We recommend the contacts shown below for the following topics:
Residency/asylum:
Caritas Wien Asylzentrum (Caritas Wien Asylum Centre)
Caritas Wien Fremdenrechtsberatung (Caritas Wien Asylum Legal Advice)
Deserteurs- und Flüchtlingsberatung (Counsellors for Deserters and Refugees)
Ehe ohne Grenzen (Marriage without borders)
Recognition of qualifications:
Beratungszentrum für Migranten und Migrantinnen (Counselling center for migrants)
Suspicion of human trafficking (for example, your boss has your passport, you live with your boss):
24-hour care:
Health / lack of health insurance:
Housing:
Labor law advice for EU/EEA citizens:
Arbeiterkammer (Chamber of Labor)
You can ask the Vienna Chamber of Labor about organising an interpreter.
Muttersprachliche Beratung beim Österreichischen Gewerkschaftsbund (ÖGB) (Native language counselling at the Austrian Trade Union Federation)
Counselling is available in Arabic, Bulgarian, Romanian, Russian and Ukrainian
If you work without papers but do not live in Austria
On the PICUM (Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants) website, you will find organisations in over 30 countries that support undocumented migrants (see “Member List”).