Living in Austria

Guidance on your rights after the UK’s exit from the EU, accessing healthcare, getting a document legalised, English-speaking lawyers, how to vote abroad.

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• Austria travel advice

  FCDO travel advice for Austria. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

• Austria: doctors

  List of English-speaking medical facilities and main hospitals for British nationals in Austria.

• Get your document legalised

  Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.

• Healthcare for UK nationals living in Austria

  How to get state healthcare if you live, work or study in Austria.

• Living in Austria

  Information for British citizens moving to or living in Austria, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.

• Living in Europe: citizens' rights if you moved before 1 January 2021

  Information for UK nationals living in the EU, EEA EFTA countries and Switzerland since before 1 January 2021, including guidance on residency and healthcare.

• Moving, living or retiring abroad

  What to consider when moving, living, or retiring abroad – including visas, healthcare, tax and pensions.

• Professional services if you are abroad

  Find English-speaking lawyers, doctors and medical facilities, interpreters and translators, and funeral directors overseas.

• UK benefits if you’re going or living abroad

  Find out what benefits you might be able to receive while you’re abroad and how to export them from the UK or claim them while abroad

• When someone dies in Austria

  The process when a British national dies in Austria, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.