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Austria Travel Guidelines

    Last Updated : 04th February 2022 / As of now no new update till date
  • Can I travel to the Austria?
  • Yes Open for Travel
  • RTPCR Test & Vaccination
  • 72 Hrs Prior with QR code & Fully vaccinated passengers.
  • The below mentioned validity dates are only valid for ENTRY INTO Austria. From 1 February 2022, two-dose vaccinations are only valid for 180 days when IN Austria (exception: 210 days for under 18 year olds). However, for ENTERING the 270 days remain in place. The booster vaccination is valid for 270 days in both scenarios.
  • Quarantine Protocol
  • 14 Days Quarantine if tested positive on arrival or at Departure
  • Visa and Immigration related updates:
  • The Austria Visa Application Centres in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi & Kolkata have resumed accepting limited long stay category applications. Mumbai is accepting limited short stay (C category) and long stay (D category) visa applications.
  • Long Term - Student Visitor and Work Visa only on Wednesdays in Mumbai
  • Guidelines for International Arrivals to India
  • This Standard Operating Procedure shall be valid w.e.f. 01st December (00.01 Hrs IST) till further orders. Based on the risk assessment, this document shall be reviewed from time to time.
  • A.1. Planning for Travel
  • i. All travelers should (i) submit self-declaration form on the online Air Suvidha portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) before the scheduled travel, including last 14 days travel details (ii) upload a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report or Vaccination Certificate. This RT-PCR test should have been conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey. Each passenger shall also submit a declaration with respect to authenticity of the report and will be liable for criminal prosecution, if found otherwise.
  • ii. They should also give an undertaking on the portal or otherwise to Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India, through concerned airlines before they are allowed to undertake the journey that they would abide by the decision of the appropriate government authority to undergo home quarantine/ self-monitoring of their health for 14 days, or as warranted.
  • iii. Arrival in India without negative report shall be allowed only for those traveling to India in the exigency of death in the family.
  • iv. If they wish to seek such exemption under para (iii) above, they shall apply to the online portal (www.newdelhiairport.in) at least 72 hours before boarding. The decision taken by the government as communicated on the online portal will be final.
  • A.2. Before Boarding
  • v. Passengers originating or transiting from at-risk countries shall be informed by the airlines that they will undergo post arrival testing, quarantine if tested negative, stringent isolation protocols if tested positive etc.
  • vi. Do’s and Don'ts shall be provided along with ticket to the travelers by the airlines/agencies concerned.
  • vii. Airlines to allow boarding only those passengers who have filled in the Self Declaration Form on the Air Suvidha portal and uploaded the negative RT-PCR test report or Vaccination Certificate
  • viii. At the time of boarding the flight, only asymptomatic travelers will be allowed to board after thermal screening. viii. All passengers shall be advised to download Aarogya Setu app on their mobile devices.
  • ix. Suitable precautionary measures such as environmental sanitation and disinfection shall be ensured at the airports.
  • x. During boarding all possible measures to ensure physical distancing are to be ensured.
  • A.3. During Travel
  • xi.Suitable announcement about COVID-19 including precautionary measures to be followed shall be made at airports and in flights and during transit.
  • xii. While on board the flight, required precautions such as wearing of masks, environmental hygiene, respiratory hygiene, hand hygiene etc. are to be observed by airline staff, crew and all passengers.
  • A.4. On arrival
  • xiii. De-boarding should be done ensuring physical distancing.
  • xiv. Thermal screening would be carried out in respect of all the passengers by the health officials present at the airport. The self-declaration form filled online shall be shown to the airport health staff.
  • xv. The passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately isolated and taken to medical facility as per health protocol.
  • Travellers from specified Countries at risk will follow the protocol as detailed below:
    • Submission of sample for post-arrival COVID-19 test
    • at the point of arrival (self-paid). Such travellers will be required to wait for their test results at the arrival airport before leaving or taking a connecting flight.
