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.png) Front cover of an Austrianbiometric passport  (2024) | |
_data_page.jpg) Biodata page of an Austrianbiometric passport (2024) | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by |  Local Governments in Austria |
| First issued | 1857 (first passport regulations, asAustrian Empire)[1] 16 June 2006[2] (biometric) 1 December 2023[3][4] (current version) |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Austrian citizenship |
| Expiration | 2 years after issuance for children up to the age of 1; 5 years for children aged 2–11; 10 years for citizens aged 12 and older |
| Cost | €112.00[5] |
AnAustrian passport (German:Österreichischer Reisepass) is an identity document issued to citizens ofAustria to facilitate international travel. Every Austrian citizen is also acitizen of the European Union. Thepassport, along with thenational identity card, allows for free rights of movement and residence in any of the states of theEuropean Economic Area andSwitzerland.
The passports can be applied for and are issued at magistrates anddistrict captaincies, as well as selected municipal offices, then are manufactured centrally at theÖsterreichische Staatsdruckerei [de] inVienna.
Austrian passports are the sameburgundy colour as otherEuropean passports, with theAustrian coat of arms emblazoned in the centre of the front cover. The words "EUROPÄISCHE UNION" (English:European Union) and "REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH" (English:Republic of Austria) are inscribed above the coat of arms and the word "REISEPASS" (English:Passport) is inscribed below it. Austrian passports have the standardbiometric symbol at the bottom and use the standardEU design. Each page of the passport shows the coat of arms of a different Austrian state in the background. A new passport design was introduced in December 2023.[6]
German names containingumlauts (ä,ö,ü) and/orß are spelled in the correct way in the non-machine-readable zone of the passport, but with simple vowel + E and/or SS in themachine-readable zone, e.g. Müller becomes MUELLER, Groß becomes GROSS, and Gößmann becomes GOESSMANN.
The transcription mentioned above is generally used forairplane tickets etc., but sometimes (like in US visas) also simple vowels are used (MULLER, GOSSMANN). The three possible spelling variants of the same name (e.g. Müller / Mueller / Muller) in different documents sometimes lead to confusion, and the use of two different spellings within the same document (like in the passport) may give people who are unfamiliar with theGerman orthography the impression that the document is a forgery.[citation needed]
Austrian passports may (but do not always) contain a trilingual (in German, English, and French) explanation of the Germanumlauts and ß, e.g. 'ß' entspricht / is equal to / correspond à 'SS'.[citation needed]
Visa requirements forAustrian citizens are administrative entry restrictions imposed by the authorities of foreign states on citizens ofAustria. As of 4 January 2024,[update] Austrian citizens had visa-free orvisa on arrival access (includingeTAs) to 194 countries and territories, ranking the Austrian passport 3rd in the world in terms of travel freedom (tied withFinnish,Luxembourg, andSwedish passports) according to theHenley Passport Index.[7]
Austrian citizens can live and work in any country within the EU as a result of the right of free movement and residence granted inArticle 21 of the EU Treaty.[8]
Austria allows its citizens to hold a second Austrian passport to circumvent certain travel restrictions. Some countries in the Arab Leaguedo not allow entry to passport holders of any nationality with Israeli visas or passport stamps.
Holding an Austrian passport and a foreign passport at the same time—i.e.,dual citizenship—is restricted under the currentAustrian nationality law. In general, only those who acquired multiple citizenships at birth can havedual/multiple citizenship. Dual citizenship is also permitted fordescendants of persecuted persons, such as descendants of Holocaust survivors. Austrians who voluntarily acquire citizenship of another country automatically lose their Austrian citizenship, unless they have obtained permission to retain their Austrian citizenship (German:Beibehaltung der Staatsbürgerschaft) beforehand.[citation needed]
Before Austriabecame a member of the European Union in 1995, passports had an outer light brown/inner dark brown cover ("Serie A–F") until sometime during the 1970s, when it switched to a dark green cover. The series of brown passports used various security featured that were abandoned with the introduction of the green models.
Also, there was no need for a 2nd passport of a wife, she was added to the passport and an additional photo inserted. Up to four kids were added by listing these in the passport with names, age (not date of birth) and sex, no descriptions needed, no photos. Starting with "Serie A" the name of the passport holder was written to the outside, this also was abandoned with the green and later models.
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