Austrian citizenshipBelong Austria tracks your journey to citizenship one requirement at a time. Saga helps you speak German.
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Ten years of lawful residence, five of them settled, German at B1, the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung, a secure livelihood and a clean record.
18 questions in two hours, four options each and one to three of them correct. 12 of 18 to pass.
One ring, one segment per requirement. What you control is kept apart from what you do not, and the dates ahead are listed soonest first.
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Flip B1 German or the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung to passed, or add months abroad, and watch your finish line move under the real Austrian rules. Nothing you try is saved.
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Daueraufenthalt EU first, then citizenship. Every requirement in order, each linked to the StbG or oesterreich.gv.at.
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Log your trips abroad. The app counts them against the 20 percent budget, 730 days on the ten year route, and says how much room remains.
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1,003 questions in German with an English study line, the 17 official chapters and mocks at the real pace. Today's five takes about a minute.
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Immigration and citizenship news from The Local Austria, inside the app.
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The real cover, with validity, fee and where to apply, taken from the issuing authority.
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Your dates and a few honest toggles. Add a second person on the same phone.
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Meet Saga. Say it out loud. She listens.
Saga is a seal pup in a red, white and red scarf. She is your speaking partner for German on your road to citizenship. Talk German out loud, at your own level, whenever you like. After every call she tells you what went well, what to fix and which words to keep, in English.
An add-on to Belong Austria on iPhone and Android, with 3 days free for new subscribers. Saga is an AI and can make mistakes. This is practice, not a test. Your voice is not stored.
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No account and no tracking. Documents are encrypted by iOS and kept out of your iPhone backup.
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practice questions, in German with an English study line
years of residence to apply, six on the faster routes
questions in the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung, 12 to pass
phones: iPhone and Android
Ten years of lawful and uninterrupted residence in Austria, at least five of them settled. Six years can be enough with German at B2, as the spouse of an Austrian citizen, as a citizen of an EEA state or if you were born in Austria.
At least five of your ten years must be settled, on a settlement permit such as the Red-White-Red Card, not on a temporary residence permit such as a student's. Long-term residence (Daueraufenthalt EU) is not required.
Yes, the Staatsbürgerschaftsprüfung: 18 questions in two hours, six on the democratic order, six on Austria's history and six on your province's. You pass with half the points in each area or 12 of 18. Your province invites you at least eight weeks ahead.
German at B1, shown by a recognised certificate, unless German is your mother tongue or you passed German at an Austrian school. B2 opens the six year route.
In total up to 20 percent of the required period: 730 days on the ten year route. Go over it and the count starts again from your last lawful entry.
As a rule, no. You first receive an assurance of citizenship and then have two years to prove you have given up your current nationality. Exceptions exist where that is impossible or unreasonable, or would cost a disproportionate amount.
Yes. After six years of lawful residence in Austria, with five years of marriage in a shared household. B1 German and the test still apply.
The law gives your provincial office six months from the day your application arrives, and a failed test does not pause them. Past that, you can file a complaint for failure to decide, the Säumnisbeschwerde.
From the Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz on ris.bka.gv.at and oesterreich.gv.at. Not legal advice: your provincial citizenship office decides your case.