    • If tested negative they will follow, home quarantine for 7 days. Re-test on the 8th day of arrival in India
    • and if negative, further self-monitor of their health for next 7 days.
    • However, if such travellers are tested positive, their samples should be sent for genomic testing at INSACOG laboratory network.
    • They shall be managed at separate isolation facility and treated as per laid down standard protocol including contact tracing mentioned in para (xiv).
    • The contacts of such positive case should be kept under institutional quarantine or at home quarantine monitored strictly by the concerned State Government as per laid down protocol
  • xvii. Travellers from Countries excluding those Countries at risk, will be allowed to leave the airport and shall self-monitor their health for 14 days’ post arrival. A sub-section (5% of the total flight passengers) shall undergo post-arrival testing at random at the airport on arrival. a. The 5% of such travellers in each flight shall be identified by the concerned airlines (preferably from different countries). b. Such travellers shall be escorted by the concerned airlines/MoCA to testing area on arrival. c. The cost of testing of such travellers shall be borne by MoCA. d.Laboratories shall prioritize testing of samples from such travellers. e. If such travellers are tested positive, they shall be managed as per laid down standard protocol and samples would further send for genomic testing.
  • xviii. If travellers under home quarantine or self-health monitoring, develop signs and symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 or test positive for COVID-19 on re-testing, they will immediately selfisolate and report to their nearest health facility or call National helpline number (1075)/ State Helpline Number
  • International travelers arriving at seaports/land portsg
  • xix. International travellers arriving through seaports/land ports will also have to undergo the same protocol as above, except that facility for online registration is not available for such passengers currently.
  • xx. Such travellers shall submit the self-declaration form to the concerned authorities of Government of India at seaports/land ports on arrival.
  • xxi. * Children under 5 years of age are exempted from both pre- and post-arrival testing. However, if found symptomatic for COVID-19 on arrival or during home quarantine period, they shall undergo testing and treated as per laid down protocol. # Contacts of the suspect case are the co-passengers seated in the same row, 3 rows in front and 3 rows behind along with identified Cabin Crew. Also, all the community contacts of those travellers who have tested positive (during home quarantine period) would be subjected to quarantine for 14 days and tested as per ICMR protocol
  • The restrictions imposed by the Government of India guidelines dated 28t' November, 2021 as well as future restrictions if any, shall act as minimum restrictions to be imposed.
  • DCP immigration and FRRO to draft a proforma of declaration for all arriving passengers on international flights to declare details of the countries visited in last 15 days. MIAL to share the proformas with all airlines and the information regarding travel in the last 15 days shall be cross checked by immigration on arrival.
  • The international passengers arriving from At Risk countries (declared by GOI front time to time) may be deplaned on priority and separate counters will be arranged by MIAL and Airport Authority for their checking. Such all passengers shall have to undergo mandatory 7 day institutional quarantine and RTPCR test to be carried out on days 2, 4 and 7 for these passengers. If any of the test is found to be positive, then the passenger shall be shifted to a hospital. In case of all tests coming negative. the passenger will have to undergo a further 7 days of home quarantine.
  • Passengers from any other countries except the at risk countries will have to compulsorily undergo RTPCR test at the airport on arrival valid on being found negative, will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine. If found positive, they will be shifted to the hospital.
  • In case of an international passenger having a connecting flight to any other airport in India (without leaving the airport at all), passenger shall undergo a RTPCR test at the first arrival airport in Maharashtra and only on being found negative will he be allowed to board the connecting flight.
  • In the case of domestic air travel, passengers travelling within the state will either ha e to be fully vaccinated or compulsorily carry a RTPCR test within 48 hours of the time of arrival.
  • In case of passengers from other States, negative RTPCR test within 48 hours of arrival will be compulsory without exceptions.
  • Pre-Travel Clearance
  • All travellers entering Austria MUST register digitally in advance to obtain a so-called "pre-travel clearance" (PTC). At the border, they will need to show their PTC (either digitally or as a hard copy). All data collected will be deleted 28 days after the traveller has entered Austria.
