Hello,
Me and my girlfriend will come to Slazburg on 7th october and then travel on 8th to St. Gilgen or Hallstatt. We have one day in Salzburg. Any suggestion on which tourist spot we can visit? I think we can cover maximum of 2 places.
Please let me know. Thanks!
Hello,
Me and my girlfriend will be in Vienna for 4 days before travelling to Salzburg. Will land in Vienna on 2nd October afternoon, probably rest for the day and start exploring from next day.
We are staying in an Airbnb at Panikengasse. I think it is the 9th district.
We have looked up places on Google but would like to know from people here about good places to visit. Since we have 4 days so can't cover everything as I've read that even weeks might be less for Vienna. I'll really appreciate some good suggestions and feedback.
Also, we have thought about buying the weekly pass for Vienna city from OBB app, it says it covers all transport mode. So is that a good option and it will allow us to use public transport throughout Vienna seamlessly?
Please let me know.
Thank you
Hello,
I will be travelling to Salzburg for 2 days, 7-9th oct with my girlfriend. On 1st day I plan to roam around in the city and see some tourist spots and on the 2nd day I plan to take trip to St. Gilgen.
Any suggestion on where I can find budget friendly accommodation? Currently I am looking at Airbnb. Places in city centre are more expensive, but some on outskirts are cheap but I'm not sure how is the connectivity from those places.
I am happy to commute via public transport if staying out of city. Any recommendations will be helpful.
Thank you.
Hello,
what is the most convenient way to travel from Salzburg to Hallstatt and back to Salzburg in a day?
Trains, bus or renting a car for a day and driving there? I want to make this trip with my girlfriend.
Please let me know.
Hello,
I am moving to Austria (Vienna) to start my Master's in October. I will go there on a Student Residence Permit.
My friend(girlfriend) wants to come with me for a week, travel a bit and come back. We want to spend 4 days on Vienna and couple of days in Salzburg and then she will come back. She is employed in India, has 9 years corporate work experience. We can present all documents like booked flights, accommodation, bank statements, itr, salary slip, noc from employer, insurance, cover letter and itenary.
Is this reason good enough to get visa?
Any tips or feedback from anyone experienced will be very helpful.
Thank you!
Hello,
I uploaded documents on VFS in May and had my embassy appointment on 2nd july. I had to give more documents so I submitted all documents along with the additional ones on the appointment day again.
Now I'm wondering if they will send the documents which I gave in the embassy or the ones uploaded on vfs.
If anyone has also done the same and got RP or some reply from the megistrate, were the documents you submitted on the embassy also sent or just the ones uploaded on vfs?
Please let me know.
Thanks you.
Hello,
One of my friends asked me how is the AU for studying b.com for his sister. I grew up in Allahabad but left it in 2017 and have no experience of AU.
So those who have studied there or know about it, how is Allahabad University for studying b.com?
I know employment opportunities won't be much after it, but the faculty, teaching in university and quality of students wise, how's it?
Please let me know.
Hello,
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If anyone has experience, please help. Does the embassy accept additional documents on the appointment day after uploading everything on vfs?
I have my appointment on 2nd july via VFS and I need to attach some more documents which I did not upload on vfs. Will they accept on appointment day?
Hello, I'm going to TU Wien this winter semester from India. I have a doubt regarding Financial documents.
I have taken an education loan from a NBFC. My brother and mother are co-borrowers. The loan has a Partial Interest payment of 7000 INR which will be paid by my brother as he is a full time salaried employee. I have sanction letter, disbursement letter, and my account statement where loan money has been disbursed along with my personal bank statements where my own salary comes and I use for everyday purposes.
Do I need to also provide bank statement and affidavit from my brother to say he will be paying the partial interest and not me?
If anyone from India has experience with education loan from NBFC, and got RP approved, please let me know.
Thank you!
Hello,
I received my admission letter from TU Wien, so I am moving to Vienna. Earlier my plan was to go to Linz.
I am moving to Vienna at TU Wien to start my masters this winter semester. I have booked an apartment for 3 people. Looking for 2 people to share it with. The rent is cheap, so good to save money initially. The contract will be of 6 months and it starts from 15th sept . It's in 5th district. If you want you can talk to the landlord as well, he is happy to talk to tenants.
Please let me know if anyone is looking for accommodation.
I'm 26, male going for masters in software engineering.
Accommodation Challenge
Hello,
To all the students who have received admission letter and coming to TU Wien from this winter semesters, how is your residence permit application coming up?
After waiting for and getting the admission letter, it turns out RP application is another long process. The biggest challenge is finding accomodation. Student dorms are not available and the private space is not easy. How are you looking for accommodation?
I am coming in for masters in software engineering from India.
Hello,
If I arrive in Vienna and enroll in semester say mid-october, is it possible to get enrollment in major subjects?
