Permit Price
£105
Getting Your Firearms Permit for Austria
Roe Deer, Wild Boar, Red Stags,
Last Updated:
March 5, 2026
Processing Time
3 to 4 weeks from Austrian Embassy submission
Authority
Austrian Embassy London (§39 Waffengesetz)
Difficulty
Moderate
Best Hunting Months
Red deer Sep–Oct (rut), chamois Oct–Dec, roe deer Jul–Aug
Tristan Dummer
Founder
Austria is premium driven game country — pheasant, partridge and hare days alongside world-class red deer, chamois and roe stalking in the Alps. Since Brexit, UK hunters are third-country nationals and must comply with Austrian weapons law, but the import process is manageable and handled through the Austrian Embassy in London. No UK export paperwork is required for temporarily travelling with your own firearms.
Step 1: Confirm Your Hunt and Obtain an Invitation Letter
Confirm your hunt dates, location, and accommodation with your Austrian outfitter. You will need a formal letter of invitation from them confirming the dates, the Bundesland (state) where the hunting will take place, and the estate details. This letter supports your permit application.
Step 2: Apply to the Austrian Embassy, London
Under §39 of the Austrian Waffengesetz (Weapons Act), non-residents temporarily possessing firearms that require official authorisation must obtain a permit. Contact the Austrian Embassy in London directly to confirm current application procedures. Allow 3 to 4 weeks for processing and apply well in advance of your travel date.
Step 3: Gather Required Documents
You will typically need: a valid passport, your UK Firearm Certificate, a certificate of good conduct (equivalent to a basic DBS or police clearance certificate), and your invitation letter from the outfitter. Documents may require certified translation into German — confirm requirements with the Austrian Embassy when you make initial contact.
Step 4: Firearms Categories Under Austrian Law
Most hunting firearms — bolt-action rifles, side-by-side and over-under shotguns — fall into Category C or D under Austrian law. Semi-automatic firearms with detachable magazines may fall into more restricted categories. Confirm the classification of each firearm you intend to bring with the Austrian Embassy before travel. Full information is available via oesterreich.gv.at.
Step 5: Comply with Austrian and Regional Hunting Law
Hunting in Austria is managed at Bundesland (state) level through the relevant Landesjagdverband (state hunting federation). Your outfitter holds the hunting concession and appropriate licences. The umbrella body is the Zentralstelle Österreichischer Landesjagdverbände.
We can manage your application for you
We handle the forms in collaboration with the authorities to make sure everything is in your hands or on your phone before you fly.
Frequently Asked Questions
Some hunting and sporting competition shoots ask outfitters and hosts to organise their guests temporary firearms permits. Your outfitter will be able to do this on your behalf through the Ambulo platform or you can do it yourself.
For outfitters and hosts organising permits for their guests, please contact tristan@ambulo.co to streamline this process.
To amend your application and your permit, before you travel, you need to contact us at least 14 days before your departure date. If you need to make amends to your permit, please email tristan@ambulo.co
Generally, you do not need to buy an additional permit for your stopover. However, some countries may require you to buy an additional permit. This is generally on a country by country basis. For example, if you are travelling to Poland, but flying to Germany and driving across, you may have to buy a permit for Germany, depending on the location.
Permit costs vary depending on the country you are travelling to. Once our permits go live you will be able to see a full pricing break down. We have priced this to be roughly the same price as hiring a rifle or shotgun at your final destination. Nothing beats taking your own equipment across!
At the moment, extending the length of your permit duration is not possible. We advise that you ask your host to either add a buffer time frame to the end of your trip in case you would like to stay longer. You can of course come back earlier if needs be but the duration and date of validity for your permit is linked to your arrival and departure dates you set out in your application.
For business and partnerships, please contact tristan@ambulo.co
At the moment, Ambulo only provides permits for the destination you are hunting within. If you are driving to your destination and crossing countries, you will have to follow each countries firearm rules and restrictions. This generally means you will need a permit for each country, if you are driving through Europe, for example.
We do not offer refunds at the moment, but is something we are working on. The reason we do not offer refunds is based on the agreements set by consulates, embassies and police forces of the destination countries.
You can either scan your Firearms License, Passport and letter of invitation through a traditional printer scanner, or use an application like Turbo Scan.
If you are using an app that converts photos into a scanned file, ensure all areas of the pages you scan are clear and legible and are saved as a PDF. For people with a UK firearms license, where your certificate contains multiple pages, ensure all pages are photographed and collated into one PDF.