Article 50 card processing in Vienna handled by EWR Referate from May 2024

Since the closure of the dedicated Brexit-Referat at the end of 2021 at Arndtstrasse, applications for Article 50 cards have been handled at MA35Magistratsabteilung 35 Residency and citizenship issues in Vienna are handled by Magistratsabteilung 35 (MA35). It has several offices in Vienna and where you need to go depends on whether or not you are an EU citizen (you go to one or other of its EU Referat offices depending on the district you live in), or its premises for third country nationals.’s Referate 4.1 to 4.6. (Each Referat serves a number of districts). This will change after 1 May 2024, and the two EWR Referate (Referate 5.0 and 5.1) will handle applications for Article 50 cards – e.g. in particular if you now have five years of uninterrupted legal residence and wish to upgrade to the 10 year Article 50 card.

The split between which of the two offices you need to visit (Referate 5.0 and 5.1) will depend on the district in which you have your primary residence (HauptwohnsitzHauptwohnsitz Your Hauptwohnsitz is your principle place of residence, i.e. where you typically have the centre of your vital interests. Other residences are known as Nebenwohnsitze.).

Referat 5.0:

From 2 May 2024, you should use this office if you live in the following districts: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 23rd.

Fachbereich Einwanderung Referat 5.0 – Außenstelle EWR zuständig für die Bezirke 3., 4., 5., 6., 7., 8., 10., 11., 12., 13., 14. und 23.

Address: Arndtstrasse 67, 1120 Wien, Staircase 1, 1st floor

E-Mail: 50-ref@ma35.wien.gv.at

Service hotline: +43 1 4000-3535

Fax: +43 1 4000-9935050

Referat 5.1:

From 2 May 2024, you should use this office if you live in the following districts: 1st, 2nd, 9th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd.

Fachbereich Einwanderung Referat 5.1 – Außenstelle EWR zuständig für die Bezirke 1., 2., 9., 15., 16., 17., 18., 19., 20., 21. und 22.

Address: Karmelitergasse 9, 1020 Wien, 1st floor

E-Mail: 51-ref@ma35.wien.gv.at

Service hotline: +43 1 4000-3535

Fax: +43 1 4000-9935050

Booking Appointments:

To book appointments at Referat 5.0 or 5.1 (see above which districts they handle), please visit: https://www.wien.gv.at/kontakte/ma35/terminvereinbarung-ewr.html#ewr

Source: https://www.wien.gv.at/verwaltung/einwanderung/index.html