This report has been produced by the National Contact Point Austria in the European Migration Network (EMN), contributing to EMN’s study “Pathways to citizenship for third-country nationals in EU Member States”. The report focuses on the naturalization of foreign nationals in Austria and comprehensively outlines the rules and prerequisites of acquiring Austrian citizenship and the related rights and duties. The presented statistical data gives an overview on the naturalization numbers over the years 2014–2018. The report covers the following topics:
a) Citizenship in the Austrian context
b) Acquisition of citizenship
c) Rights and duties of new citizens
d) Dual citizenship
e) Procedure for conferring citizenship
f) Citizenship and integration