01Erfahrung / Experience
17+yrs
Seventeen years walking the same authorities. Nothing surprises us.
Vienna · Osnabrück · Est. 2008
Internationally mobile. Simply arrive. MOVES consulting – your specialist for work visas, international assignments and residence visas for EU countries.
What we bring
An immigration boutique for demanding cases. Small enough for truly personal service, experienced enough for the toughest problems.
01Erfahrung / Experience
17+yrs
Seventeen years walking the same authorities. Nothing surprises us.
02Fälle / Cases
10K+
Ten thousand relocations, five thousand immigrations. We’ve seen your case before.
03Erfolgsquote / Success rate
98%
Because we don’t file anything that isn’t airtight. We catch it before the authority does.
04Vertraulichkeit / Confidentiality
NDA
As a management consultancy we are bound by professional secrecy. Sensitive cases stay sensitive.
05Sonderfälle / Edge cases
★
Nostrifikation, professional recognition, denied appeals, complex Drittstaat constellations — the cases others turn away.
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What goes wrong
Most failed international hires don’t fail because of the candidate. They fail in the paperwork, in the waiting, in the small things between contract and arrival.
Incomplete documents or qualifications that aren’t recognised are very often the reason behind a rejection notice. The applicant doesn’t get a fair chance.
We’ve prevented this 5,000+ times. We know what each authority needs, in what order, in what format.
Standard processing for skilled-worker visas can drag past a year. Your candidate finds another job, your role goes cold, your project slips.
Beschleunigtes Fachkräfteverfahren: 12 weeks. We file under the fast-track program and represent you at every step.
Hourly billing, hidden surcharges, quotes that balloon mid-case. Budgeting an international hire becomes guesswork.
Transparent from the start: visas from €414 — expert visas like RWR Card or Blue Card EU individually quoted, in writing.
A stressed-out hire who can’t find an apartment, a doctor, a school often leaves within six months. The hire was the easy part.
Our Settling-in service keeps them. Apartment, registration, family, schools — handled.
Fees
Every case gets a written quote before we start — no hourly surprises, no hidden surcharges. The complete price list is available under Downloads.
Schedule of fees · 2026 MOVES CONSULTING E.U.
Today Start today (—) — your new employee is ready to start work on —.
What we do
Immigration is half the story. Settling them in is the other half. Keeping them long-term is what makes the hire worth it. We do all three — under one roof, one senior consultant per case.
FELD / FIELD 01
Get the permit, legally and fast.
FELD / FIELD 02
Make life work, from day one.
FELD / FIELD 03
Keep them, beyond month six.
Twelve weeks
No drama, no surprises. Every step has a calendar date, every date has an owner.
A 60-minute call. We map the case, pick the right visa category, set the timeline.
Every document collected, verified, translated, notarised. Nothing missing when we file.
We represent you at the authority and secure the permit — so your employee can start on schedule.
Employee on site, lease ready, residence registered, paperwork done — focused from day one.
Countries
Our destination countries at a glance: labour market, working hours, taxes, employer costs and hiring rules — practical briefings for every country we serve. Maintained by our consultants.
Skilled Worker Act, Blue Card EU, fast-track proceedings — Europe’s largest labour market.
Country briefing → ATRot-Weiß-Rot Card, points system, collective agreements — our home turf since 2008.
Country briefing → NLKennismigrant scheme, 30% ruling, sponsorship licences — Europe’s most international market.
Country briefing → FR35-hour week, CDI/CDD system, near-total collective bargaining coverage.
Country briefing → ESBeckham Law flat tax for expats, 14 salary payments, digital-nomad visa.
Country briefing → PTIFICI tax programme, D3 visa for tech talent, holiday salary on top.
Country briefing → LUCross-border commuter hub, moderate employer costs, multilingual by default.
Country briefing →Your destination missing? Our network keeps growing — talk to us about any other country.
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Kornelia Epping Founder & Senior Consultant
Markus Wisak Managing Director, since 2025
Founded 2008 · Led by Markus Wisak since 2025
In 2008, Kornelia Epping founded MOVES consulting — born from her own experience as a newcomer in Vienna. What began as a personal mission grew, over 17 years, into more than 10,000 successful immigration & relocation projects.
In 2025 she handed management to Mag. Markus Wisak and stays actively involved as Senior Consultant.
Same team. Same expertise. Sharper structure.
Today MOVES operates from two headquarters — Vienna and Osnabrück — with consultants in many more countries, and the network keeps growing. With Markus at the helm and Kornelia close to every difficult case, MOVES carries forward what its founder built: the hardest work, quietly and well.
From our clients
Having a friendly consultant from Moves while we sorted out permits, accommodation and licences let us focus on settling in. With so many things that can go wrong, one cannot put a price on a trustable helping hand. Kornelia has become a personal friend.
“The most complicated visa applications USA → Germany, regulated in record-breaking time. The personal commitment and depth of expertise make me recommend MOVES for the hardest cases.”
“Individueller Relocation Service mit Problemlösungs-Garantie. Stets freundliche, persönliche Art.”
“Höchstmaß an Fachkompetenz und Zuverlässigkeit. Reibungslose Abläufe.”
“Prompt service, easily accessible, great results. Hassle-free from document collection until visa stamped.”
“Immer kompetente Antworten, absolut kundenorientiert.”
“The detail, heart and passion that goes into your customers is amazing. You made us feel like part of your family.”
“Professionalism with a human touch.”
“Rundum-Sorglos-Paket. Deutliche Arbeitserleichterung.”
From the journal
Field-notes from seventeen years of moving talent through Germany’s and Austria’s immigration systems. Practical, current, no fluff.
The €43,800 and €46,656 thresholds are no longer the only path. What changed, and what your HR team needs to file differently this year.
Read article →Austria’s accelerated processing tracks are massively underused. Which categories qualify, which documents kill the timeline.
Read article →A practical recap of what the 2024 reforms actually delivered — and the three new pitfalls we see repeatedly in 2026.
Read article →Beyond the journal.
Two more places to stay close to what we know. No spam, no upsells.
Resources
We’ve collected the latest official statistics from Austria and Germany — occupation lists, settling-in guides — to make any relocation easier. Free, no email needed.
Current Bundesagentur shortage-occupation list. Which roles qualify for fast-track immigration in 2026.
Download ↓Austrian Mangelberufsliste 2026 — eligible occupations for the Rot-Weiß-Rot Card track.
Download ↓The first-90-days playbook we give every relocating hire arriving in Germany.
Download ↓The Austria edition of our settling-in playbook for relocating hires.
Download ↓We're revising and expanding our price list. Tell us your case and we'll send tailored pricing — usually within 24 hours.
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