Identity card

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The identity card is an official photo ID for Austrians , which only serves to prove one's own identity . In contrast to a driver's license , passport and ID card , the applicant cannot be denied issuance, which means that every Austrian citizen has a legal right to proof of identity. EU citizens can receive a photo ID for EEA citizens if they stay in Austria permanently.

Identity card

With the creation of the identity card in the Security Police Act 1999 amendment, a loophole was closed for those persons who, for reasons of content (e.g. due to certain criminal offenses that lead to the withdrawal of their driving license and travel documents, or lack of residence) had not previously had the opportunity to identify yourself. Even the homeless can get an identity card.

Awareness and acceptance by the public is low. In 2005 only 161 ID cards were issued.

The ID card is valid indefinitely and only needs to be reissued if the name changes. It has the shape of a plastic card in the size of a credit card .

1945 to 1955

Already during the occupation between 1945 and 1955 there was an identity card (colloquially "I-Ausweis") with a photo and the information in the three languages ​​of the occupying powers (English, French and Russian), as well as German. It was needed to cross the respective zone boundary .

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Individual evidence

  1. Answer to the parliamentary question "Passports issued in 2005", GZ 4114 / AB (XXII. GP)