Czech Republic - Obtain an EU Blue Card

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Procedure

1. An application for an EU Blue Card must be filed personally by a foreign national at a Czech embassy as well as, in selected cases, at a MOI office inside the Czech Republic, for applicants who are are already in Czech Republic on a long-term visa or long-term residency permit, or are a holder of a Blue Card issued by another EU state and applying within 1 month before arriving in Czech Republic .
2. Fill out an application form.
3. Submit the completed form along with all other required documents. Failure to provide the requested documents may be a reason for the dismissal of your application. Over the course of the proceedings, you may need to provide other documents you consider important for the assessment of your application. Remember that travel documents must be submitted in person.
4. Once your application is approved by the Ministry of Interior, the office will contact you by telephone and arrange a meeting to provide you with your long-term residence permit - Blue Card. If you cannot be contacted by phone, you will be asked in writing to the address you provided in the application as contact address. For applications submitted through a Czech embassy abroad, the embassy will invite you to present yourself and receive a visa for a stay over 90 days for the purpose of receiving a residence permit Blue Card. The residence permit - Blue Card will be issued in the form of a residence card with biometric data. Before issuing the residence permit - Blue Card, you will be provided with a confirmation of having met the conditions for a Blue Card. This serves to confirm that you are entitled to reside in the CR and to work even before the residence permit - Blue Card with biometric data is issued.
5. After assessing your application for a Blue Card, the Ministry of Interior shall inform your employer that you have met the conditions for a Blue Card.
6. In the event of a negative assessment of your application to obtain an EU Blue Card to the Ministry of Interior, you will receive a decision on the dismissal of your application by post to the address specified in the application as contact address. You may lodge an appeal against this decision within 15 days from the receipt of the decision. Appeals can be submitted in person or sent by post to the Ministry of Interior office. If the Ministry of Interior does not find your objections against the decision as reason to change its decision, it will submit all materials related to the processing of your application to the Commission for decision-making in matters of residence of foreigners, that will express its opinion and submit the case to the Minister of the Interior for his decision. You will receive the decision of the Minister of Interior.

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Required Documents

• Completed application form
• A travel document
• A document confirming that accommodation has been ensured for the period of stay in the Czech Republic
• Applicant's photograph
• Contract of employment for the performance of a job requiring a high level of skills for a term of at least one year and for the weekly working hours defined by law; the contract must also contain the amount of the agreed gross monthly or annual salary equal to at least 1.5 times the average gross annual salary stated in an announcement of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA)
• Documents confirming the high level of skills (documents on attained education) these documents must be nostrificated.
• In case of a regulated job: a document confirming the compliance with the conditions for performing such a job is required (Note: The Ministry will make a decision on the EU Blue Card after the relevant recognition authority issues its opinion statement.)
• If prior to filing for a Blue Card in the Czech Republic you were residing in the CR as a holder of a Blue Card issued by another EU member state, you are obliged to present proof of the total monthly income of your family (in case of family unification)
• Prior to receiving a long-term visa for the purpose of receiving a long-term residence permit Blue Card, you are obliged to present proof of travel medical insurance for the period from entering the CR until the day you fall under public health insurance, and, at the same time, proof of having paid the insurance fee stated on the proof of travel medical insurance. In case you are applying inside the CR, please present this document automatically.

Other documents an applicant may be required to attach to their application:

• a document similar to an extract from the Penal Register record
• only if there is reasonable suspicion: a medical report confirming that the foreign national is not suffering from any serious disease

Office Locations & Contacts

Ministry of the Interior

Nad tolou 3
170 00, Prague 7
Czech Republic

Postbox 21
Prague 7 Letn
170 34

Telephone: +420 974 811 111 (switchboard operator)
Fax: +420 974 833 582
E-mail: [email protected]

Passports, Identification cards
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +420 974 817 20 / +420 974 849 788

Identification numbers
E-mail: [email protected]
Telephone: +420 974 817 203

Website

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

Main Building - Czernin Palace
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Loretnsk nm?st 5
118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Consular and Legalisation Services - Tuscany Palace
Hrad?ansk nm?st 5
118 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Diplomatic Academy Building
Ryt?sk 31
110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic

Office Hours:
Monday to Friday: 7:45am - 4:15pm
Contact phone: +420 224 181 111

Czech Missions Abroad
Website

Eligibility

Individuals who are intending to stay in the Czech Republic for a period longer than 3 months and are to be employed at a position requiring a high level of skills, at the same time, this position must be, according to the Czech Employment Act, open to non-EU foreign nationals, may apply to obtain a Blue Card.

The applicant must not be:

• in the process of an application for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research,
• an EU citizens family member, if the EU citizen resides in the CR,
• a resident of another EU member state and you currently have a Czech long-term residence permit for the purpose of employment or business ( 42c),
• a foreigner residing in the CR on the basis of a binding international agreement facilitating the entry and temporary residence of some categories of natural persons in connection with doing business and investments,
• a foreigner residing in the CR on the basis of a residence permit for seasonal workers, or
• a foreigner who is employed by an employer in another EU member state and is dispatched to work in the CR within the framework of providing international services,
• a seeker of international protection through asylum or a person who has been granted the status of refugee or subsidiary protection,
• an applicant for a residence permit for the purpose of temporary protection in the CR, or a foreigner who has already been granted such a permit.

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Validity

EU Blue Cards are issued with a period of validity that is 3 months longer than the period of time for which the contract of employment was concluded, but the maximum period of validity is 2 years. A Blue Card is renewable.

Documents to Use

Application Form to obtain an EU Blue Card

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Processing Time

The Ministry of the Interior will make a decision regarding your application for an EU Blue Card within a period of 90 days.

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Instructions

Decisions regarding the grant or denial an EU Blue Card is being made by Czech Republic's, Ministry of the Interior.

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Need for the Document

An EU Blue Card is a new residential status designed for a long-term stay. Holders of this type of card are involve in the performance of a highly skilled job ( 42i of the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals). Duly completed university education or higher vocational education, the duration of which was at least 3 years, is deemed to be a high level of skills.

An EU Blue Card entitles a foreign national to stay and perform a job in Czech Republic without the need of a separate work permit.

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