienna: the municipal district offices

The application for the issuance of identity cards can domestically - regardless of residence - are made ??for each passport authority.

Please follow the link for more information

https://www.help.gv.at/linkaufloesung/applikation-flow?leistung=LA-HP-RL-ReisepassAusstellung&flow=LO&quelle=HELP

https://www.help.gv.at/linkaufloesung/applikation-flow;jsessionid=459721DF7FFAF39684A82887E1576871.tomcat_help1?execution=e1s1&gemeindeplzeingabe:_idcl=gemeindeplzeingabe_j_id26

http://www.wien.gv.at/verwaltung/passservice/stellen.html

http://www.schwechat.gv.at/de/serviceleistungen/dokumente/453/Reisepass-mit-Chip

EligibilityEdit

Prerequisite for the issuance of an Austrian passport is an Austrian citizen.

FeesEdit

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ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to UseEdit

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Processing TimeEdit

The card is issued within approximately five working days by post to the address given ( eg sent home, work place, passport agency).

When application on the town is to be expected with a longer waiting time.

InstructionsEdit

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e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

Required InformationEdit

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e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the DocumentEdit

It is now possible to apply for the Austrian ID-Card (Personalausweis) through the Austrian Embassies. This document can also be used to travel from Austria to many European countries and allows additional functions to be added (for use in Austria only).

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External LinksEdit

http://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/embassy/canberra/practical-advice/austrians-in-australia/passport.html#c287258

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