TSF Singapore can give you assistance when applying for an Austria Visa Singapore. Our team are experienced in helping all nationalities both foreign and native apply for various types of visas to visit Europe and the rest of the world.

Trust us to guide you through the visa process with a member of our team personally attending to your visa case. You will receive our comprehensive document list included in our Austria visa application pack. From this you will know exactly what documents you will need to provide making sure you have a high chance of success.

Our service includes the following:

• Application form professionally filled out in English.
• Visa appointment booked.
• Comprehensive documents list.
• Personal case manager overseeing your visa application.
• Guidance throughout the application process.
• Covering letters in English.
• Any supporting letters or documents in English can be provided.
• Travel itinerary.
• Flight bookings (for the application only, you can purchase your own flights are visa approval)
• Depending on availability and country we can also provide hotel bookings.

About TSF Global Visa Application Centers:

TSF Global Visa Application Centers has been operating in Asia and the rest of the world for over 10 years. We have established an experienced team of application managers and advisors who ensure every application is 100% perfect giving you the best chance possible of getting a visa.

What visas do we provide?

Schengen Visas: this covers tourism visits, business, family and other short visits. You can stay for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

National visas: this covers long term stays for over 90 days. Ideal for Marriage, family, work, study, or any long term stay in Europe.

Do we guarantee the visa?

We guarantee that all your documents will be 100% correct giving you the best possible chance of getting a visa. Our service has a 93% approval rate, if we think our client is likely to be unsuccessful, we will tell them before they apply giving them the option to cancel their application or proceed.

What to do next?

Please contact us directly and speak to one of our Austrian Visa Application managers for a consultation free of charge. We will gather some basic information about you to make sure you qualify to apply for a visa. Then we will give you instructions on how best to proceed.

When can I apply for a Schengen Visa Singapore?

You can apply up to 6 months before you want to travel which gives you plenty of time to prepare for the application.

Requirements for applying in Singapore:

To apply in Singapore, you need to meet ONE of the following requirements:

-Are a Singaporean National.
-Have a work visa valid for 12 months.
-Have an Education/Student visa valid for 12 months.
-Have a business visa valid for 12 months.
-Have a family/marriage visa valid for 12 months.
-Have a retirement visa valid for 12 months.
-Have Permanent Residence in Singapore.

-Furthermore, you need to have a permanent address in Singapore that can be confirmed by your embassy.

If you are not a Singaporean national or have any of the above Singaporean visas, then you cannot apply here.

Requirements for a Schengen work visa:

To apply you need to meet the following requirements:

-Have an offer letter from your future employer.
-Have a contract of employment.
-Have the correct qualifications for the job you will be doing.

If you do not have any of the above, then you cannot apply.

About Austria

Geography

The Republic of Austria, with an area of 83,870 km², is roughly twice the size of Switzerland, but has only an insignificantly more population with 8.19 million inhabitants. In addition to this neighbor in the west and southwest, the central European landlocked country has borders with seven other countries: also in the southwest with Liechtenstein , in the south with Slovenia and Italy , in the east with Hungary and Slovakia , in the northeast with the Czech Republic and in the northwest with Germany .

Mountains make up two thirds of Austria’s land area. The mountain ranges of the eastern part of the Alps mostly run from east to west and are separated from one another by wide and deep valleys. The northern Alps in Austria are occupied by the Tyrolean Alps and the Salzburg Alps. The Grossglockner rises in the central massif of the Hohe Tauern, at 3,797 m the highest mountain in the country. Immediately at the foot of the Grossglockner is the largest glacier in Europe with 20 km² of ice and 9 km in length, the Pasterze. In the south of the country are the Ötztaler, the Zillertal and the Carnic Alps as well as the Karawanken, along which the Austrian-Slovenian border runs.

The mountain ranges mentioned are broken through at numerous points by passes. The most important and at the same time the most famous are the Brenner Pass in Tyrol, which is the shortest connection from southern Germany to Italy, and the Semmering Pass in the Eastern Alps.

Due to the numerous mountains, the average height of Austria is 910 m above sea level. The lowest point in Austria is 113 m to the northeast in Burgenland on Lake Neusiedl. At 320 km², it is also the largest lake in the country. To the east of it is the Little Hungarian Lowland and the Pannonian Basin, which was a Roman province between the Eastern Alps, Danube and Sava in Roman times. In the north, a flat, undulating plateau landscape, which also occupies Bohemia, extends into Austria. The plateau reaches a height of up to 800 m above sea level. Austria’s most important river is the Danube, which crosses the country in a northeasterly direction in the north and includes almost all of the republic’s rivers in its catchment area. The only exception is the federal state of Vorarlberg, whose watercourses flow into the Rhine. The country’s capital, Vienna, is located in the east of the country and also on the Danube.

Climate

Austria lies in the central European west wind zone in the transition area from a continental climate to an Atlantic one. In the mountain regions there is an alpine climate with very high rainfall, short cool summers alternate with long and snowy winters. In the flatter parts of the country there are hot summers and cold winters with little snow.

The annual precipitation values show a west-east gradient: they decrease from the outer edge of the Alps towards the inside and also depend on the respective height of the landscape. This means that precipitation in the high mountains on the southern and northern flanks of the Alps can reach maximum values of up to 3,000 mm per year, whereas in the valleys in the rain shadow only 600 to 700 mm per year are measured. Statistics show an average of 935 mm per year in Klagenfurt, 840 mm in Innsbruck and 660 mm in Vienna. Also, in relation to the three cities of Klagenfurt, Innsbruck and Vienna, the average temperatures in January were -5 ° C, -3 ° C and -1.5 ° C, in July they were 19 ° C in Klagenfurt and 20 ° C in Innsbruck and Vienna.

