Discretionary Current statutory provision

Austria — Exceptional achievements, §10(6)

Exceptional achievements, §10(6) is classified as special route. Its inventory status is discretionary. No published purchase price. Residence and renunciation conditions can be waived under law

Evidence & review dates · 13 October 2026

Evidence reviewed Dated research; confirm current terms with the authority.

Austrian Federal Chancellery, RIS ↗All sources & limitations →Suggest a correction →

Selected source-backed facts checked 2026-10-24. Other facts retain their cited source dates.

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Legal outcome
Citizenship requires an individual legal decision
Base amount
No published purchase price
Presence
Discretionary

Cost breakdown

A complete itemised government-fee subtotal is not listed here. The qualifying amount remains separate from document, professional and other charges.

Use the current government schedule for the exact applicant cohort.

Family of four

Household assumptions and eligibility

Principal, spouse and two children aged under 12. Eligibility, age definitions and dependency rules apply.

No automatic family entitlement from an investment amount

Requirements

Eligibility, presence and exceptions

Requires federal confirmation of exceptional achievements already made and expected. Commercial quotations are not a statutory citizenship programme.

Presence
Residence and renunciation conditions can be waived under law
Holding / ongoing duties
No tariff or automatic qualifying investment

Travel access

Destination rules, conditions and source dates

This route does not establish ordinary national-passport privileges. Short visits; personal circumstances and entry conditions apply. Each rule retains its own check date.

UK visits
ETA / visit-visa exempt

Current ordinary Austria national passport, after citizenship and passport issuance. UK short visits require an ETA unless an individual exemption applies; visitor conditions remain applicable.

Checked 2026-10-24.

  • Current visitor visa nationality and ETA eligibility lists ↗UK Home Office / UKVI · Government guidance · Checked
    What this source supports

    Visitor-visa list includes Botswana, Jordan, North Macedonia, Georgia, Serbia and Pakistan; Austria, Malta and St Vincent have ordinary-passport ETA access under the separately cited eligibility guidance.

  • Current ETA eligibility including Austria, Malta and St Vincent ↗UK Visas and Immigration · Government guidance · Checked
    What this source supports

    Current ETA list includes Austria, Malta and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Update history records Botswana’s removal on 14 October 2025.

Schengen visits
EU free movement

Current ordinary Austria national passport, after citizenship and passport issuance. EU citizenship gives travel-document rights using a valid national ID card or passport. These rights follow a legal nationality grant, not an investment payment.

Checked 2026-10-24.

  • EU citizen travel-document rights and exceptions ↗European Union / Your Europe · Government guidance · Checked
    What this source supports

    EU citizens enter other EU countries using a valid national identity card or passport; public-policy/security/health refusal has a separate legal test.

USA visits
Visa Waiver Program / ESTA

Current ordinary Austria national passport, after citizenship and passport issuance. Eligible tourism/business visits may use the Visa Waiver Program for up to 90 days, with ESTA, an eligible electronic passport and all personal eligibility conditions.

Checked 2026-10-24.

  • Visa Waiver Program nationality and passport requirements ↗US Department of State · Government guidance · Checked
    What this source supports

    VWP requires participating citizenship/nationality, a qualifying passport and ESTA. A noncitizen investment document does not itself establish those requirements.

Canada visits
Visa-exempt · air eTA

Current ordinary Austria national passport, after citizenship and passport issuance. Air travellers need an eTA and valid passport unless exempt. Arrival by land/sea generally requires a valid passport without an eTA.

Checked 2026-10-24.

  • Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel document ↗Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Government guidance · Checked
    What this source supports

    Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules.

Global category counts, where shown above, are attributed publisher snapshots. The selected destination rules here use government evidence. Recognition of a document is separate from visa exemption.

Sources

Publications, supporting claims and review dates

Checked means the cited material was reviewed, not that the authority published a new rule that day. Source authority and retrieval limitations are recorded below.

  • Citizenship Act §10(6): extraordinary achievementsAustrian Federal Chancellery, RIS · Checked

    Open source publication ↗

    Legislation

    Federal confirmation of extraordinary achievements and national interest; no purchase tariff in cited provision.

  • Citizenship Act §10(6), current consolidated lawAustrian Federal Chancellery, RIS · Checked

    Open source publication ↗

    Legislation

    Exceptional achievements in special national interest; residence/renunciation exceptions; no tariff.

  • Current visitor visa nationality and ETA eligibility listsUK Home Office / UKVI · Checked

    Open source publication ↗

    Government guidance

    Visitor-visa list includes Botswana, Jordan, North Macedonia, Georgia, Serbia and Pakistan; Austria, Malta and St Vincent have ordinary-passport ETA access under the separately cited eligibility guidance.

  • Current ETA eligibility including Austria, Malta and St VincentUK Visas and Immigration · Checked

    Open source publication ↗

    Government guidance

    Current ETA list includes Austria, Malta and St Vincent and the Grenadines. Update history records Botswana’s removal on 14 October 2025.

  • EU citizen travel-document rights and exceptionsEuropean Union / Your Europe · Checked

    Open source publication ↗

    Government guidance

    EU citizens enter other EU countries using a valid national identity card or passport; public-policy/security/health refusal has a separate legal test.

  • Visa Waiver Program nationality and passport requirementsUS Department of State · Checked

    Open source publication ↗

    Government guidance

    VWP requires participating citizenship/nationality, a qualifying passport and ESTA. A noncitizen investment document does not itself establish those requirements.

  • Entry requirements by nationality, status and travel documentImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada · Checked

    Open source publication ↗

    Government guidance

    Entry conditions depend on citizenship, travel document, status and transport. Foreign residence does not itself create a new nationality. Canadian and US permanent residents have separately described document rules.