Digital Tools and Support for Ukrainians Living in Austria

Table of Contents

📄 Essentials & Documents

• Diia app – digital UA passport, police-certificate & birth-/marriage-extracts on your phone
• Austrian Criminal-Record (Strafregister­auszug) – order online or at any police station; must be <3 months old
  
  • here you can book an appointment in Vienna
• KSV 1870 – official solvency/credit report requested by MA35
  
  • we can help you request this for free

💼 Jobs & Self-Employment

Jobs

• AMS eJob-Room – public job board in DE/EN/UA with filters for location & skills
• Willhaben Jobs – Austria’s biggest classifieds for jobs; many SME & blue-collar ads
• StepStone Austria – largest portal for qualified & English-speaking positions

Self-Employment

• Gründerservice WKO – free advice for becoming self-employed or starting a business
• GISA online Gewerbe­anmeldung – open a sole-trader licence in minutes with ID-Austria
• SVS self-employed insurance – register for mandatory health, pension & accident cover

🏠 Housing & Utilities

• Willhaben Rentals – biggest flat listings; rental contract counts as housing proof
• Mietwohnungen Wien & Vienna Housing – two of the largest Facebook groups for housing in Vienna
• Immobilienscout24.at – one of the most user-friendly platforms for apartment search
• WG-gesucht.de – one of the largest websites for flat shares
• Durchblicker tariff-checker – compare & switch electricity, gas, internet in 3 min

💶 Banking & Money

• Erste Bank free online account for Ukrainians – open basic IBAN via video-ID in ~15 min
• Revolut multi-currency account – free EUR IBAN + cheap EUR/UAH transfers

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family & Benefits

• Familienbeihilfe for Ukrainians – form to apply (Beih 100) & UA translation, incl. back-payment rules
• ÖIF German courses (A1–C1) – free classes nationwide, many with childcare

📱 Connectivity

• Tarife.at comparison – live price checker for SIM & home-internet deals
• HoT prepaid plans – no contract, start at €5.90; buy in any HOFER store HoT
• Spusu.at – cable/LTE/5G internet + TV for low prices

🏛️ Official Guidance

• City of Vienna: RWR+ for displaced Ukrainians – Info & explanations about the RWR+ Card for Ukrainians by the City of Vienna
• BMI Ukraine info hub – official information from the Austrian Ministry of the Interior (BMI)