Austrian identity card

Austria identity card

Issued by	Austria
Valid in	Austria European Union member states Andorra Iceland Liechtenstein Monaco Norway San Marino Switzerland Vatican City Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia Kosovo Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Serbia Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Faroe Islands Greenland (de facto) North Cyprus France French overseas territories Faroe Islands Greenland (de facto) Georgia Jordan (organized tours through Aqaba airport)
Type of document	Compulsory identity document

The Austrian identity card is issued to Austrian citizens. It can be used as a travel document when visiting countries in the EEA (EU plus EFTA) countries, Europe's microstates, the British Crown Possessions, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia, North Cyprus,^[1] Serbia, the French overseas territories and British Crown Possessions, and on organized tours to Jordan (through Aqaba airport) and Tunisia. Only around 10 % of the citizens of Austria have this card,^[2] as they can use driver's licenses or other identity cards domestically and the more widely accepted Austrian passport abroad.

References

European Economic Area & Schengen Area	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus ⁷ Czech Republic Estonia Finland France Germany Gibraltar ¹ Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco ² Netherlands (BES) Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland ²

Other Europe	Albania Armenia ⁷ Azerbaijan ⁵ Bosnia and Herzegovina Georgia ⁵ Kazakhstan ⁶ Kosovo ⁹ Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Russia ³ Serbia Turkey ⁴ Ukraine

North America

South America

² Open border with Schengen Area.

³ Russia is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The vast majority of its population (80%) lives in European Russia, therefore Russia as a whole is included as a European country here.

⁴ Turkey is a transcontinental country in the Middle East and Southeast Europe. Has a small part of its territory (3%) in Southeast Europe called Turkish Thrace.

⁵ Azerbaijan and Georgia (Abkhazia; South Ossetia) are transcontinental countries. Both have a small part of their territories in the European part of the Caucasus.

⁶ Kazakhstan is a transcontinental country. Has a small part of its territories located west of the Urals in Eastern Europe.

⁷ Armenia (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Cyprus (Northern Cyprus) are entirely in Southwest Asia but having socio-political connections with Europe.

⁸ Egypt is a transcontinental country in North Africa and the Middle East. Has a small part of its territory in the Middle East called Sinai peninsula.

⁹ Partially recognized.

Biometric identity cards () are indicated in italics.

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