Austria Embassy Skopje

About the Embassy of Austria in North Macedonia

The ambassador is Martin Pammer, according to the Diplomatic List of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (16 October 2026), which gives 1 August 2023 as the date credentials were presented. Austria also has an honorary consulate in Bitola. The office is in the capital, Skopje, about 16 km in a straight line from Skopje International Airport.

From the embassy’s website

According to the embassy’s website, Austrian citizens are asked to make an appointment by e-mail, and the consular section also opens Monday to Thursday 14:00–15:00. For urgent consular emergencies outside office hours (lost passport, accident, death), Austrian citizens can reach the embassy’s on-call service at +389 70 344 722; if that number cannot be reached, the foreign ministry’s duty service in Vienna answers on +43 501150 4411.

Source: www.bmeia.gv.at/oeb-skopje/ueber-uns/anfahrt-und-oeffnungszeiten (checked October 2026).

Do Austrian citizens need a visa for North Macedonia?

Citizens of Austria do not need a visa for North Macedonia and may enter with a valid passport or national identity card, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. North Macedonia is not part of the Schengen area and applies its own visa rules.

Documents checklist

Prepare these documents before your appointment. The lists are taken from official Austrian sources:

Austrian passport (application abroad)

• Book an appointment and apply in person (also infants) – postal applications are not accepted; some honorary consulates also take applications
• Passport application form (Reisepassantrag), downloadable from the embassy website
• Birth certificate and proof of Austrian citizenship (Staatsbürgerschaftsnachweis) or your current Austrian passport/ID
• Proof of residence in North Macedonia and, where applicable, your residence permit
• A recent passport photo meeting the EU/Austrian criteria (taken by a professional photographer)
• Marriage, divorce or name-change documents if relevant; foreign documents with apostille and German translation (English often accepted)

Sources: Austrian Embassy London – passport (bmeia.gv.at), Austrian Embassy Canberra – Austrian passport (bmeia.gv.at) (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the embassy (skopje-ob@bmeia.gv.at) – Austrian citizens are asked to make an appointment by e-mail.

Other consulates and embassies in Skopje

56 other countries are represented in Skopje, among them: Bangladesh (honorary), Belarus (honorary), Belgium (honorary), Bosnia and Herzegovina (embassy), Bulgaria (embassy), Canada (honorary), China (embassy), Croatia (embassy), Czech Republic (embassy), Denmark (honorary), Estonia (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (embassy), Georgia (honorary), Germany (embassy), Greece (embassy), Guinea (honorary), Hungary (embassy), Iceland (honorary), Indonesia (honorary). The full list of all 57 missions is on the overview page for North Macedonia.

Closing days

North Macedonia has eleven public holidays for all citizens, among them Orthodox Christmas (7 January), the first day of Ramadan Bayram, Orthodox Easter Monday, Ilinden (2 August) and Independence Day (8 September); when one falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is off. The embassy may also close on Austria’s national day (26 October).

Emergency assistance

Outside office hours, Austrian citizens can call the embassy’s emergency number +389 70 344 722, according to the embassy’s website. In North Macedonia, dial 192 for the police, 194 for an ambulance and 193 for the fire brigade (Government of Canada travel information). North Macedonian citizens who need help in Austria can contact the Embassy of North Macedonia in Vienna, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia, or the hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of North Macedonia (08:00–22:00, +389 75 273 732, globalsos@mfa.gov.mk).

Diplomatic missions of Austria in North Macedonia

Austria in North Macedonia

Measured in a straight line from Skopje, the nearest other Austrian office is the Honorary Consulate in Bitola (about 110 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Skopje.

• Skopje – Embassy of Austria in North Macedonia (this page)
• Bitola (110 km) – Honorary Consulate