Czech Republic - Obtain Certificate of Temporary Residence (EU Citizen)

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Procedure

1. Go to the Ministry of Interior office.
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.

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Required Documents

• a travel document (i.e. an identity card for an EU citizen)
• a document confirming the purpose of the stay if it concerns employment, business or another gainful activity or studies
• 1 photograph
• proof of travel medical insurance, (not required if the purpose of the stay is employment, business or other gainful employment)
• proof of accommodation

Office Locations & Contacts

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

MOI offices

Eligibility

EU citizens

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Validity

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Instructions

• For an EU citizen, the certificate of temporary residence is not a condition of their stay in the Czech Republic, therefore it is up to them whether they request this certificate be issued or not.
• The requirements for the application shall not be older than 180 days except for the travel document, birth certificate, marriage certificate and the photograph of the foreign national if it corresponds to his/her actual appearance.
• Always submit originals or notarized copies of the documents.
• All of the documents submitted must be made out in the Czech language or officially translated into Czech.
• An application for a certificate of temporary residence can be filed at the MOI offices nearest to where you are registered.

Required Information

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

Need for the Document

A certificate of temporary residence is issued at the request of an EU citizen who intends to stay in the Czech Republic for more than 3 months and has not threatened state security or seriously disrupted public order. Following are the procedures.

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An applications submitted in the capital city Prague

• The application is processed without undue delay, within 30 days of initiating the process at the latest.
• In the case of a positive decision, the applicant is invited in writing or by telephone by the MOI office to pick up the certificate of temporary residence.
• At the same time, the MOI issues a personal identity number; except foreigners, to whom a personal identity number was already assigned (including citizens of the Slovak Republic who were born until 1993).

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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