I'm coming for Software Engineering Masters.
Hello,
Today I received a positive admission letter from TU Wien for admission in Software Engineering Masters.
I sent my docs on 19th Jan, 2026 and it reached the university on 21st Jan. I reached out to them to ask if my application was received, and they replied back tomorrow. (Use contact form on their website to reach and attach your passport to identification of your application).
On the 10th week, I emailed for update and they said any update regarding application will be possible after normal waiting period of 12 weeks.
From 12th week on-wards I emailed them once a weak for update and response was the application is with the dean. On 14th week they finally said that they have posted my letter with decision and rest of my docs which I sent them initially(28th April, 2026). They gave me a tracking number, but it was not helpful as status there still shows that my doc is in Austria XD
Today (11th May, 2026) I received my letter.
Overall, 16 weeks of time was my guess and it that's how much it took. My suggestion is to send correct documents, properly legalized/appostiled, identify which document or proof will help in supporting your application.
I sent a true copy of my appostiled degree certificate, original appostiled transcript, ielts certificate (7.5), resume (since I was working for last 3.5 years so have to show what I have been doing since my bachelors), a document mapping the bachelor's program at tu wien to my bachelor's since I did not have curriculum or syllabus of my bachelors with me. I did this to make sure they understand I have covered the necessary subjects with enough credits, and I don't get any supplementary exam. I used credit hours to map equivalency.
If anyone is waiting, be patient the result will come. Expect 16 weeks and it will take as much time it takes. You cannot do anything to speed it up. Ones planning to apply, don't make mistakes in application, be thorough and you will get through. Don't create a scenario where they have to ask for extra documents, that will consume more time.
Now the next big challenge is finding affordable accommodation in Vienna which seems to be tougher than this :(
Best of Luck to everyone!
Posting it here since this community has been helpful and my experience may help someone.
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Hello,
We (3 people), upcoming international masters student at JKU and on at FH Upper Austria, have acquired an apartment for rental at the start of September 2026 in Linz. We want to give out the living room (that is well separated from other spaces in the house, almost like a double room) as a shared room to 1 person, which would help reduce costs for everyone at a fair price. This room already has one taker so we need just one more.
Some points that you may want to know
We are not brokers and we do not gain extra money out of this (I have been as transparent as possible below). This will be a deal with a landlord directly, whom we have personally verified. We are looking for people who have completed all the steps of the process and just need to get their RP done.
The location is about 30 min via tram to JKU.
This is a 2 room, 1 living room apartment. Since the 2 separate rooms are small, only one person can live in each. The proposal is for the other living room. Total size of the house is around 70-80 m2
There is one bathroom and one toilet. One storage room as well.
The living room is significantly bigger compared to the other 2 rooms. 25 m2 (living room) vs 12 m2 vs 10 m2. Considering that this living room would be a shared space among 2 people, we are pricing this room much lower than our rooms. A balcony is also present attached to the living room.
The rent starts from September only
The rent for each person in this shared room would be 245-300 EUR (depending on the electricity and wifi costs; 245 qualifying for the rent only and the remaining 55 Euros taking electricity and wifi costs into consideration). I call this a fair deal because we would be bearing higher costs.
The refundable deposit would however be split equally for an amount around 825 EUR plus the conversion fee, whatever that is divided among four of us, which has to be provided for the rental agreement.
A very important condition is that you will have to stay for at least a year, after which you can terminate the contract by giving a notice period of three months (not our rule, but an ask from the owner as a part of the rental agreement).
We are Indians and we do not mind other internationals.
The living room is mostly separate. It has a door towards the entrance, which separates it from the other 2 rooms. Bathroom and toilet being common to all. The only other way to the living room would be the kitchen, which can also be closed by using a paravent/screen. The living room is not visible from the kitchen.
The flat is unfurnished so bed, table, chair etc. will have to be bought or rented by each individual as per their need. The flat also does not have a dishwasher and dryer.
Reply if interested. Please ensure that you have sorted all the documents for RP out. Feel free to ask any questions and once we have all the tenants, will request the landlord to have a video call once again for a chat and view of the apartment.
Regards,
Pragyan
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Helloz
We (2 people), upcoming international masters student at JKU, have acquired an apartment for rental at the start of September 2026 in Linz. We want to give out the living room (that is well separated from other spaces in the house, almost like a double room) as a shared room to 2 people, which would help reduce costs for everyone at a fair price.
Some points that you may want to know
We are not brokers and we do not gain extra money out of this (I have been as transparent as possible below). This will be a deal with a landlord directly, whom we have personally verified. We are looking for people who have completed all the steps of the process and just need to get their RP done.
The location is about 30 min via tram to JKU.
