Austria Consulate General Munich

Before your visit

The Austrian Consulate General is at Ismaninger Straße 136 in Munich-Bogenhausen.

• By tram: line 17 to the stop “Bundesfinanzhof” (from Max-Weber-Platz, Isartor, Sendlinger Tor or the main station).
• By bus: line 54 from Ostbahnhof to “Wehrlestraße”.
• Parking: no reserved spaces, but the surrounding streets are not a paid parking zone.
• Appointments: required for passports, ID cards, visas and residence permits, citizenship certificates and civil-status documents.

About the Austrian Consulate General in Munich

The consulate general serves Austrian citizens in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, the two German states that border Austria and where most Austrians in Germany live. It is headed by Consul General Adalbert Bicserdy.

Several honorary consulates in its area support the consulate general. According to the consulate general, passport applications can also be made at the honorary consulates in Stuttgart and Nuremberg (Fürth).

Which Austrian office is responsible for me?

Austrians living in the EU can apply for a passport at any Austrian mission with passport authority, not only the one for their district.

Consular services

• Passports (including express passports) and identity cards
• Emergency passports
• Citizenship certificates and permission to keep Austrian citizenship
• Austrian civil-status documents (birth and marriage certificates)
• Life certificates for Austrian pensions, criminal record certificates and certifications
• Registration for ID Austria (mobile signature)
• Visas and residence permits for Austria for non-EU nationals

Documents checklist

Applying for an Austrian passport in Munich

• An online appointment (not needed for an express passport)
• Your previous passport or ID card
• Proof of citizenship (Staatsbürgerschaftsnachweis) and birth certificate, if your details have changed
• A passport photo meeting the ICAO standard
• Copies of civil-status documents only if your name or marital status has changed since your last application

Do I need an appointment?

Yes, for passports, ID cards, citizenship and civil-status matters. Appointments are booked online on the consulate general’s website.

Express passports are the exception: no appointment is needed. The passport is produced by the Austrian State Printing House and sent by DHL Express to any address in Germany, ideally within two working days.

Visa information

German citizens do not need a visa for Austria. Non-EU nationals living in Bavaria or Baden-Württemberg who need an Austrian visa or residence permit apply here by appointment.

When is the consulate general closed?

On Austrian and Bavarian public holidays. In addition to the shared holidays, this includes Austria’s National Day on 26 October and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on 8 December.

Emergency assistance

For urgent consular emergencies outside office hours, such as an accident or a death, the consulate general has an on-call number: +49 171 976 8351. It gives no information on passports, visas or entry rules, and emergency passports are issued out of hours only in urgent cases. Outside office hours, the Austrian Foreign Ministry’s 24-hour service in Vienna (+43 1 90115 4411) helps Austrians in emergencies.

Other consulates and embassies in Munich

82 other countries are represented in Munich, among them: Barbados (honorary), Belarus (consulate general), Belgium (honorary), Bolivia (honorary), Bosnia and Herzegovina (consulate general), Brazil (consulate general), Bulgaria (consulate general), Canada (consulate), Chile (consulate general), China (consulate general), Croatia (consulate general), Cyprus (honorary), Czech Republic (consulate general), Côte d’Ivoire (honorary), Denmark (consulate general), Djibouti (honorary), Ecuador (honorary), El Salvador (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Ethiopia (honorary). The full list of all 83 missions is on the overview page for Germany.

Austrian missions in Germany

Measured in a straight line from Munich, the nearest other Austrian office is the Honorary Consulate in Fürth (about 160 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Munich.

• Berlin (500 km) – Embassy of Austria
• Munich – Consulate General (Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg) (this page)
• Bremen (580 km) – Honorary Consulate (Bremen)
• Düsseldorf (490 km) – Honorary Consulate (North Rhine-Westphalia)
• Frankfurt am Main (300 km) – Honorary Consulate General (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate)
• Fürth (160 km) – Honorary Consulate (Franconia and Upper Palatinate)
• Hamburg (610 km) – Honorary Consulate (Hamburg)
• Hanover (490 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lower Saxony)
• Kiel (700 km) – Honorary Consulate (Schleswig-Holstein except the Lübeck area)
• Lübeck (640 km) – Honorary Consulate (Lübeck, Herzogtum Lauenburg, Stormarn, Ostholstein)
• Rostock (660 km) – Honorary Consulate (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Saarbrücken (360 km) – Honorary Consulate (Saarland)
• Stuttgart (190 km) – Honorary Consulate (Baden-Württemberg and Bavarian Swabia)