File a complaint

Here you can file a complaint.

The Ombudspersons endeavor to make information available in as many languages as possible, but the investigative proceedings must be conducted in German.

To submit a complaint by mail, please print out the complaint form and fill it out.

PDF Complaint Form

Beschwerde einreichen

Hier können Sie eine Beschwerde einreichen

To submit a complaint by mail, please print out the complaint form and fill it out.

PDF Complaint Form

Note on submitting written complaints by email

Written complaints to the Ombudsman’s Office may only be submitted to the following email addresses:

post(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at, vaa(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at, vab(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at, vac(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at, gba(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at, gbb(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at, gbc(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at, va(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at or hog(at)volksanwaltschaft.gv.at.

Sending a complaint to the personal email address of an Ombudsperson or a member of staff at the Ombudsman’s Office has no legal effect.

Spam messages and emails containing computer viruses are deemed not to have been submitted. They will not be processed and will be deleted; no separate notification will be sent to the sender. This also applies to submissions containing executable programs or other potentially harmful files.

The total size of an email, including all attachments, must not exceed 12 MB.