Czech Republic - Apply for Long Term Residence Permit

ProcedureEdit

Go to the Ministry of Interior office.
Fill out an application form. You can download the form here Application Forms.
Submit required documents.
If approved by the MOI, the office will contact you. In the event of filing an application at an embassy, you will receive a visa for a stay of over 90 days for the purpose of receiving a residence permit, with which you can travel to the CR and report to the MOI office within 3 days to fulfill the reporting duty and provide biometric data necessary for issuing a residence card. The address of the office which you are suppose to report at, will be given to you when receiving the residence permit at the Czech embassy abroad. In the stated time period, however no longer than 60 days from providing the biometric data, you have to report in person at a MOI office in order to collect your residence permit card - to confirm your identity (or more precisely the correctness of the personal information in the card, its functionality and the information and correctness of the data saved on the biometric card).

Required DocumentsEdit

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1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & ContactsEdit

Ministry of the Interior
postbox 21
Prague 7 Letn
170 34
Telephone: +420 974 811 111 (switchboard operator)

MOI offices

EligibilityEdit

You are entitled to file for an application for a long-term permit if:

you have been residing in the Czech Republic on a visa for a stay of over 90 days and
you intend to temporarily live in the Czech Republic for more than 1 year including the previous visa
and if, at the same time, the purpose of your stay remains unchanged (exceptions are made e.g. for a Blue Card, family members or scientists).

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ValidityEdit

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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InstructionsEdit

Application can be made at the MOI offices.
In given cases, an application for a long-term residence permit without the precondition of staying on a visa for over 90 days can be submitted a Czech Embassy (purpose of studies, scientific research, family reunification, resident of another EU Member State, Blue Card or Green Card).
An application of permit or of extension validity of long term residence in the Czech Republic you are generally obligated to submit soon enough 120 days before end of validity of existing permit to long term residence or long term visa and at the latest day of validity of visa or residence permit.
If the last day of validity of long term visa or long term residence permit is public holiday (Saturday, Sunday, holiday), the last day you are able to submit an application is nearest PREVIOUS working day.
In case when the deadline is on working day, which is not official day (Friday), it is possible to deliver an application of extension validity of long term residence permit by Post Office at the last day of this term. It does not apply for applications, which you have to submit personally (an application of edition of long term residence permit, an application of change of purpose for long term residence permit), this application has to be delivered to the Ministry of Interior at the last day of term. In case that such an application is personally confirmed to 5 days, it can be delivered to the Ministry of Interior at the last day of term by email, fax, to online data storage of the Ministry of Interior. Fact that the last day of term is unofficial day, cannot be considered for reason independent of the will, which obstructs to the foreigner to submit an application. For this reason we ask you to submit an applications with time-ahead.
If you are prevented from filing the application for reasons beyond your control, you are entitled to file this application within 5 working days of these reasons ending. You can submit an application even earlier than 120 days before expiry the validity of authorization in justifiable cases. You are obligated to communicate the reasons for later presentation and for earlier presentation of an application with the Ministry of Interior.
If the validity of your current long-term visa expires before the decision on an application for a long-term residence permit, as long as the application was submitted within the given time-limit (respectively later or previously under the listed conditions above), the visa is understood to be valid until the decision on the new application comes into force. This fact can be confirmed by affixing an Interim visa / Residence Sticker into applicants passport.
Submit the application on a completed form along with all the necessary requirements given individually for selected purposes of stay.
Always submit originals or notarized copies of the documents. All of the documents submitted must be made out in the Czech language or Slovak language or officially translated into Czech. Moreover, foreign public documents must be supported by a higher verification (Apostille, superlegalisation).
The requirements for the application shall not be older than 180 days except for the travel document and the photograph of the foreign national if it corresponds to his/her actual appearance.
In the event of filing the application at a Czech Embassy, the Czech Embassy works as an intermediary between the applicants and the body responsible the MOI. During the proceedings, the embassy communicates with the applicants, inviting them for an interview, informing them of the reasons for rejecting their application or invites them to arrive for the stamping of the visa for over 90 days for the purpose of collecting a residence permit.
The processing of your application is subject to the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals, the Administrative Code, and other related acts.
If the specified requirements have not been submitted with the application or it has other discrepancies, the proceedings for such an application can be suspended. During the proceedings, the MOI/embassy can invite you for an interview, request that you complete the requirements, take your fingerprints or take a pictorial record of you.
Additions can be made to the application in person, by means of your proxy or by post. The documents you were asked to provide should always be provided within the set deadlines. Not providing these requirements is a reason to reject the application. During the process you can, of course, provide any other documents that you consider important for your application.
The Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals sets out the deadlines in which the MOI has to make a decision on the application from the day of filing the application. The deadlines vary for individual purposes of stay and can be found in the information on individual categories. If the proceedings are suspended, the deadline for issuing a decision is also suspended. This deadline is also suspended or is extended in cases laid down by law.

Required InformationEdit

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e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the DocumentEdit

A Long Term Residence Permit is a permit entitling the holder to stay in Czech Republic for a longer period of time. Following are the procedures on how to apply for a long term residence permit in Czech Republic.

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Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic

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