To take up legal employment in Austria a resident permit and an employment authorisation is required.
For the first employment in Austria this authorisation usually takes the form of an “employment licence”. After longer periods of continous employment you are entitled to apply for a “work permit” or a “permanent work permit”.

Vienna is a colourful, international and diverse city. Slightly more than half of the Viennese population was born here, and about 40% have migrated to Vienna, either from other parts of Austria or from abroad. Like in any other big city, migration is an everyday occurrence in Vienna. Today Vienna’s population amounts to 1.6 million citizens, including about 257,000 persons of non-austrian nationality, a figure which is equivalent to approximately 16.4% of the population.

For further informations about living and working in Vienna, please see in the infobox.