Citizenship

Municipal Department 35 - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35) is the office in Vienna you may contact for all questions regarding Austrian citizenship.

The department provides you with information on the requirements to acquire, retain, or renounce Austrian citizenship as well as information on proof of citizenship like a certificate or other verification.

• Proof of Austrian citizenship
• Questions about acquiring Austrian citizenship or your current application process
• Applying for Austrian citizenship
• Other means of acquiring Austrian citizenship
• Determining Austrian citizenship
• Retaining Austrian citizenship
• Renouncing Austrian citizenship

Do you need proof of Austrian citizenship?

You need a citizenship certificate (Staatsbürgerschaftsnachweis) or other proof.

If you live outside of Austria, please contact the Austrian embassy or the Austrian consulate general in your country of residence.

If you live in Austria, please contact:

• Staatsbürgerschaftsevidenz
• Municipal Department 35 – Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35)
• Address: 1200 Vienna, Dresdner Straße 89, block B1, 3^rd floor
• Phone: +43 1 4000-35449
• E-Mail: staatsbuergerschaftsnachweis@ma35.wien.gv.at

For more information, please visit the website of Municipal Department 35 - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35): Citizenship certificate (German)

Do you have questions about acquiring Austrian citizenship or about your current application process?

To acquire Austrian citizenship, you will have to meet certain requirements.

Answer the following questions and find out if you meet the basic requirements for Austrian citizenship. At the end of the questionnaire, you will be able to book an appointment for the informational event on Austrian citizenship.

Start questionnaire (German)

For any further questions concerning citizenship or your current application process, please contact the team of Municipal Department 35 – Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35):

• E-Mail: servicecenter@ma35.wien.gv.at
• Phone: +43 1 4000-3535

For more information, please visit the website of Municipal Department 35 - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35): Acquiring Austrian citizenship (Verleihung) (German)

Applying for Austrian citizenship

Where to apply

Municipal Department - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35) is competent to handle your application for citizenship in the following cases:

• Your main residence is in Vienna.
  or
• Your main residence is abroad and you were born abroad.
  or
• Your main residence is abroad and you were born in Vienna before 1 July 1966.
  or
• Your main residence is abroad, you were born on or after 1 July 1966 and your mother was a resident of Vienna at the moment of your birth.

If you live in another federal state of Austria, for example Burgenland, Salzburg or Vorarlberg, please contact the competent department in that state (German).

If you live outside of Austria, please contact the Austrian embassy or the Austrian consulate general in your country of residence.

Would you like to attend an informational event for Austrian citizenship?

If you attend the informational event (Erstinformationsveranstaltung), you will get:

• Information about the required documents, for example proof of your proficiency in German
• Information about the application process
• Information about extending Austrian citizenship to your spouse and/or children

After a general presentation, you will have the chance to ask questions regarding your personal situation.

Book an appointment online (German)

Other means of acquiring Austrian citizenship

You do not need to book an appointment for the informational event if you plan to acquire Austrian citizenship in the following way:

• Acquisition of Austrian citizenship by descent (Abstammung) (German)
• Acquisition of Austrian citizenship for persons persecuted by the National Socialist regime and their descendants (German)
• Acquisition of Austrian citizenship for persons with extraordinary achievements in the interest of the Republic of Austria (German)
• Acquisition of Austrian citizenship in case you have been wrongfully considered an Austrian citizen (Putativösterreicher*innen) (German)

You also do not need to book an appointment, if you are an Austrian citizen and want to submit an application on behalf of your child. For more information, please visit the website of Municipal Department 35 - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35): Austrian citizenship for children (German)

Would you like to determine whether you are an Austrian citizen?

You do not know whether you have acquired Austrian citizenship from your Austrian ancestors. Or you do not know whether you have lost your Austrian citizenship, for example by acquiring a different citizenship.

If you live outside of Austria, please contact the Austrian embassy or the Austrian consulate general in your country of residence.

For more information, please visit the website of Municipal Department 35 - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35): Determination of Austrian citizenship (Feststellung) (German)

Would you like to keep your Austrian citizenship?

You would like to retain, meaning keep, your Austrian citizenship while acquiring another citizenship.

If you live outside of Austria, please contact the Austrian embassy or the Austrian consulate general in your country of residence.

For more information, please visit the website of Municipal Department 35 - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35): Retention of Austrian citizenship (Beibehaltung) (German)

Would you like to renounce your Austrian citizenship?

You would like to renounce your Austrian citizenship, for example because you want to acquire another citizenship.

If you live outside of Austria, please contact the Austrian embassy or the Austrian consulate general in your country of residence.

For more information, please visit the website of Municipal Department 35 - Immigration and Citizenship (MA 35): Renunciation of Austrian citizenship (Verzicht) (German)