  • Regular cross-border commuters have to obtain pre-travel clearance every 28 days.
  • Certain exemptions apply.
  • Find more information on the pre-travel clearance here and find the form you need to fill in before travelling here.
  • Proof of Vaccination, Past Infection, or Negative Test
  • In addition to pre-travel clearance (see above), anybody entering Austria has to show any one of these three documents:
  • Negative COVID Test
  • You need to show a PCR test no older than 72 hours OR an antigen test no older than 48 hours. (For travellers from certain countries, only PCR tests are valid, please see below.) Tests need to be issued by a medical authority; self-tests are not valid. Children under 10 do not need to show a test.
  • Vaccine Certificate
  • The following vaccines are recognised: BioNtech/Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Sinopharm. You are considered "vaccinated" starting on the 22nd day after your first dose, lasting for 3 months. After the second dose, the validity extends for another 6 months. Vaccines that only require one dose are valid from the 22nd day after that dose.
  • Proof of Past Infection
  • You can enter Austria for 6 months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Proof of antibodies is valid for 3 months from the test date.
  • What proof is accepted?
  • Proof of negative test, vaccination, or past infection can be a doctor's certificate, an official test result, a vaccination certificate/vaccination card/vaccine passport (including a pdf from an electronic vaccine passport, either on your phone or as a hard copy), or an official/medical certificate proving a past infection, either in German or English. If your original certificate is not in English or German, please use this official health certificate in German or English as proof. If you are unable to show any of these documents, you are required to take a PCR or antigen test within 24 hours of arriving in Austria.
  • Hotels and restaurants are allowed to reopen. Find protective measures here.
  • Shops, museums, culture and leisure facilities are open. Events can take place again under strict protective measures. Find more information here.
  • A landing ban for flights from South Africa, India, and Brazil is in effect. On 1 June, a landing ban for flights from the UK will go into effect.
  • New entry regulations are in effect. Additional local rules for certain regions with high COVID numbers may be in effect (please check locally; find a German-language list here).
  • For almost all public indoor and some outdoor spaces (hotels, restaurants, events etc.), you will need to show either a negative COVID test or proof of vaccination/past infection. Find more information on these so-called "entry tests" here.
  • You are required to keep a minimum distance of 2 m (6.5 ft) to people from other households.
  • FFP2 masks are required on public transport and in other public spaces.
  • We will provide more information as it becomes available.
  • Please note: The following information has been researched with the utmost care. However, we can provide no guarantee of accuracy.
  • 19 May: Hotels and restaurants, leisure and cultural facilities are now allowed reopen. Travellers from certain countries can travel to Austria for holidays again.
  • Wearing mask is mandatory in supermarkets, bank and post offices, public transport, taxis, pharmacies in the health sector and in services.
  • Major events are prohibited until 31 Aug, max number of guests at Guided tours seem to be 9 persons.
  • Social distance
  • At least 1 meter.
  • Border / Entry
  • Austria has suspended the entry of third-country nationals (non-EU/EEA/CH citizens), including U.S. citizens, entering Austria from outside the EU and the Schengen area.
  • Hotel
  • Re-open on 29 May, but breakfast to be taken inside the room .
  • Coach
  • 5-seats car: max. 3 passengers;
    9-seats car with 3 rows: max. 5 passengers;
    9-seat car with 4 rows: max. 7 passengers;
    No mandatory distance between the guest on coach (e.g. 40 pax in a coach that fits 50 pax max is fine).
  • Train
  • Since 18 May, runs as usual with restricted – wearing mask.
  • Public Transport
  • Since 18 May, runs as usual with restricted – wearing mask.
  • Shops
  • Open as usual with restricted – wearing mask.
  • Restaurants
  • Re-open on 11 May with restricted – max. 4 persons + their children per table.
  • Entrance
  • Re-open on 29 May - Recreational facilities and sights.
    Planned opening dates in Vienna / Planned opening dates in Salzburg
  • Airlines Operating
  • EK, EY, QR

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