Before returning home
Please prepare your return trip in time. You have to remember to do the following things:
- Legalisation of documents earned in Austria
- Translation of documents and certificates
- Scholarship report
- Cancellation with the responsible Registration Authority
- Health Insurance, Medicine
- Accommodation
- Bank Account
- Addresses for further contacts
Legalisation of your Austrian documents
Depending on the practice in your home country, we recommend to take the following steps for the legalisation of your Austrian university degree documents (Bachelor-, Master-, Diplom-, Dissertationsurkunde):
Step I:
Legalisation of the degree document by the Federal Ministry of Science and Research (Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung / BMWF)
1010 Vienna, Teinfaltstraße 8, 3rd floor/room 315, Mr. Walter Vachalek
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 9.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m
T +43 1 531 20-7854 | E Walter.Vachalek@bmwf.gv.at
Step II:
Legalisation of the degree certificate by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten, BMEIA), 1014 Vienna, Minoritenplatz 8 / Entrance Leopold Figl Gasse 5, ground floor, "Legalisierungsbüro"
Office hours: Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. to 12.30 a.m.
T 050 1150-4425 or -3632 | E beglaubigungen@bmeia.gv.at
Step III:
Further legalisation ("Überbeglaubigung") by the embassy of your home country in Austria.
Attention: The legalisation of documents can be quite expensive! Please enquire at your embassy in Austria or the appropriate ministry in your home country whether or not a legalisation as described above is necessary for you.
Translation of documents and certificates
We recommend to have your degree certificate translated into the language of your country.
Scholarship report
Your last scholarship instalment will only be paid once you have submitted your final report (“scholarship report”), signed by your academic supervisor. You will get the draft for this report from your OeAD Regional Office.
Cancellation with the responsible Registration Authority
A few days before your departure please de-register with your "Meldebestätigung" with your responsible Registration Authority.
Health Insurance, Medicine
In case health insurance was not done by the OeAD or through your home country, please do not forget to cancel your registration with the respective insurance company (personally or by letter! Important: present the cancellation of your "Meldebestätigung" through the Registration Authority).
If you suffer from any chronical disease, please think about, how you can continue the treatment at home. Ask your physician in Austria for a so called "Arztbrief", (= a medical report mentioning a list of medicine, which you have to take.)
Accomodation
In case you live in a private accommodation, the following steps should be done:
- cancel your letting contract in time
- cancel your contract for gas and electricity and have your telephone disconnected, in agreement with your landlord/landlady
- ask for refundment of your deposit
Bank Account
Please do not forget to close your Austrian bank account before your departure.
Addresses for further contacts
Make a note of all Austrian addresses, telephone numbers and E-mail addresses which might be important for you at home.
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