Return assistance

In order to assist you during the return to your home country, the return counselors in Austria will take care of the following:

• Consultation regarding the perspectives in your home country
• Provide information about the possible assistance
• Organization of travel documents
• Coverage of costs for the return
• Organization of the return (incl. flight tickets)
• If possible, assistance at the airport Vienna Schwechat at the point of departure and organization of transit assistance
• Assistance in receiving financial support
• If needed, clarification of medical assistance before, during and after the travel

Services after your return

The bilateral program of the Federal Ministry of Interior and its partner organisation European Technology and Training Centre (ETTC) offers you support at the time of your reintegration after returning to your home country.

Prompt assistance

You will receive a cash payment of €200 as immediate support after the arrival in your home country.

Long-term reintegration support

In addition, you will receive benefits in kind amounting to €2,800 based on the reintegration plan drawn up with the assistance of the local partner organisation. You will have a maximum period of 12 months after your return to implement your plan.

The offered benefits in kind include, among other things:

• support in establishing a small enterprise (company)
• educational activities and training
• support in entering the job market
• support in enrolment of accompanying children at school
• legal and administrative consultancy services
• medical assistance
• psychosocial support
• support related to house and household (furnishings)