During the course of 2026 over 3,000 British Nationals and their family members may become eligible to upgrade their non-permanent Article 50 cards (valid for 5 years) to permanent residency (valids for 10 years).
British in Austria is collecting people’s feedback about how the Article 50 upgrade process went in order to be able to help others. Through various channels we are interacting with the British Embassy in Vienna and the BMIBundesministerium für Inneres The Bundesministerium für Inneres (BMI) / Ministry for the Interior (UK counterparty: the Home Office) is competent for public security, policing, border control as well as residency and citizenships. It is also responsible for elections and direct democracy instruments as well as the civil service in the respective provinces, as well as municipal level where they are not covered by the Federal Chancellery. to spot inconsistencies and issues at an early stage and also to identify when things are done well!
We are also interested in feedback from those already completed the process in 2025.
- Submissions are voluntary, and the form below should only take a few minutes to fill out.
- Any information passed on is anonymised before doing so.
Please note that as a volunteer group, we are unable to respond to all submissions individually. Responses received may be categorised and prioritised to ensure assistance is provided where most needed.
Thank you for your participation!