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Posted on May 18 2024

3200 applications approved for Austria's Red-White-Red card in first quarter of 2024

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Updated September 04 2024

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Highlights: 3,200 Applications Approved for Austria’s Red-White-Red Card!

  • Over 3,200 applications for Red-white-red cards were approved in Austria in in first quarter of 2024.
  • Austria’s Labour Minister Martin Kocher (ÖVP) said the number of 3,200 applications could increase to 10,000 by the end of 2024.
  • Figures from Statistics Austria discovered that the number of unemployed people increased to 240,900 in 2023.
  • New amendments were introduced in Australia on October 1, 2022, to create faster processing times and procedures for the red-white-red card criteria.

 

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Austria’s Red-white-red card

The Red-white-red card is a two-year-valid combination of residence and work permits. Red-white-red card attracts a large number of foreigners. 3,200 applications were approved for Austria’s red-white-red card in the first four months of 2024, 35% increase compared to 2023. Recent statistics show an increase in the number of skilled third-country nationals moving to Austria for work purposes.  

Austria’s Labour Minister Martin Kocher (ÖVP) said that this number could rise to 10,000 by the end of the year, with the trend expected to experience an ongoing increase. The increased demand for skilled workers has been considered among the most critical challenges for Austria’s economy in the past few years. 

 

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The number of Unemployed people in Austria fell in 2023

Federal provinces

Unemployed total

Unemployed men

Unemployed women

Unemployment rate total (in %)

Unemployment rate men (in %)

Unemployment rate women (in %)

Austria

240 900

133 200

107 600

5.1

5.3

4.9

Burgenland

7 700

4 000

3 700

5.2

5.1

5.3

Carinthia

12 400

7 000

5 400

4.5

4.8

4.2

Lower Austria

37 700

19 500

18 200

4.3

4.2

4.4

Upper Austria

28 100

16 000

12 100

3.5

3.7

3.2

Salzburg

9 000

4 400

4 600

3.0

2.8

3.2

Styria

27 900

15 900

11 900

4.3

4.6

3.9

Tyrol

12 700

6 600

6 100

3.1

3.1

3.1

Vorarlberg

7 300

3 800

3 500

3.4

3.3

3.5

Vienna

98 000

56 000

42 000

9.6

10.3

8.8

 

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