Austria Visa Requirements for South Africans
Austria requires a visa for South Africans
South African passport holders require a visa to enter Austria. Where you lodge the application, what it costs and how long it takes are set out below.
- Entry requirement
- Visa Required
- Stay allowed
- 90 days in any 180-day period
- Passport validity
- Valid for at least 3 months after you leave the Schengen Area, and issued within the last 10 years
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Applying for a Austria visa in South Africa
- Where the application is decided
- Austrian Embassy, Pretoria, which decides every application wherever it was lodged
- Covers applicants in
- South Africa, plus Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Lesotho and Eswatini have no centre and must apply at the embassy in Pretoria
- Where you lodge it
- VFS Global, or the Austrian Embassy in Pretoria by online appointment
- Application centres
- Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban
- Visa fee (adult)
- EUR 90 (12 and over)
- Visa fee (child 6–11)
- EUR 45 (aged 6 to 11); free under 6
- Processing time
- 15 calendar days from submission
- Book your appointment
- At least 15 days before departure and no earlier than 6 months
Austria is one of the few missions here that will still take an application directly, by online appointment in Pretoria, rather than only through a centre.
If your case is not straightforward
The application is the same for everyone. What differs is how you prove income and ties. These cover the situations that need building differently:
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Belarus
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Belgium
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Source: bmeia.gv.at. Checked 13 August 2026. If you spot something out of date, tell us at help@getvisa.co.za.
Information last reviewed: . Always verify with the relevant embassy before travelling.