Czech Republic - Apply for Permanent Residence Permit (NonEU Nationals)

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Procedure

1. Go to the Ministry of Interior office or Czech Embassy abroad.
2. Fill out an application form. You can download the form here Application Forms.
3. Submit required documents.
4. If approved by the MOI, the office will contact you by telephone and arrange a date for picking up the permanent residence permit and providing biometric data. If it is not possible to contact you by telephone, you will be asked to pick it up in writing at the contact address that you gave in the application. In the case of a positive appraisal of an application submitted at a Czech Embassy abroad, the embassy will contact you and issue a visa for a stay of over 90 days for the purpose of receiving a residence permit. Within 3 days of entering the Czech Republic, you shall report to the MOI office where you will arrange a date for providing biometric data.

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Required Documents

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e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Office Locations & Contacts

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

MOI offices

Eligibility

Non EU nationals in Czech Republic may apply for this permit, at least 18 years old.

Fees

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Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

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Instructions

• File the application on the completed form along with all the necessary requirements.
• Always submit originals or notarized copies of the documents. All documents submitted must be made out in the Czech language or officially translated into Czech. Foreign public documents must further be provided with a higher verification (Apostille, superlegalisation).
• The application should be filed in person.
• A legal representative files the application on behalf of a foreign national under 15 years.
• The application procedure is governed by the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals, the Administrative Procedure Code, and any other associated acts.
• If the submitted requirements are incomplete or has discrepancies, the Ministry of Interior worker accepting the application will help you in removing discrepancies or inform you of the missing requirements to be due on a specific deadline.
• It is possible to submit any missing requirements in person, by means of your proxy or by post.
• The documents that you have been asked to submit should always be submitted within the set deadlines. Not providing the requirements is a reason for suspending the application procedure.
• The Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals (pdf, 1.7 MB) sets a deadline of 60 days from filing the application in the Czech Republic and 180 from filing the application at a Czech Embassy, during which the MOI is required to make a decision on your application. If the procedure is interrupted, the deadline for making a decision is also halted. This deadline is also halted or is extended in other legally set cases.
• You must report in person by the set deadline, though no later than 60 days after providing the biometric data, to the MOI office to pick up you permanent residence card so that your identity can be checked, i.e. the veracity of the personal data entered on the card, that the data carrier is functional and the veracity of the biometric data it holds.

Required Information

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

Need for the Document

A Permanent Residence Permit refers to a person's visa status, allowing a person to reside indefinitely within a country of which he or she is not a citizen.

Information which might help

• In the event your application, filed at the MOI, is rejected, the decision on rejecting the application will be sent by post to the contact address given in the application. You have the right to appeal against this decision, that being within 15 days of delivering the decision. The appeal can be filed in person or by post to the pertinent MOI office.
• If the MOI does not find your objections to the decision on rejecting an application to be legitimate for changing its decision, it hands over all of the materials associated with the procedure on your application to the Appeal Commission on the Residence of Foreign Nationals, which will decide about your appeal. The appeal decision will be sent to you.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic

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