Country Guide to Austria for Filipinos

OVERVIEW

Austria is a central European country bounded by Germany and Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. It has an area of 83,872 square kilometres (32,383 sq mi) and has temperate and alpine climate. Austria is a largely German-speaking country with minor languages consist of Croatian, Hungarian and Slovene.

VISITING AUSTRIA

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FACTS AND FIGURES

Population: 8,210,281 (2009 estimate)
Population density: 100 persons per sq km, 258 persons per sq mi
Largest cities: Vienna 1,651,437 (2006 estimate), Graz 244,604 (2006 estimate), Linz 188,362 (2006 estimate), Salzburg 148,473 (2006 estimate)

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IMMIGRATION TO AUSTRIA



FILIPINO COMMUNITIES IN AUSTRIA

The growing Filipino community in Austria has been a valuable partner for the Philippine Embassy in the conduct of its functions in the service of Philippine national interest and the protection of overseas Filipinos' rights and welfare.

The Filipino community in Austria is highly organized. Altogether, the Embassy lists more than fifty (50) organizations, clubs and associations of Filipinos or Filipino-Austrians -- organized along either regional, ethnic, professional or religious lines, many of which maintain excellent cooperative and consultative ties with the Embassy and are actively supporting the Embassy in projecting a positive image of the Philippines through regular activities and projects. These cooperative ties are cultivated and developed principally through the monthly Filipino community-Embassy meetings chaired by Consul General Julio C. Dery. (Philippine Embassy - Austria: http://www.philippine-embassy.at/RP-Austria.htm)

Name	Type	E-mail/Web address
Afroasian International Fine Art Society	Cultural	jmagallery@inode.at / jma_finearts@inode.at
Asean Community in Europe (ACE)	Cultural
Association of Filipinos in Austria (AFA)	Cultural	carmen.pacaigue@chello.at
Bisig Pagkaka-isa Performing Arts (BISPA)	Cultural	rod2mc@yahoo.com
Club Ilocano Austria	Cultural	marval20020@lycos.com
Dulaan Pilipino Theater Guild	Cultural
Kabugtuhan Han Leyteños-Samareños Ha Austria	Cultural	alvin-diaz@chello.at
Philippinische-Österreichische Kulture und Sport Verein	Cultural
SHARE	Cultural	jmagallery@inode.at
The IGOROT Organization Austria	Cultural	ruth.licay@chello.at
Timpuyog Ilocandia Austria (Ilocano Group in Austria)	Cultural
University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA)	Cultural	letisma.stockinger@infostyle.com
Pandan Association in Austria (PAA)	Cultural/ Religious	jesus.rectra@chello.at / jesus.rectra@hotmail.com
Philippine International Nurse Association in Austria (PINAA)	Professional	evelyn.ildefonso@chello.at
Philippine Nurses Association in Austria (PNA-Austria)	Professional	angelino.asuncion@pna-austria.org
Antique Christian Community (ACC)	Religious
Couples for Christ	Religious	ray.magno@chello.at
First Filipino Bible Fellowship	Religious	ptrray_montoya@yahoo.com
Grace Church Filipino Christian Fellowship	Religious	dorcas.aigner@akhwien.at
Iglesia Ni Kristo	Religious
International Baptist Church of Vienna	Religious	gloria@sabotage-films.com
Jesus is Lord Fellowship	Religious	amalia.jovero@chello.at
Pfarre St. Johann Kapistran (Philippine Sunday Mass)	Religious	ronsvd@gmx.at
Sambayanan ng mga Pilipinong Katoliko sa Vienna	Religious	kaiserjoey@hotmail.com
Seventh Day Adventist	Religious
Vienna Christian Fellowship	Religious	marsvcf@yahoo.com / m.tare@iaea.org
Vienna Christian Center Filipino Fellowship	Religious	larry.manuel@chello.at
Yahweh El Shaddai	Religious
Babaylan Austria	Social	cecilia@cech.at
Bulacan and Friends Association in Austria	Social
Filipino Assistance Movement Austria (FAMA)	Social	lorelei.lt@chello.at
Filipino Federation in Salzburg	Social
Kapunongan sa Mag Bisaya sa Austria (KBA)	Social
Pag-ugyon Kang Mag San Blas Alumni sa Austria
Philippine Austrian Association in Kärnten (PAAK)	Social
Philippine Austrian Association in Linz	Social	lhet724@hotmail.com/ lhet724@yahoo.com
Philippine Austrian Association in Vorarlberg (PAAV)	Social
Philippine Austrian Association in Salzburg (PAS)	Social
VIC-Club Filipino	Social	V.Castillo@iaea.org / N.Pembleton@unido.org
Eugenio Daberto Memorial Foundation, Inc. (EDABEM)	Socio-Cultural	biesur@hotmail.com
Rizal-Blumentritt Society of Austria (RSBA)	Socio-Cultural	angelina@banke.co.at
United Batangueños in Austria (UNIBA)	Socio-Cultural	leongarcia129@hotmail.com
Association of Pandananons in Salzburg, Austria (APSA)	Socio-Cultural-Religious
Bikol Society Austria	Socio-Cultural-Religious	malou.morata@chello.at
Ilonggo Community in Austria	Socio-Cultural-Religious	bbb.torres@chello.at
Council of Filipino Associations in Austria		malou.morata@chello.at
Couples for Christ	Religious	lawrence.castillo@unvienna.org
Circulo Caviteño	Social	edcel17@yahoo.com / rmercado22@yahoo.com
Association of Novo Ecijano in Austria	Social	armand.dimacale@wienkav.at
Philippine Association of Medical Technologists - Austria (PAMET)	Medical	Reynaldo.reyes@wienkav.at
Integrated Filipino Workers Austria	Social	danny@iiasa.ac.at
Migrante Sectoral Party - Austria Chapter	Socio-Cultural/Political	mlsarmiento@hotmail.com
Royal Salute Club in Austria	Social	bernardo@iiasa.ac.at
Philippine Basketball Association in Austria	Sport	alberto.plata@unvienna.org
Philippine Tennis Club Austria	Sport	virginia.regorosa@chello.at
Childhope Asia Philippines, Austria Chapter	Social/Charity	ialeta@mail.com ; Isabel.aleta@chello.at
SOS Philippines Wohltätigkeitsverein	Social/Charity	manuel.jarabe@chello.at
GO Palawan / Association of Palaueños in Austria	Social	hllacuna@yahoo.com
Pangasinan Society in Austria	Cultural
Filipino Employees Associationi - Geriatrietzentrum Baumgarten (FEA-GZB)	Social	angelino.asoncion@pna-austria.org
Knights of Rizal	Socio-Cultural
Pakners Billiard Club	Sports
Pinoy First	Socio-Cultural

Source: http://www.philippine-embassy.at/community/list.htm

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