The Ministry of the InteriorBMI The Bundesministerium für Inneres (BMI) - Austria's Ministry for the Interior - is the competent ministry for issues related to residency and citizenship. (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.) publishes statistics at monthly intervals, with statistics usually published at https://www.bmi.gv.at/312/statistiken/start.aspx#nag_aktuell around 6-8 weeks after the reporting date (e.g. in mid-late September for July). The statistics appear at around p.47 or so of the monthly statistics files.
The AMSArbeitsmarktservice The Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) is Austria’s leading provider of labour-market related services, and matches candidates with job openings and assists jobseekers and companies by providing advice, information, qualification opportunities and financial assistance. have seperate figures for the Frontier WorkerFrontier worker In the EU context, any worker who is employed in the frontier zone of an EU Member State but who returns each day or at least once a week to the frontier zone of a neighbouring country in which they reside and of which they are nationals as called frontier workers. German uses the terms "Grenzarbeitnehmer" and "Grenzgänger". Permits (GrenzgängerFrontier worker In the EU context, any worker who is employed in the frontier zone of an EU Member State but who returns each day or at least once a week to the frontier zone of a neighbouring country in which they reside and of which they are nationals as called frontier workers. German uses the terms "Grenzarbeitnehmer" and "Grenzgänger". und Grenzgängerinnen)
Below are the illustrative figures for March 2023:
In total 9432 Article 50 residence permits have been approved to the end of March 2023 (includes family members). There are 7 RWR+ (Brexit) residence permits and 8 people have been issued with Article 50 Frontier Worker permits from another host state.
Note: As of 1.1.2023, there were 11,002 British citizens registered as living in Austria.
