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A Guide to National & EU Elections in Austria 2024

New citizens of Austria who obtained citizenship through a parent or other ancestor persecuted under National Socialism (‘Wiederöesterreicher’) are cordially invited to this webinar, which sets out to help you exercise your right to vote in Austrian parliamentary and EU elections in 2024.

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Austrian-American Media Fellowship Program

The Austrian-American Media Fellowship Program (AAMFP) provides young U.S. journalists the opportunity to travel to Austria in order to conduct research in one of Europe’s centers for international diplomacy, business, science, and culture. Participants will have exclusive access to decision-makers from politics and business and will be able to take a look behind the scenes of some of the important international organizations based in Vienna, including the United Nations.
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Passport

All Austrian citizens living in CO/WY/NM can apply for a passport at the Consulate in Denver. Applicants including children and infants must be present when applying for new passports or a renewal.

PASSPORT APPLICATION
Citizenship Certificate

The Certificate of Citizenship or Staatsbürgerschaftsnachweis, is the only official document giving proof of your Austrian citizenship and must always be presented when you apply for an Austrian passport.

CITIZENSHIP CERTIFICATE
Authentication

A certification is a governmental act by which a designated public official certifies the authenticity of the signature and/or seal and the position of the person/official who has executed, issued, or certified (a copy of) a document.

AUTHENTICATION SERVICE
Criminal Record Certificate

The Austrian criminal record register contains all criminal law convictions. It is a document detailing either all of a person’s registered convictions or stating that there are no such convictions.

CRIMINAL RECORD CERTIFICATE SERVICE

What is an Honorary Consulate?

In addition to the Embassy and Consulates General, there are also many Honorary Consulates ready to assist you with advice and counsel. Honorary Consuls are individuals invited by the Austrian government to represent its interests in a foreign country. They are called „honorary“ because they perform their work on a voluntary basis and do not draw a salary for their services. In addition they sponsor not only the office and the entire operation, but also any events held by the Honorary Consulate as an Act of Service to Austria.

Hikmet Ersek has more than 38 years of executive experience in Global Financial Services.
Ersek is currently Supervisory Board Member of Erste Bank Holding (EBS.VI) and Board Member of Voya Financials (VOYA.NYSE). With his investment vehicle Ersek Enterprises LLC, he is also advising and investing in privately held companies.
Additionally, since 2015 he has been serving as the Austrian Honorary Consul in the USA, responsible for Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico.
He began his global career in financial services in Europe when he joined Europay/MasterCard in Austria in 1986. A decade later in 1996, he joined General Electric (GE) Capital as Business Development executive, he also represented the GE Corporation as the National Executive for Austria and Slovenia.
Ersek joined Western Union in 1999 and until 2010 he was responsible for international expansion of Western Union in Europe, Africa, and Asia. From 2010-2021 he was the CEO and Director of the company (NYSE: WU). Founded more than 170 years ago, Western Union has become under Ersek’ s leadership one of the world’s most global companies, serving more than 150 million customers in 200 countries, 12000 employees speaking more than 75 languages. Hikmet Ersek successfully diversified and evolved Western Unions business portfolio to become a global digital payments company.
Ersek holds a Master's (Magister) degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Economics & Business in Vienna, Austria.
He speaks English, German and Turkish fluently and a citizen of Austria & Turkey and resident of USA, Ersek draws on his international background. He is passionate about building trade-, economical- and cultural bridges between nations.

Dr. Nayantara Ghosh-Ersek is a management consultant, trainer and lecturer with solid experience in international business and cross –cultural consulting for global corporations and universities. She holds a M.A. in Philology and Pedagogy from the University of Salzburg/Austria, and a Ph.D. from the University of Lausanne/Switzerland in socio-cultural studies. Fluent in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish, she also has a working knowledge of Bengali, Turkish and Greek. Her lifelong interest in intercultural issues was sparked by her extensive work experience in the United States, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Sudan and India.
Prior to launching Ghosh International back in 1996, she was an executive for Apple Computer, UNICEF, Neumann Management Consultants and Korn/Ferry International.

Marlene Talavera is Sales Manager for Motwurf in the US. Representing an Austrian Company in the United States is a great honor to her, and a dream come true. Her love for Austria as well as creating a closely connected Austrian community in the United States is one of the many things she loves about working at the Honorary Consulate.