Do Australian passport holders need a visa for Austria?
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How we checkNo visa. Australian passport holders visit Austria visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180.
Austria is in the Schengen area, so the 90 days are shared with every other Schengen country. At your first crossing you register in the EES with a face scan and fingerprints instead of a passport stamp. ETIAS, an online authorization for visa-free visitors, is not yet in operation. The 3-month and 10-year passport rules come from the Schengen Borders Code (Article 6).
Source: Austrian Ministry for European and International Affairs. Checked Oct 19, 2026See the source
- Maximum stay
- 90 days in any 180, plus an additional 90 days in Austria
- Counted across the whole Schengen area.
- Passport validity
- 3 months after you leave
- Issued within the last 10 years.
- At the border
- EES registration
- Face scan and fingerprints at your first crossing; under 12s skip fingerprints.
- Pre-travel authorization
- None yet
- ETIAS (€20) is not in operation; the EU will announce a start date months ahead.
- Bilateral stay
- +90 days in Austria
- After your first 90 days, in Austria only. Leaving Schengen and re-entering does not restart it.
Changes to this rule
- Oct 19, 2026Australian passport holders can stay an additional 90 days visa-free in Austria after their initial 90 Schengen days.
- Apr 10, 2026EES fully operational at all Schengen external borders; passport stamps ended.