Country-wide policy
German Is Asked For Three Times on the Way Through, at Rising Levels and Under Two Different Statutes
German is not one requirement in Austria but three, and they belong to different instruments. At the first renewal of a residence title the applicant must have completed Module 1 of the Integrationsvereinbarung in time, under section 11(2) Z 6 of the Niederlassungs- und Aufenthaltsgesetz. Permanent residence - the Daueraufenthalt - EU after five years - requires Module 2 under section 45(1) Z 2. Naturalisation requires the level set by section 7(2) Z 2 of the Integrationsgesetz under section 10a(1) of the Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz, together with basic knowledge of the democratic order, of Austrian history and of the history of the Land. German at B2 does something different again: under section 11a(6) Z 1 of the Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz it cuts the naturalisation period from ten years to six.
Topics it changes
What it requires
- Module 1 of the Integrationsvereinbarung before the first renewal
- Module 2 before permanent residence
- The Integrationsgesetz level, plus civics, for naturalisation
At a glance
- At renewal
- Module 1 of the Integrationsvereinbarung, completed in time
NAG § 11 Abs. 2 Z 6, which attaches to an application to extend under § 24.
- For permanent residence
- Module 2 of the Integrationsvereinbarung
NAG § 45 Abs. 1 Z 2, alongside five years of actual settlement.
- For naturalisation
- The level in § 7 Abs. 2 Z 2 of the Integrationsgesetz, plus civics
StbG § 10a Abs. 1 Z 1 and Z 2; the civics element covers the democratic order, Austrian history and the history of the Land.
- What B2 buys
- Naturalisation at six years instead of ten
StbG § 11a Abs. 6 Z 1, expressly a departure from § 10a Abs. 1 Z 1.
- Who is exempt from the naturalisation tests
- The cases listed in StbG § 10a Abs. 2, which include acquisition by notice under § 58c
StbG § 10a Abs. 2 Z 1 names §§ 10 Abs. 4 and 6, 11a Abs. 2, 13, 57, 58c and 59.
- Also treated as proved
- German as a mother tongue, or Module 2 of the Integrationsvereinbarung already completed
StbG § 10a Abs. 4 Z 1 and Z 2.
What the law says
«Drittstaatsangehörigen, die in den letzten fünf Jahren ununterbrochen tatsächlich niedergelassen waren, kann ein Aufenthaltstitel „Daueraufenthalt – EU“ erteilt werden, wenn sie - 1. Ziffer eins die Voraussetzungen des 1. Teiles erfüllen und - 2. Ziffer 2 das Modul 2 der Integrationsvereinbarung (§ 10 IntG) erfüllt haben.»Module 2 as a condition of permanent residence, sitting beside the five years.
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Austria's consolidated federal law, served from ris.bka.gv.at at two stable address forms. A whole law is GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=<n>, and a single provision is NormDokument.wxe with the same Gesetzesnummer plus &Paragraf=<n>. The whole-law page prints its own date on its face as "Fassung vom <dd.mm.yyyy>", generated on request, so the consolidation date is whatever day you read it; the single-provision page says "tagesaktuelle Fassung" instead and adds the list of every earlier version of that provision with the amending BGBl number. Each law's front matter lists every amending act in order. There is a companion OGD search interface at data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6/Bundesrecht which returns the Gesetzesnummer for a title and is how an instrument is located rather than guessed at.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The consolidations are unofficial: the authentic text is the one published in the Bundesgesetzblatt, and for that the BgblAuth collection is the source, not this one. Every provision is rendered twice on the same page - once with its abbreviations ("§ 53 Abs. 2 Z 5") and once with them spelled out ("Paragraph 53, Absatz 2, Ziffer 5,") - which is an accessibility rendering and not a drafting feature, so a quotation that spans the join will contain the same sentence twice and a quotation must be taken from one rendering. Numbered list items carry the same doubling ("- 1. Ziffer eins"), so a quotation crossing an item boundary carries that furniture with it. It may not be cited for Land law at all: the nine Laender publish separately, and naturalisation fees and much of what a resident actually meets are Land matters. It carries no case law; that is a different RIS application (Judikatur) not read here. A Verordnung is only here if it is in force today - a Gesetzesnummer whose ordinance has expired answers GeltendeFassung with a 404, which looks exactly like an address that never existed.
