The LIK Akademie für Foto und Design GmbH is a certified educational institution

The LIK Akademie für Foto und Design GmbH is a certified educational institution within the meaning of § 70 para. 1 NAG.

This means that students from third countries can apply for a student visa when attending a training programme at the LIK Akademie für Foto und Design!

Another milestone in the company's history!

Details on the NAG can be found here: https://www.bmi.gv.at/312/start.aspx

Federal law consolidated: Settlement and Residence Act § 70, version from 12.04.2023

Certification of institutions

Certified non-school educational institution

§ Section 70 Paragraph 70,

(1)Paragraph one The Federal Minister of the Interior shall issue a certificate with a period of validity of five years to non-school educational institutions upon reasoned application, if they fulfil the tasks and the nature of a school within the meaning of § 2 para. 1 of the School Organisation Act, Federal Law Gazette No. 242/1962, and the tasks correspond to the type and scope of their existence, and they are not educational institutions from which the right to run a school pursuant to § 8 para. 2 or 3 of the Private Schools Act or the public right pursuant to § 16 para. 1 of the Private Schools Act has been withdrawn within the last five years. Certified non-school educational institutions must be published at least once a year in an appropriate manner, in particular on the Internet. Non-school educational institutions that are run by legal entities within the meaning of § 1 Para. 1 of the Public