Darf ich mit abgelaufener Aufenthaltskarte reisen?

Rechtmäßig im Land bleiben Sie, wenn Sie rechtzeitig verlängert haben. Für die Wiedereinreise nach einer Reise brauchen Sie aber ein gültiges Dokument, deshalb die Notvignette.

Wie lange gilt die Notvignette?

In der Regel drei Monate. Sie bekommen sie nur einmal pro Verlängerungsverfahren.

Wann gibt es keine Notvignette?

Beim Erstantrag, beim Antrag auf ein Duplikat und bei Aufenthaltskarten und Daueraufenthaltskarten für Angehörige von EU-Bürgern.

Emergency Visa | Immigration Lawyer Vienna

In short

If you applied for renewal in time, you remain lawfully in Austria until the decision.
For travel with an expired card, there is the emergency visa (Notvignette), usually valid for three months.
Only once per renewal procedure.
Not for a first application, a duplicate or cards for family members of EU citizens.

Emergency visa

What it is

If you filed your renewal application in time, before expiry, you remain lawfully in Austria until the decision, even if your card has expired. Travelling abroad is difficult, however, because re-entry without a valid document can fail. This is what the emergency visa (Notvignette) is for: a visa issued for one trip with re-entry. It is usually valid for three months.

Requirements

Who can get it

You are a third-country national (not EU, EEA or Switzerland).
Your residence permit has expired, but you filed the renewal application in time.
No decision has yet been made on the renewal.
You have a valid passport.

You can only get the emergency visa once per renewal procedure.

Excluded

When there is no emergency visa

for a first application
for an application for a duplicate, for example after a loss
for a residence card (Aufenthaltskarte) and a permanent residence card (Daueraufenthaltskarte) for family members of EU citizens, including their renewal or a change of purpose to one of these cards

Questions we get asked

Emergency visa: short answers

May I travel with an expired residence card?

You remain lawfully in Austria if you applied for renewal in time. To re-enter after a trip, however, you need a valid document, which is why the emergency visa exists.

How long is the emergency visa valid?

Usually three months. You can only get it once per renewal procedure.

When is there no emergency visa?

For a first application, for an application for a duplicate, and for residence cards and permanent residence cards for family members of EU citizens.