Austria: visa and entry rules
What you need to get in, how long you may stay, and what an overstay costs
Austria's borders: every crossing point
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Austria has eight neighbours, and all of them are in Schengen: Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
There is no permanent control, but Austria has introduced spot checks on the Hungarian and Slovenian routes.
The Alpine passes and tunnels — the Brenner towards Italy, the Arlberg inside the country — operate all year round.
The country has no sea coast.
The main airport is Schwechat in Vienna, a convenient hub for connections around Europe.
Driving to Austria
Renting a car in Europe is the practical option.
A vignette is required for the motorways, either paper or electronic.
A Green Card is mandatory.
Winter tyres are mandatory from November to April, and the rule is strictly enforced.
Travelling to Austria with a pet
The rules are the same throughout the EU.
An ISO-standard microchip is mandatory, and it is implanted BEFORE the rabies vaccination — otherwise the vaccination does not count.
Rabies vaccination — no earlier than 12 weeks of age, and 21 days must pass between the vaccination and entry.
A rabies antibody titre test is required only for pets from a country not on the EU's approved list. The US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK are on the list, so this does not apply to pets travelling from those countries; Russia is one of the countries it does apply to. Blood is taken no earlier than 30 days after the vaccination, after which there is a three-month wait before entry.
An EU veterinary certificate is required, issued by the state veterinary service.
No more than five animals per person without commercial paperwork.
Overstaying your visa in Austria
The violation is recorded across the whole Schengen area, not against one individual country.
The main consequence is a refusal of your next visa. The record stays in the system, and getting a Schengen visa afterwards becomes considerably harder.
An entry ban for a substantial overstay applies to the entire area at once.
The days are counted across the whole of Schengen. The typical mistake is to count your stay in each country separately.
What else to check before you go
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Entry rules change faster than anything else on this site, and they change without notice. We cross-check every page against several sources and state the date it was verified, but that does not replace the main step: before you travel, check an official source — the country’s consulate, its immigration service or its e-visa portal. Especially if more than a couple of months have passed since our check.