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Family & children

This is about children and family: having a baby, money for families, kindergarten and school, getting married or separating.

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I’m having a babyHaving a baby? Sort out papers, insurance and possible family benefits before and after the birth.Apply for family allowanceMoved to Austria with a child, or is your child already an adult? How to apply for family allowance and the child tax credit at the tax office.Find a kindergarten placeHow to register your child for a kindergarten place in Vienna and arrange the start.Find a school place for my childFirst class, moving on after primary school, or moving house: how your child gets a place at a school in Vienna.

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Family & children

  • Marry at the registry office
  • Order another birth certificate
  • Enter a registered partnership
  • Child maintenance is not being paid
  • Apply for a maintenance advance
  • Sort out custody of a child
  • Arrange contact with your child
  • Divorce by mutual agreement
  • Apply for legal aid
  • Find family-law advice
  • Insure your child with you
  • Caring for family: stay insured
  • Take family hospice leave
  • Money during family hospice leave
  • Accompany your child to rehab
  • Print your e-vaccination record
  • Private childcare: customer number
  • Inheritance: contact the notary
  • Kindergarten meals: exemption or subsidy
  • Book your wedding at the registry office
  • Residence card as a spouse or partner
  • Advice for single parents
  • Adopting a child: first advice
  • Advice on separation
  • After a death
  • Change schools
  • Household changes: update benefits
  • Citizenship certificate for a child
  • Take back your former surname
  • Bring your family to Vienna

Relationships & separation

  • Request another partnership certificate
  • Request another marriage certificate

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