Pathways to Citizenship for Foreigners in Austria

This study aims to examine the acquisition of citizenship by foreigners in Austria. The focus lies on the naturalization of “new migrants”, i.e. the foreigners who have no pre-existing ties to Austria . Amongst others, the study looks at the naturalization requirements and the procedure for determining whether these requirements are met. Temporally, the study focuses on the present, although political and legal developments in the past five years are also considered.