Flora and fauna

Austria is one of the most forested countries in Europe. Almost half of its total area is covered by closed forest areas. Numerous forms of vegetation can be distinguished: Beech-fir forests can be found in the northern and southern limestone Alps, especially in the north there is a subspecies of mountain pine, the mountain pine. There are extensive spruce forests and fir-spruce forests in the Central Alps. With increasing height follow to the tree line at 1,500 to 2,200 m Swiss pine and European larch, then there are shrubs, then grass heaths and cushion plants.

A granite and gneiss area forms the foothills of the Alps between the Alps and the Danube, the Mühl and Waldviertel north of the Danube and the hilly Weinviertel with forest-free loess soil. In these regions there are isolated oak-beech forests or pines, which covered the majority of the country until extensive deforestation. The small Hungarian lowlands, on the other hand, have a pronounced steppe flora.

Chamois, ibex, deer, roe deer, mountain hares, marmots, capercaillie and black grouse, alpine salamander and black adder are characteristic of the animal world of the Austrian Alps. The endangered golden eagle can also be found here. In the mixed mountain forests, which lie a little lower, there are hazel chickens, and a little higher the capercaillie. The subalpine coniferous forests are home to the black grouse, the ptarmigan is protected in the crevices in the high alpine area. Numerous bird species – about a hundred breeding bird species find their habitat in the Alps – leave the alpine area in the cold season and hibernate in the south.

Predatory game such as bear, wolf and lynx as well as beard and griffon vulture were eradicated by the advancing civilization in the lowlands as well as in the more remote mountain valleys as early as the 19th century, but today some of them migrate from the countries of the former Eastern Bloc or are resettled ,

Population

Austria’s population is 98% German-speaking; in Carinthia is Slovenian, in Burgenland Croatian and Hungarian are other official languages. About 91% of the citizens are Austrians. Six nationally recognized ethnic groups preferably live in the east and south of the federal territory: Burgenland Croats (a small minority of Magyars still live in Burgenland), Slovaks in the border area with Slovakia, Slovenes in southern Carinthia and Styria, Czechs and Slovaks in and around Vienna and Hungary and Roma. Over 73% of the population are Roman Catholic, almost 5% Protestant. Muslims make up another minority with 4%.

The majority of the population lives in the foothills of the Alps and the Carpathians, in the Vienna Basin ( over 1.61 million inhabitants in Vienna alone) and the Austrian share in the Pannonian lowlands in the east. Other cities that are significantly smaller than the capital is Graz with 227,000 and Linz with 185,000 inhabitants. The population density is lowest in Tyrol, Carinthia and Salzburg, 60% of the country’s area is uninhabited due to the extensive mountains.

At 79 years, life expectancy corresponds to the European average; population growth is low (0.6%).

Political system

The Federal Republic of Austria is, according to the constitution of 1920 in the version of 1929, a parliamentary-democratic Federal Republic. The head of state (Heinz Fischer since July 2004) is directly elected as Federal President for six years, is commander-in-chief of the armed forces and names the Federal Chancellor (Werner Faymann since December 2008) and the cabinet in accordance with the Chancellor’s proposals. The National Council and the Federal Council form the Federal Assembly, which, however, only meets to swear in the Federal President and to decide on a declaration of war.

The people’s representation is called the Federal Assembly and consists of the National Council with 183 seats and the Federal Council (State Chamber) with 62 seats. The members of the National Council are elected directly for five years, the members of the Federal Council are determined by the state parliaments according to the proportional representation law. Important parties in Austria are the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ), the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP), the Freedom Party (FPÖ), the Alliance Future Austria (BZÖ) and the Greens.

Austria is divided into nine federal states: Vienna, Lower and Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Carinthia, Styria and Burgenland have their own parliament with its own government, each headed by a governor. The lower administrative units in the federal states are the urban and rural districts.

Economy

Austria is a highly developed industrial country. As a member of the European Union, it has been aligning its economic system with that of the Community since 1995. As one of the wealthiest Member States, Austria also joined Economic and Monetary Union in 1999 and introduced the euro in 2002.

Two thirds of the exports go to the EU, and Eastern European nations are traditionally important trading partners. Many industries and companies are medium-sized, and the majority are located in the eastern parts of the country. The most important branches of industry produce in the fields of chemistry and vehicles as well as machines and steel construction. Engine and transmission production is particularly export-oriented, with an export quota of 90%, but high-tech products such as electronic components, chips and circuits are also exported. In contrast, the importance of the food and beverage industry has decreased.

Almost 5% of working Austrians are still active in agriculture and forestry. Forestry (sawmills, wood processing) in particular is highly developed due to the large forest stocks, which occupy around 39% of the state. Austria is one of the largest exporters of sawn timber.

Existing resources of iron ore and non-ferrous metals, oil and gas were and are the basis of industrial development. In the meantime, the deposits are no longer sufficient for the company’s own needs and raw materials have to be imported. Nevertheless, iron ores are still mined in Styria and processed in steel factories near Linz. Numerous hydropower plants on the many Alpine rivers also enable the domestic production of more than two thirds of the Austrian energy volume through domestic hydropower.

Another important economic factor is tourism, which brings high foreign exchange income into the country. Measured in terms of the number of tourists arriving annually, the country is among the top tourist nations in the world. Tirol, Salzburg and Carinthia in particular are primarily geared towards winter sports enthusiasts, but also towards summer vacationers. Tourism also plays an important role in the capital, Vienna, with more than twelve million overnight stays annually.