Visa requirements & letter of invitation

General information

Visitors from outside the European Union (EU) should check whether or not a visa is required. In most cases a valid passport will be sufficient. Moreover, visitors from central and eastern Europe should check whether or not special health insurance is required for receiving a visa. All insurance and visa costs must be borne by the participant.

Schengen agreement

Austria is a member of the Schengen agreement. The Schengen visa represents the collective of European countries that have mutually decided to eliminate passport and immigration controls at their joint borders.
Participants from outside these countries and the European Union (EU) but with a valid visa for one of the Schengen countries may move freely into and within any other Schengen country.

Letter of invitation for participation in the EGU General Assembly 2016

Participants who need to receive an official letter of invitation in order to obtain a visa, raise travel funds, or for administrative purposes should apply for this document by 17 March 2016 at the very latest. Requests received later than this date may not be processed by the embassies.

This invitation is not a commitment on the part of the organizers to provide financial support.

It should be understood that the organizers can only issue an invitation which includes the time of the assembly plus the Saturdays and Sundays directly before and after the conference.