Very Highly Qualified Workers
As a Highly Qualified Worker from a third country, you have two options:
You can either enter Austria under a Job Seeker Visa to look for work here. If you receive an employment offer during the validity period of the visa, you can apply for a Red-White-Red card at the competent residence authority in Austria.
You may apply for a Red-White-Red card with the competent Austrian representation in your home country or your country of residence, provided that you have received an employment offer.
As a third-country citizen with a very high level of qualification, you may apply for a six-month residence visa for your job search (Job Seeker Visa) if you reach a minimum of 70 points according to the following list of criteria:
For the following occupations and completed trainings, a total of 65 achieved points instead of the 70 points otherwise required is sufficient to apply for a job search visa or a Red-White-Red card (Regulation for the Admission of Very Highly Qualified Workers for the Year 2019):
1. Graduates in power engineering