Maintenance Advance for Children
Unterhaltsvorschuss
Paid by Republik Österreich (Bezirksgericht / Pflegschaftsgericht) · 🇦🇹 Austria
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 4 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
2 documents you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Kinder müssen ihren gewöhnlichen Aufenthalt in Österreich haben und Staatsbürgerinnen/Staatsbürger Österreichs oder eines EU-/EWR-Mitgliedstaats oder staatenlos sein; Vorschuss für höchstens fünf Jahre.
https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/de/themen/steuern_und_finanzen/unterhalt/2/5/Seite.490550
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
Source: www.oesterreich.gv.at
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Related reading: How to read a grant eligibility rule
Other family & children support in Austria
23 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Multiple-Child Supplement (from 3rd child)
- Sibling Scale-Up of Family Allowance
- Increased Family Allowance for Children with Severe Disabilities
- Childcare Benefit (flat-rate or income-related)
- Maternity Allowance
- Family Time Bonus (paternity month allowance)
- Partnership Bonus (shared childcare benefit)
- Care Leave / Part-Time Care Leave (with care leave benefit)
- Subsidy for 24-Hour Home Care
- Free Kindergarten in Vienna
- Free Kindergarten in Burgenland
- Free Kindergarten in Carinthia
- Free Half-Day Kindergarten in Upper Austria
- Free Morning Kindergarten in Lower Austria
- Compulsory Free Final Kindergarten Year
- Lower Austria family pass
- Upper Austria family card
- Salzburg family pass
- Styrian family pass
- Tyrol family pass
- Carinthia family card
- Burgenland family card
- Vorarlberg family pass
Similar programmes
Family Allowance (child benefit)
Bundesministerium für Finanzen / Finanzamt Österreich
Increased Family Allowance for Children with Severe Disabilities
Finanzamt Österreich / Sozialministeriumservice
Sibling Scale-Up of Family Allowance
Finanzamt Österreich
Multiple-Child Supplement (from 3rd child)
Finanzamt Österreich
Subsidy for 24-Hour Home Care
Sozialministeriumservice und Bundesländer
Partnership Bonus (shared childcare benefit)
Österreichische Gesundheitskasse (ÖGK)