EU/ EEA nationals and Swiss nationals and their family members who are licensed to practice the profession of free-lance architects in their home countries may, under certain conditions, become established in Austria to practice their profession on Austrian territory.

• The requesting party must have been licensed to work as an architect in his/her home country.
• No reasons for disqualification.

No special deadlines need to be observed.

• Request: The competent Chamber of Civil Engineers ( → zt) ^{German text} where the requesting party's office and/or branch office is to be located
• Decision: Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy ( → BMAW) ^{German text}

The request may be submitted personally, in writing or by e-mail to the competent authority.

• Proof of nationality
• Certificate of qualification of the home member state which entitles the party concerned to take up work as a free-lance architect
• Certificate, that the education corresponds with Annex V, 5.7.1 of Directive 2005/36/ EG on the recognition of professional qualifications
• Certificates of the competent authority of the home member state (no more than three months old) stating that the requesting party
  • is reliable
  • has not been declared bankrupt
  • complies with the code of conduct of his/her profession

• Request:
  • EUR 47.30 federal fee
  • attachment: EUR 3.90 per sheet
• Official decision:
  • EUR 83.60 federal fee
  • EUR 98 federal administrative levy

Fees or taxes become due once the procedure is settled. For this purpose a payment form will be mailed to the party concerned.

Branch office architects ( → zt) ^{German text}

Sections 10, 32 paragraph 2 of the Ziviltechnikergesetz (ZTG)

I have noted that the data provided by me, as well as any data received by the administration over the course of the preliminary investigation, will be automatically processed as per article 6, para. 1 lit. c and e of the General Data Protection Regulation in accordance with the underlying material laws of the legal process. Furthermore, I am aware that this is for the purpose of executing the legal procedure initiated by me, the granting of regulatory approval and also for the purpose of review. I have read the general information regarding: 

• the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, withdrawal and objection, as well as on data portability
• the right to lodge a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority
• the responsibilities of the process controller and the data protection officer as per https://datenschutz.stmk.gv.at.

Federal Ministry of Labour and Economy

12 January 2024