From Thursday, Austria will also classify Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro as green. For travelers, this means that there is no need to go into quarantine if the 3G certificate is available. There is also no need to fill out the pre-travel clearance.

Russia made it onto the “red list”. Austria is upgrading to "virus variant area" with effect from Thursday. This means that quarantine obligations arise. In contrast to Germany, however, there is the possibility that you can “free yourself” after five days.

With effect from Thursday, July 8, 2021, the following countries are classified as “virus variant areas”:

• Botswana
• Brazil
• Eswatini
• India
• Lesotho
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nepal
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• South Africa
• Uruguay
• United Kingdom
• Russian Federation

Since the classification of the countries and thus also the requirements or possible forced quarantine can change regularly, vacationers are urgently recommended that they keep an eye on developments with regard to their return journey to Austria. People residing in Austria have the option of taking a test that may be required within 24 hours in Austria. In this case, however, the pre-travel clearance must be completed.

With effect from July 8, 2021, the following countries are “green” (Annex 1 of the ordinance):

• Albania
• Andorra
• Australia
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Denmark
• Germany
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Principality of Liechtenstein
• Greece
• Hong Kong
• Ireland
• to Iceland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Croatia
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Malta
• Monaco
• New Zealand
• Netherlands
• Northern Macedonia
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• San Marino
• Saudi Arabia
• Sweden
• Serbia
• Singapore
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Switzerland
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Thailand
• Czech Republic
• Hungary
• Vatikan
• United States of America
• Vietnam
• Cyprus
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brunei
• Jordan
• Canada
• Qatar
• Kosovo
• Moldavia
• Montenegro

Where can the regulations be found?

The legally binding versions can be accessed on a daily basis in the so-called RIS. One arrives at the entry regulation with this link. The latest changes published in the Federal Law Gazette can with this link can be read in the legally binding version.