Relationship dossier
Austria
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Relationship assessment
Limited practical cooperation through a reciprocal short-stay visa waiver
Austria toward Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
+10Austria applies the EU short-stay visa exemption for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, enabling Vincentian nationals to travel to the Schengen area without a short-stay visa.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines toward Austria
+10Saint Vincent and the Grenadines participates in the reciprocal short-stay visa waiver, allowing Austrian nationals to visit without a visa for short stays.
Overall relationship
+10The clearest concrete feature of the relationship is reciprocal visa-free short-stay travel under the EU–Saint Vincent and the Grenadines agreement. The extent of broader direct cooperation or sustained bilateral engagement is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Austria and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines participate in a reciprocal short-stay visa-waiver arrangement between the European Union and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. This provides a concrete, limited area of practical cooperation; broader direct bilateral cooperation is unclear.
Key developments
The European Union and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines signed an agreement providing reciprocal visa waivers for short stays.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of direct bilateral cooperation beyond the short-stay visa waiver is unclear.
- The extent of ongoing government-to-government engagement is unclear.