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«Voraussetzung jeglicher Verleihung der Staatsbürgerschaft ist weiters der Nachweis - 1. Ziffer eins über ausreichende Deutschkenntnisse gemäß § 7 Abs. 2 Z 2 Integrationsgesetz (IntG), BGBl. I Nr. 68/2017 , und»The naturalisation requirement, stated by reference to the Integrationsgesetz rather than by naming a Common European Framework level.
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Austria's consolidated federal law, served from ris.bka.gv.at at two stable address forms. A whole law is GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=<n>, and a single provision is NormDokument.wxe with the same Gesetzesnummer plus &Paragraf=<n>. The whole-law page prints its own date on its face as "Fassung vom <dd.mm.yyyy>", generated on request, so the consolidation date is whatever day you read it; the single-provision page says "tagesaktuelle Fassung" instead and adds the list of every earlier version of that provision with the amending BGBl number. Each law's front matter lists every amending act in order. There is a companion OGD search interface at data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6/Bundesrecht which returns the Gesetzesnummer for a title and is how an instrument is located rather than guessed at.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The consolidations are unofficial: the authentic text is the one published in the Bundesgesetzblatt, and for that the BgblAuth collection is the source, not this one. Every provision is rendered twice on the same page - once with its abbreviations ("§ 53 Abs. 2 Z 5") and once with them spelled out ("Paragraph 53, Absatz 2, Ziffer 5,") - which is an accessibility rendering and not a drafting feature, so a quotation that spans the join will contain the same sentence twice and a quotation must be taken from one rendering. Numbered list items carry the same doubling ("- 1. Ziffer eins"), so a quotation crossing an item boundary carries that furniture with it. It may not be cited for Land law at all: the nine Laender publish separately, and naturalisation fees and much of what a resident actually meets are Land matters. It carries no case law; that is a different RIS application (Judikatur) not read here. A Verordnung is only here if it is in force today - a Gesetzesnummer whose ordinance has expired answers GeltendeFassung with a 404, which looks exactly like an address that never existed.
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«er, abweichend von § 10a Abs. 1 Z 1, einen Nachweis über Deutschkenntnisse gemäß dem B2-Niveau des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Referenzrahmens für Sprachen (GERS) erbringt, oder»B2 as the price of four fewer years.
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Austria's consolidated federal law, served from ris.bka.gv.at at two stable address forms. A whole law is GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=<n>, and a single provision is NormDokument.wxe with the same Gesetzesnummer plus &Paragraf=<n>. The whole-law page prints its own date on its face as "Fassung vom <dd.mm.yyyy>", generated on request, so the consolidation date is whatever day you read it; the single-provision page says "tagesaktuelle Fassung" instead and adds the list of every earlier version of that provision with the amending BGBl number. Each law's front matter lists every amending act in order. There is a companion OGD search interface at data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6/Bundesrecht which returns the Gesetzesnummer for a title and is how an instrument is located rather than guessed at.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The consolidations are unofficial: the authentic text is the one published in the Bundesgesetzblatt, and for that the BgblAuth collection is the source, not this one. Every provision is rendered twice on the same page - once with its abbreviations ("§ 53 Abs. 2 Z 5") and once with them spelled out ("Paragraph 53, Absatz 2, Ziffer 5,") - which is an accessibility rendering and not a drafting feature, so a quotation that spans the join will contain the same sentence twice and a quotation must be taken from one rendering. Numbered list items carry the same doubling ("- 1. Ziffer eins"), so a quotation crossing an item boundary carries that furniture with it. It may not be cited for Land law at all: the nine Laender publish separately, and naturalisation fees and much of what a resident actually meets are Land matters. It carries no case law; that is a different RIS application (Judikatur) not read here. A Verordnung is only here if it is in force today - a Gesetzesnummer whose ordinance has expired answers GeltendeFassung with a 404, which looks exactly like an address that never existed.
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«Fälle der §§ 10 Abs. 4 und 6, 11a Abs. 2, 13, 57, 58c sowie 59;»The exempt cases, by section number.
