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Naturalizations in Austria on the Rise: Majority of New Citizens Live Abroad
The granting of Austrian citizenship increased significantly in the first half of 2025. A total of 11,665 people received a red-white-red passport, which, according to Statistics Austria, represents an increase of 5.6 percent over the previous year. What is striking about this development is that more than a third of the new citizens—exactly 4,369 people—are resident abroad.
These new developments are largely attributable to a specific legal provision. / Picture: © BMI Bundesministerium für Inneres / Alexander Tuma
This high proportion is directly attributable to the regulation introduced in 2020 in §58c StbG. This allows victims of political persecution under the Nazi regime and their descendants to acquire citizenship by notification without having to give up their previous nationality. Of the 4,352 people who were naturalized under this legal title, only nine live in Austria. The most common…
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