What the Austria visa rules mean for Togo travellers
Togo citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Austria. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Schengen short-stay visa, which costs 90 EUR with a processing time of —.
Documents to prepare
Whatever your visa status, Austria applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
- Passport validity: Under the Schengen Borders Code, a third-country national’s travel document must be valid for at least three months after the intended date of departure from the Schengen Member States and must have been issued within t…
- Blank passport pages: Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
- Travel insurance: Under the Visa Code, Schengen visa applicants must prove they hold travel medical insurance valid throughout the Member States for the whole intended stay, with minimum coverage of €30,000 (for a multiple-entry visa, co…
- Return or onward ticket: No official source we could read makes a return or onward ticket a condition of entry in itself. Under the Schengen Borders Code (Annex I), the supporting documents border guards may check for tourist or private trips i…
Austria entry rules compared
Austria lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. Togo citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the Togo passport ranks #145 in the world with 29 visa-free destinations.
More travel options
In the other direction, Austria citizens need evisa to visit Togo.