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Austria's consolidated federal law, served from ris.bka.gv.at at two stable address forms. A whole law is GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=<n>, and a single provision is NormDokument.wxe with the same Gesetzesnummer plus &Paragraf=<n>. The whole-law page prints its own date on its face as "Fassung vom <dd.mm.yyyy>", generated on request, so the consolidation date is whatever day you read it; the single-provision page says "tagesaktuelle Fassung" instead and adds the list of every earlier version of that provision with the amending BGBl number. Each law's front matter lists every amending act in order. There is a companion OGD search interface at data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6/Bundesrecht which returns the Gesetzesnummer for a title and is how an instrument is located rather than guessed at.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The consolidations are unofficial: the authentic text is the one published in the Bundesgesetzblatt, and for that the BgblAuth collection is the source, not this one. Every provision is rendered twice on the same page - once with its abbreviations ("§ 53 Abs. 2 Z 5") and once with them spelled out ("Paragraph 53, Absatz 2, Ziffer 5,") - which is an accessibility rendering and not a drafting feature, so a quotation that spans the join will contain the same sentence twice and a quotation must be taken from one rendering. Numbered list items carry the same doubling ("- 1. Ziffer eins"), so a quotation crossing an item boundary carries that furniture with it. It may not be cited for Land law at all: the nine Laender publish separately, and naturalisation fees and much of what a resident actually meets are Land matters. It carries no case law; that is a different RIS application (Judikatur) not read here. A Verordnung is only here if it is in force today - a Gesetzesnummer whose ordinance has expired answers GeltendeFassung with a 404, which looks exactly like an address that never existed.
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«Aufenthaltstitel dürfen einem Fremden nur erteilt werden, wenn - 1. Ziffer eins der Aufenthalt des Fremden nicht öffentlichen Interessen widerstreitet; - 2. Ziffer 2 der Fremde einen Rechtsanspruch auf eine Unterkunft nachweist, die für eine vergleichbar große Familie als ortsüblich angesehen wird; - 3. Ziffer 3 der Fremde über einen alle Risken abdeckenden Krankenversicherungsschutz verfügt und diese Versicherung in Österreich auch leistungspflichtig ist; - 4. Ziffer 4 der Aufenthalt des Fremden zu keiner finanziellen Belastung einer Gebietskörperschaft führen könnte;»The shared conditions of which Module 1 at renewal is the sixth.
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Austria's consolidated federal law, served from ris.bka.gv.at at two stable address forms. A whole law is GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=<n>, and a single provision is NormDokument.wxe with the same Gesetzesnummer plus &Paragraf=<n>. The whole-law page prints its own date on its face as "Fassung vom <dd.mm.yyyy>", generated on request, so the consolidation date is whatever day you read it; the single-provision page says "tagesaktuelle Fassung" instead and adds the list of every earlier version of that provision with the amending BGBl number. Each law's front matter lists every amending act in order. There is a companion OGD search interface at data.bka.gv.at/ris/api/v2.6/Bundesrecht which returns the Gesetzesnummer for a title and is how an instrument is located rather than guessed at.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The consolidations are unofficial: the authentic text is the one published in the Bundesgesetzblatt, and for that the BgblAuth collection is the source, not this one. Every provision is rendered twice on the same page - once with its abbreviations ("§ 53 Abs. 2 Z 5") and once with them spelled out ("Paragraph 53, Absatz 2, Ziffer 5,") - which is an accessibility rendering and not a drafting feature, so a quotation that spans the join will contain the same sentence twice and a quotation must be taken from one rendering. Numbered list items carry the same doubling ("- 1. Ziffer eins"), so a quotation crossing an item boundary carries that furniture with it. It may not be cited for Land law at all: the nine Laender publish separately, and naturalisation fees and much of what a resident actually meets are Land matters. It carries no case law; that is a different RIS application (Judikatur) not read here. A Verordnung is only here if it is in force today - a Gesetzesnummer whose ordinance has expired answers GeltendeFassung with a 404, which looks exactly like an address that never existed.
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Practical notes
The Niederlassungs- und Aufenthaltsgesetz states its levels by reference to the Integrationsgesetz, which was not read for this record. No Common European Framework level is quoted here except B2, which the Staatsbürgerschaftsgesetz names itself.
The six-year route at B2 is not a discount on the other conditions. Section 11a carries forward § 10 Abs. 1 Z 2 to 8 and Abs. 2 and 3 whole, including the renunciation rule.