Algeria’s embassy in Vienna: verified contacts and next steps
The Algerian Embassy is at Rudolfinergasse 18, 1190 Vienna. Algerian and Austrian official sources agree on +43 1 369 88 53-0 and fax +43 1 369 88 56. Three published mailboxes separate the directory/contact address, embassy office and consular section. The mission lists 09:00–13:00, while Austria’s diplomatic list lists 09:00–16:00, Monday to Friday; confirm the relevant counter before travel. Rachid Bladehane presented credentials on 1 July 2026. Austria and Slovakia are listed as the mission’s area, but procedure rules must still be confirmed.
Reviewed 29 July 2026Published address and contact channels
Name the exact transaction and your usual place of residence in the first enquiry, and say whether it concerns a consular, visa or institutional matter. Confirm the receiving section, appointment, submission and return method before travelling, paying or sending an original.
Embassy address in Vienna
Rudolfinergasse 181190 Vienna, Austria
Contacts published by the Vienna mission
- Telephone +43 1 369 88 53-0
- Fax published by both Algerian official sources +43 1 369 88 56
- Directory and contact mailbox
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This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Published toll-free emergency channel 00800 6003 6003
- Local emergency extension 24 +43 1 369 88 53-24
- Local emergency extension 41 +43 1 369 88 53-41
- Conflicting published hours Monday to Friday: mission page 09:00–13:00; Austrian diplomatic list 09:00–16:00. Confirm the service-specific time.
- Official website embvienna.mfa.gov.dz
The verified public address identifies the chancery, not the entrance for every procedure. In your first message, name the visa, civil-status, registration or other consular service you need and ask whether an appointment or personal attendance is required. If you live outside Austria, ask first whether Vienna is still competent for that procedure. Do not send a passport, residence permit or original civil record until the mission confirms the receiving address, accepted delivery method, tracking and return arrangements in writing.
What the three-way contact check establishes
Algeria’s central directory, the mission and Austria’s diplomatic list converge on the address, telephone and fax. The mission publishes office and consular mailboxes plus a toll-free emergency channel; the Austrian list publishes local extensions 24 and 41. No source promises 24/7 coverage, eligibility or an outcome.
Current ambassador and Austria/Slovakia responsibility
Austria’s current diplomatic list and the Federal President’s 1 July 2026 accreditation record support Rachid Bladehane’s current role. The list names Austria and Slovakia as the area of responsibility, but does not establish identical requirements for every service in both countries.
Who is Algeria’s ambassador to Austria?
Rachid Bladehane is current in 2026
The Austrian Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic list fetched on 29 July 2026 names H.E. Rachid Bladehane as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The Austrian Federal President records receiving his credentials on 1 July 2026. These two current host-state sources establish the name and role.
The mission’s biography contains only empty name placeholders, and its speech and staff pages contain headings without a usable biography or named roster. This guide therefore adds no career, appointment-history or staff claims.
Choose the route by residence and procedure
Austria and Slovakia are printed as the mission’s area of responsibility. That is a routing clue, not proof that the same forms, personal-attendance rules or submission method apply to every visa and consular service. State nationality and lawful residence and obtain written procedure-specific confirmation.
If you live lawfully in Austria
Start with the official Vienna contact page. Give your nationality, city of lawful residence and exact procedure. For a visa, add the purpose and intended travel dates. For an Algerian consular matter, state your registration position and the document or civil-status act required. Ask which desk owns the case, whether personal attendance is required, and which current copies, translations or originals must be shown.
If you live outside Austria
Put your country and city of lawful residence in the subject line. Ask whether Vienna is competent for your nationality and procedure or whether another Algerian post must handle it. Request the correct official link and wait for a written answer before travelling, paying for legalisation or translations, or releasing an original document.
Protect passports and original records
The frozen official evidence does not establish a current courier or postal process for originals. Obtain written confirmation of the exact receiving desk, delivery company, tracking, insurance, return envelope, collection method and responsibility for loss before releasing any passport or civil-status record. Keep complete copies and the dated official reply.
Use official pages for orientation, then confirm
The official portal is useful for orientation, but its detailed visa instructions contain mutable access, counter, payment and processing statements. The registration list also contains French territory, French identity-card and Créteil references. Reopen the official page and request a dated Austria- or Slovakia-specific reply before acting.
Visa enquiries in Vienna
The mission describes visa categories and repeatedly addresses residents of Austria or Slovakia. Do not treat its no-appointment wording, counter hours, cash-payment instruction, fees, checklist, representation route, southern-Algeria visa-on-arrival passage, processing time or outcome as a current guarantee. Send nationality, lawful residence, purpose and dates to the consular section and ask for the current form, appointment route, complete checklist, fee, payment method and passport-return method.
