Hi everyone, My wife (a Polish citizen) and I are planning to move to Graz, Austria next year. She will be completing her PHd there, and I plan to move with her (I am a Canadian citizen). I currently work as a software engineer here in Vancouver, Canada, but my employer has expressed an...

Hello, I am looking to move to Vienna, where my current employer has an official satellite office. I work as a software engineer, and my company is a contractor on a number of UN type projects. I would like to know if I could get an EU Blue Card to live and work in Vienna based on my current...

Vienna has the world’s best quality of living, according to the latest quality of living rankings report from global firm Mercer which covers 230 cities worldwide. Overall, European cities dominate the top of the ranking along with major cities in Australia and New Zealand. Zurich, Auckland...

Hi All, I am a dual British and Australian Passport holder and work in the oil and gas industry. I work 'overseas' offshore for 6 months of the year and would like to relocate to either Switzerland or Austria to spend more time in the mountains skiing and cycling. As I am an EU passport...

Hello Friends, Can anyone tell me how to get a work visa of switzerland? Can we go to Swiss on tourist visa and do a job search there? Also I would like to know about the job seeker visa in Austria. How to apply, is it easy to get the visa? Are there opportunities in IT Services fields in...

Hi, this is my first post here and I need some advice. I find myself in a rather peculiar situation. I work for an airline and travel fairly frequently with my family. I have travelled to the Schengen territory a total of 5 times since 2005 and 2 times within the last year alone. I've never had...

I would like to ask about the right procedure I should follow in order to apply for the EEA Family Permit for my wife. I am an Austrian citizen I have lived in Ecuador for a long time. After finishing my university studies here in 2010 I moved in with my girlfriend (civil partner) and I plan...

Hi All, I am an Australian who is staying in the EU (Austria) on a 6 month Schengen Type-D visa. I am planning to leave the Schengen-Zone a day before my visa expires. My plan is to then travel within the UK and other parts of the non-Schengen world for at least 3 months. I was then hoping...

For reasons very important to me, I want to live in Salzburg, Austria, or if I have to, in Germany, as close as possible to Salzburg (while being comfortable.) I'm a U.S. citizen, 22 years old, I don't speak German at all ^^. I've never been out of the country before, but I want to go. I want...

A new work permit is being introduced in Austria making it easier for non European Union people to get jobs in the country that is suffering from a skills shortage. The new red-white-red work permit, named after the colours of the nation’s flag, has limitations relating to age, education...