What paperwork do you need after moving to Austria in 2026?

Register your address with a Meldezettel at a Meldeservice within three days of moving in, with landlord or Hauptmieter signature: Register address. Finish the correct stay path next. EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens who stay longer than three months usually collect an Anmeldebescheinigung; third-country nationals follow a named title such as a Red-White-Red Card: Apply for a residence permit.

Open a Girokonto once Meldebestätigung and stay proof look clean: Open a bank account. Confirm health cover through employer ÖGK registration or the private/public path your title needs: Enrol in public health and Choose health insurance.

Register ID Austria at a listed authority so oesterreich.gv.at and later tax logins work: Set up ID Austria. Set up FinanzOnline when you need employee tax assessment or self-employment filings: Set up FinanzOnline. Get a local mobile number for bank OTPs and appointments: Get a mobile phone.

Every Hauptwohnsitz with an adult resident usually owes ORF-Beitrag through OBS, independent of owning a TV: Register ORF-Beitrag. Convert a non-EU licence within about six months of Meldezettel if you will drive: Convert a driving licence. Housing paperwork still sits beside immigration: How to rent a home. Vienna and Graz desks feel different in queue length, not in the basic sequence: Living in Vienna and Living in Graz.