Checklists for your proceedings
Practical checklists that guide you step by step through the key moments of immigration proceedings. To tick off and print, as a guide before talking to professionals.
In immigration law, deadlines, evidence and the right timing often decide the outcome. Our checklists bundle what matters in typical situations, from receiving the decision to the application for lifting. They are designed so that you can use them directly.
Each checklist is a guide and not a prognosis of success. It does not replace an assessment of the individual case and helps you to proceed in a structured way.
Decision received
The first steps after service: secure service, clarify the deadline and suspensive effect, organise documents.
Open checklist →Prepare an appeal
Formalities and deadline, private and family life under Article 8 ECHR, employment and a factual statement of reasons.
Open checklist →Prepare lifting or shortening
Application under section 60 FPG: check the requirements, prove changed circumstances, organise evidence and reason.
Open checklist →The checklists give a general overview of the Austrian legal position (as of June 2026). They make no claim to completeness or legal certainty, are not a prognosis of success and do not replace advice in the individual case.
Mag. Mirela Saric
Attorney at law · German and BCS
Mirela Saric assists clients in immigration matters with a clear structure: review the decision, secure deadlines, define the strategy and act quickly. She advises in German and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.
Entry ban, return decision, a running appeal deadline?
In immigration law, deadlines and the right argumentation decide. Call us directly or send an email, callback within one business day.
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