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Austria's flagship route for top-tier talent, scored on a points test. If you reach 70 of 100 points across qualifications, experience, language and age, you can come to find work on a Job Seeker Visa and then switch to this card once you have a matching job offer. It is the premium tier of Austria's Red-White-Red (Rot-Weiss-Rot) Card system.
Highly qualified non-EU professionals with strong credentials who may not yet have a job offer in Austria.
Our licensed advisors assess your eligibility, build a strategy to strengthen your application, and manage the process end to end, so you submit a complete, competitive application with confidence.
Austria's EU Blue Card is for highly qualified professionals with a degree (or, for IT and managerial roles, three years of comparable experience), a job offer of at least six months, and gross annual pay of at least EUR 55,678 (2026).
The Red-White-Red Card — Very Highly Qualified Workers tier is Austria's premium points-based route for top talent: reach 70 of 100 points and you can enter on a six-month Job Seeker Visa, then switch to the card once you have a matching job offer.
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