Consulate General of Austria in Istanbul

Visits to the Consulate General of Austria in Istanbul are strictly by appointment. For specific services, visitors must visit the designated section at the embassy and book an appointment accordingly on the email addresses mentioned above. For instance, if you want to apply for consular services, you should visit the Consular Section. To book an appointment, you can directly mail the high commission or consular email section or email on istanbul-gk@bmeia.gv.at.

The Consulate General of Austria in Istanbul offers a wide range of consular services, including the processing of visas and passports and document legalization. To apply for a new passport, renew your old passport, want to change the particulars on your current passport, or need to report about a lost or damaged passport, book an appointment with the high commission's passport service.

These consulate services are listed below:

• Process passport applications
• Process visa applications
• Legalization of documents
• Issuing emergency travel documents
• Power of attorney
• Birth Certificate
• Application forms
• Authentication of documents

In case you want to apply for an identity card, report about your lost or stolen Austria ID card, or need to edit or change your particulars on the Identity verification card, consult the high commission.

Remember that passport applications take at least six weeks to process. Dual nationals must declare the other nationality before applying for the renewal of their Austria passport. If you want to regain Austrian citizenship, wait until the completion of the regaining process. Furthermore, passports are delivered to the applicant via postal services, and there's no need to visit the high commission.

In the wake of the pandemic, visitors are requested to provide a registered, secure, and trackable envelope with their full address and pre-paid postage stamps to receive their sensitive documents via post. The envelope must indicate the applicant's full name and postal code while having enough return postage. Moreover, anyone visiting the Consulate General of Austria in Istanbul must abide by the necessary SOPs, wear a mask, and comply with social distancing rules

The Consulate General of Austria in Istanbul offers visa facilitation services to those not eligible for an electronic visa Austria. You can contact the Mission to obtain information about the type of visas you need to apply for, and apply for your desired single-entry, double-entry, and multiple-entry visa, transit visa, and diplomatic official visa. The Embassy also facilitates East African Visa and Referred Visa.

Remember that single-entry visa can be obtained for tourism and business purposes whereas diplomatic official visa is only for people traveling to Austria on official duty. A multiple-entry visa is issued to British citizens only, and other citizens' applications are diverted to the immigration headquarters for further processing. To obtain an entry permit for a brief stop-over in Austria or an overnight stay, you need to apply for a transit visa. The East African visa is a multiple-entry visa granted to tourists visiting Austria, Rwanda, and Uganda. Referred visas are issued to members of certain countries. The immigration services director approves their visas.

Please note that applications submitted without complete support documents will not be processed. It may take up to three business days for the embassy to process your visa application.

Visa types granted by Austria are;

• Austria 1-Tourist Visa
• Austria ETIAS Visa Waiver
• Austria Schengen Visa for Austria
• Austria Residence Permit
• Austria Education Permit
• Austria Bring your family
• Austria Residence permit for executives
• Austria Work Visa
• Austria Red -White-Red Card
• Austria EU Blue Card
• Austria Jobseeker Visa
• Austrian Airport Visa
• Austrian Visitor Visa
• Austrian Business Visa
• Austrian Visa for Official Visit
• Austrian Medical Visa
• Austrian Study Visa
• Austrian Visa for Cultural, Sports and Film Crews

The Austria and Turkey enjoy cordial bilateral relations. The high commission's diplomatic mission's mandate is to forge stronger and closer ties between the two countries. Pursuing bilateral and multilateral cooperation in diverse sectors, including culture, defense, tourism, trade and investments, science and technology, security, and other fields while safeguarding mutual benefits, is vital for their relations. The countries are cooperating to resolve global issues like climate change, piracy, terrorism, cybersecurity, etc. The Austria is the most important source market for tourism in Turkey.
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Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease the Consulate General of Austria in Istanbul could have adjusted its office hours or services. Please do confirm personally.