This is a 2 room, 1 living room apartment. Since the 2 separate rooms are small, only one person can live in each. The proposal is for the other living room. Total size of the house is around 70-80 m2
There is one bathroom and one toilet. One storage room as well.
The living room is significantly bigger compared to the other 2 rooms. 25 m2 (living room) vs 12 m2 vs 10 m2. Considering that this living room would be a shared space among 2 people, we are pricing this room much lower than our rooms. A balcony is also present attached to the living room.
The rent starts from September only
The rent for each person in this shared room would be 245-300 EUR (depending on the electricity and wifi costs; 245 qualifying for the rent only and the remaining 55 Euros taking electricity and wifi costs into consideration). I call this a fair deal because we would be bearing higher costs.
The refundable deposit would however be split equally for an amount around 850-900 EUR, which has to be provided for the rental agreement.
A very important condition is that you will have to stay for at least a year, after which you can terminate the contract by giving a notice period of three months (not our rule, but an ask from the owner as a part of the rental agreement).
We both are Indians and we do not mind other internationals.
The living room is mostly separate. It has a door towards the entrance, which separates it from the other 2 rooms. Bathroom and toilet being common to all. The only other way to the living room would be the kitchen, which can also be closed by using a paravent/screen. The living room is not visible from the kitchen.
The flat is unfurnished so bed, table, chair etc. will have to be bought or rented by each individual as per their need. The flat also does not have a dishwasher and dryer.
Reply if interested. Please ensure that you have sorted all the documents for RP out. Feel free to ask any questions and once we have all the tenants, will request the landlord to have a video call once again for a chat and view of the apartment.
Regards,
Pragyan
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We (2 people) have acquired a room for the rental at the start of **September 2026** in Linz. We want to **give out the living room** (That is well separated from other spaces in the house, almost like a private room) as a shared room to **2 people**, which would help reduce costs for everyone at a fair price. Some points that you may want to know
**We are not brokers** and **we do not gain extra money** out of this (I have been as transparent as possible below). This will be a deal with a landlord directly, whom we have personally verified. We are looking for people who have completed all the steps of the process and just need to get their RP done.
The location is about **20 min via tram to JKU**. Center of Linz
This is a 2 room, 1 living room apartment. Since the 2 separate rooms are small, we would be occupying them (Since we have the benefit of finding the accommodation). The proposal is for the other living room. Total size of the house is around 70-80m2
There is one bathroom and one toilet. One storage room as well.
The living room is significantly bigger compared to the other 2 rooms. 25 m2(living room) vs 12m2 vs 10m2. Considering that this living room would be a shared space among 2 people, we are pricing this room to be much lower than our rooms. A balcony is also present attached to the living room.
The rent starts from **September only**
The rent for each person in this shared room would be **245-300 EUR** (depending on the electricity and wifi costs; 245 qualifying for the rent only and the remaining 55 Euros taking the electricity and wifi costs into consideration). I call this a fair deal because we would be bearing higher costs.
The **refundable deposit** would however be **split equally** for an amount around 850-900 EUR, which has to be provided for the rental agreement.
A very important condition is there you will have to stay for **at least a year,** after which you can terminate the contract giving a **notice period of three months** (not our rule; but an ask from the owner as a part of the rental agreement.)
We both are Indians and we do not mind other internationals.
The living room is mostly separate. It has a door towards at the entrance, which separates it from other 2 rooms. Bathroom and toilet being common to all. The only other way to the living room would be the kitchen, which can also be closed by using a paravent/screen.
The flat is unfurnished so bed, table, chair etc will have to be bought or rented by each individual as per their need. The flat also does not have dishwasher and dryer.
Reply if interested. (Please ensure that you have sorted all the documents for RP out)
Hello,
I received my electronic admission letter today. Posting it here because this place has been very helpful, both in clearing my doubts and in meeting new people.
I applied on 6th feb, for masters in computer science and artificial intelligence.
Received message to send the docs via post, this is what they call improvement letter, on 9th march.
I posted my docs on 14th March and they reached and was received by university on 16th march. JKU sent me confirmation of receiving the docs on 18th March.
Received electronic admission letter today, on 22nd April, 2026, for masters in computer science. No result for artificial intelligence, I think it will come in sometime.
My admission letter is valid for 3 upcoming semesters.
I am from India. I have done my bachelor's in Information Technology (Btech, 4 years course). My cgpa is 8.86, though it does not matter a lot if your bachelors course work and ielts are good enough, is what I think. My ielts score is 7.5 , lowest being 6.5 in speaking.
I have 3.8 years of work experience as software engineer, but again it does not matter. Academics are more important, work experience does not play a big part in admission in Austria so its for the ones who ask question about work experience.
If anyone reading this has gone through the whole process, can you tell me when they send back the docs? They did not mention anything about sending the docs. Please let me know.
Thank you.