Notarizations/Beglaubigungen

Email office@austrianconsulateportland.org to schedule an appointment. I can also help you with certificates of citizenship, Lebensbestaetigungen fuer Pensionsversicherung, passports for children under age 12 and many other documents you may need.

Austrian activities in Portland

Check out The Austrian American Society of Oregon. They organize many fun events.

Vote in Austria

General Information about Elections and how to participate Federal Ministry of the Interior: https://www.bmi.gv.at/412_english/

Register to Vote: Form (in German)

https://www.bmi.gv.at/412/files/AF100-Antrag_Waehlerevidenz-gelb-Version_10_E_2_20230918.pdf

can be done anytime; If you subscribe to the “10 year ABO”, you will get automatically the absentee ballots mailed to you for every election you are eligible to vote for the next 10 years.

Register as Austrian living abroad

Visas

All Visa applications and inquiries must go through the Consulate General of Austria in Los Angeles.

https://www.bmeia.gv.at/gk-los-angeles/

Exception: Residency Permit for the Fulbright -USTA program teaching assistants.

§ 58c of the Austrian Citizenship Act

The § 58c of the Austrian Citizenship Act entitles persecuted persons and their descendants to acquire Austrian citizenship by means of a declaration (“Anzeige”), without having to give up their present citizenship or nationality in return. To see if you qualify and to start the process please click on the link below which will take you to the online Questionnaire for the preparation of filing a Declaration.