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This site aims at helping other Expats to settle down in
Austria... Enjoy the visit and send me your feedback!


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Translator Tools

For non-German speaking persons like me, the Google Translator Tool is very useful :) Others such as Voila.fr Translator, Worldlingo Free Online Translator, Langenberg Translation Page, and AltaVista Babel Fish Translation are also recommended... The "MS Word translator feature" is also very useful and easy to use.

Apartment Search

Here is a compilaton of all the websites addresses that I received or found when looking for an apartment in Vienna. Most of them are in German only :(

http://www.derstandard.at/immobilien (journal Der Standard)
http://www.immomedia.at (annonces du journal Kurier)
http://immobilien.diepresse.dermarkt.at/ (journal Die Presse)
http://www.immonet.at
http://www.immobilien.at
http://www.apartment.at (Apartements for vacations)
http://www.studentenwohnungsmarkt.de
http://www.privatimmo.at
http://www.vermiete.at
http://www.citymiete.at
http://www.aib.at
http://www.immonaut.at
http://www.rafenstein.at
http://www.singerstrasse2125.at (Temporary residence)
http://www.viennacityflats.at

Personally, I used the following real estate agency to find my apartment: RT-Immotreuhand (http://www.rtimmo.at). Very good service!

Districts of Vienna

Here are maps of the districts of Vienna. For the apartment search, very useful!

Maps of Vienna...

About the maps of Vienna... How to locate a street, an apartment...?

http://www.mappy.at
http://mapglobe.derstandard.at/
http://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/

For French Citizens

For French citizens, it is recommended to contact the Maison des Français de l'Etranger (MFE) that depends of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I discovered, thanks to the MFE, the "Expaconseil" service that can give advice, on request, to employers wishing to hire foreign workers as well as to potential emigrants (like me!), on the drawing up of contracts and their contents, in particular in relation to social security and remuneration. I recommend you to contact these experts that are reachable by email and phone. I got very good advices!

Maison des Français de l’Etranger
34 rue La Pérouse, 75016 Paris
Tel: +33 1 43 17 60 79
Email: mfe@mfe.org

Expaconseil
Tel. : +33 1 53 02 25 65
Fax : +33 1 53 02 25 95
Email: expaconseil.omi@anpe.fr

Embassy Listings for Austria

For Austrian embassies around the world and foreign embassies in Austria, you can visit the directory of the world's embassies and consulates at the following address:

http://www.embassyworld.com/embassy/Austria/Austria.html

French & Austrian Embassies

Contacting both embassies was very useful to have a lot of info:

Austrian Embassy in Paris (http://www.amb-autriche.fr)
- Address: 6, rue Fabert, 75007 Paris
- Tél: +33 (0)1 40-63-30-63
- Fax: +33 (0)1 45-55-63-65
- Email : paris-ob@bmaa.gv.at

French Embassy in Vienna (http://www.ambafrance-at.org)
- Address: Technikerstrasse 2, 1040 Wien
- Tel. +43 (1) 502 750
- Fax. +43 (1) 50 27 51 68
- Email: contact@ambafrance-at.org

The "Employment Service" is reachable by phone at +43-1-502-75204 or by email at ccpefp@org-france.at.

Evaluation of the Taxes

The tool available on the following website enables you to evaluate the taxes you will have to pay as well as the social contributions, taking into account your gross salary:

http://bruttonetto.akwien.at/

You need to:
- Select "Angestellter" in Arbeitsverhältnis,
- Select "Nein" in Alleinverdienerabsetzbetrag if you're not married,
- Enter the number of kids in "Anzahl der Kinder",
- Enter the gross monthly salary in "Brutto".

Note that, in Austria, the annual salary is divided by 14 (including the Christmas bonus and vacations allowance).

Same kind of tool is also available at http://www.cpulohn.at/ in the section "Brutto/Netto".

Austrian Tax System

Short summary on the tax system in Austria: Income taxes on corporations, income taxes on individuals, income taxes on non-residents, other significant taxes, and computation of taxable income.

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Investing in Austria

A very complete document on the investment in Austria. It includes information on the business opportunities in Austria, the forms of business enterprises, the taxation system, the mergers and acquisitions, the trade and industry law, the real estate law, the foreign exchange control, the customs, and the banking system...

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Working in Austria

An interesting 70-page document on the employment in Austria. The document covers the following thematics: Arrival in Austria, living conditions, education, recognition of diplomas obtained abroad, job-hunting, terms and conditions of employment, taxes, social security, checklist for relocating in Austria, and useful addresses.

Two other summary documents quite useful: Living and Working in Austria and Looking for Work in Austria.

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