What to include in the first message
Give your full name, nationality, lawful country and city of residence, the exact service and a preferred contact method. For a visa, add the travel purpose and dates. Do not attach unnecessary identity scans. Ask for the current form, number of copies, photo rules, translations or legalisation, appointment channel, fee and payment reference, submission route, processing estimate, and collection or secure return method.
Algerian consular and civil-status matters
The page explains consular registration in general, but its document list refers to French territory, French residence documents, a French national identity card and the Créteil consulate. Do not use it as an Austria or Slovakia checklist. Ask Vienna for the current local form, eligibility, originals and copies, translations, attendance rule and collection method.
Name the service in the first message
A short enquiry with enough context is easier to route than a broad request for ‘all the documents’. State who you are, where you normally live, the exact procedure and the decision you need from the embassy.
Algerian document or consular matter
Name the passport, registration, civil-status, legalisation or other procedure. Ask for the current Vienna checklist and whether attendance, an appointment, originals, copies, payment or collection are required.
Visa for Algeria
Give nationality, country of habitual residence, purpose and expected length of travel. Ask for the correct category, form, supporting papers, fee, payment method, appointment rule and personal-attendance requirement.
Institutional or diplomatic enquiry
Identify the organisation, subject, responsible contact and any genuine deadline. Do not attach personal or confidential records until the receiving address, section and transfer method have been confirmed.
Prepare a useful enquiry before calling or writing
The office can answer more accurately when the first message contains enough context. Keep it concise and do not attach sensitive documents until the recipient and method have been confirmed.
- Your full name and a safe way to reply.
- Your nationality and, when relevant, whether you are an Algerian citizen or a foreign traveller.
- Country of habitual residence, town and postcode, because residence can determine the competent Algerian post.
- The exact service: passport, civil status, consular registration, legalisation, visa or another named request.
- Any genuine deadline and the reason for it, without presenting a travel booking as a guaranteed processing date.
- A request for the current checklist, fees, payment method, appointment rule, submission method and collection method.
No reliable Vienna-specific postal procedure or return method was established in the checked material. Ask for written confirmation before posting a passport, certificate or other original. If an office authorises post, follow its current packaging, tracking and return instructions exactly and keep copies of everything sent.
Information this guide does not treat as settled
The official evidence supports a practical guide, but not these assurances:
- the blank biography, speech and staff pages are not treated as a current career record or personnel roster;
- the Austria/Slovakia area line is not turned into identical service rules or automatic case acceptance;
- the visa page’s no-appointment, counter, cash, fee, checklist, representation and processing statements are not current guarantees;
- the France- and Créteil-contaminated registration list is not presented as an Austria/Slovakia checklist;
- the two hours windows and emergency channels do not guarantee walk-in access, 24/7 coverage, eligibility or a response;
- legacy domains, social accounts, multilateral mandates, courier acceptance, accessibility, language coverage and outcomes are not inferred.
Before a visit, payment or document shipment, obtain a dated reply that names the responsible post and desk, territorial competence, current hours and appointment rule, checklist, fee and payment route, processing estimate, submission channel and safe return method.
Frequently asked questions
What is the address of the Algerian Embassy in Vienna?
Rudolfinergasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria. Confirm the entrance and responsible counter before travelling.
What hours are currently published?
The mission lists Monday to Friday 09:00–13:00; Austria’s diplomatic list lists 09:00–16:00. Ask the mission which window applies to your service and date.
Who is Algeria’s ambassador to Austria?
Rachid Bladehane. Austria’s diplomatic list and the Federal President’s 1 July 2026 accreditation record support the current role.
Does the Vienna embassy cover Slovakia?
Austria’s diplomatic list names Austria and Slovakia as its area, but service-by-service requirements and submission routes still require confirmation.
Can I rely on the online visa or registration details as final?
No. Mutable visa details are held, and the registration list contains French and Créteil references. Request a dated local checklist.
Official sources checked
Contacts were checked across Algeria’s central directory, the Vienna mission and Austria’s current diplomatic list. The hours conflict is shown rather than resolved by assumption, and the ambassador is cross-checked in the Federal President’s current accreditation record.
- Algerian Foreign Ministry directory for Austria
- Official Algerian Embassy in Vienna portal
- Official Vienna contact and hours page
- Mission biography page
- Mission ambassador-speech page
- Mission staff page
- Official mission services page
- Official visa orientation
- Official consular-registration orientation
- Austrian Foreign Ministry representation search
- Austrian diplomatic list, fetched 29 July 2026
- Austrian Federal President accreditation record, 1 July 2026