VIENNA & TRAVEL	VISA INFORMATION

Where do you come from?

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Visa Information

• Entry without a Visa:
  EU members (incl. new EU members), Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. Serbia, Montenegro and Mazedonia only with the new EU passport.
  
  
• Entry without a Visa up to 3 months:

  Argentina	Guatemala	Paraguay
  Australia	Honduras	Singapore
  Bolivia	Hong Kong (BNO, CI)	South Korea
  Brazil	Israel	Uruguay
  Bulgaria	Malaysia	U.S.A.
  Canada	Mexico	Venezuela
  Chile	New Zealand
  Costa Rica	Nicaragua
  Croatia	Panama

  
  
• Entry without a Visa up to 6 months:
  Japan

>> More information: Japan 

Entry WITH a Visa

Ecuador	Greenland	Serbia
Belarus	Hong Kong	Taiwan
Bosnia	Korea	Turkey
China	Macedonia	Ukraine
Colombia	Romania
Faröer-Islands	Russia

>> More information: CIS States/Russia/Ukraine 

>> More information: Turkey 

Important!

• You can apply for a visa from the country of your residence only.
• It is absolutely impossible to extend a visa in Austria.
• You can not apply for a residence permit after having entered the country without visa or with a tourist visa C, except for e.g. U.S. nationals. (Please consult the Austrian consulate or embassy in your country for further details).

Visa C Schengen travel visa for a short stay (up to 3 months).

• Complete application form/s
• Current passport photo
• Valid passport
• Return ticket or booking confirmation
• Letter of invitation if necessary
• Confirmation of salary, pension or other income, work confirmation from employer or trade register statement/trading license
• Proof of sufficient financial means (bank statement, credit cards or similar)
• An accident and medical insurance covering the whole duration of the stay
• For University/High school students: original and copy of a student card, confirmation from your University + translation into German
• For school students: confirmation from your school + translation into German
• For all minors travelling alone: agreement declaration from parents entitling care

For any further information regarding visa matters please contact the Austrian Embassy or Consulate in your country. They will inform you about the current regulations. For the list of Austrian consulates please check the homepage of the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Invitation - Visa support letter

• Pay the total amount for the course, accommodation and Visa support fee EUR 100 . Please send a copy of your passport as well. ActiLingua will then send by fax or post a course confirmation to the visa department of the Austrian Embassy in your country.
• In case your application is rejected, we will reimburse the paid course fee excl. EUR 198,- for administration fee. (Please send us a written confirmation of the embassy.)
  
• Express Courier: EUR 60,-. Should you require an original Letter of Invitation from ActiLingua, it will be sent to you by express courier.
• We will send you the Voucher with your accommodation address as soon as we receive the payment from you.