Employee Card
- Employee Card: Basic Information
- Submitting an Application for an Employee Card
- Special Cases / Non-Dual Mode Employee Card
- Filing an Application for an Employee Card by a Foreign National Residing in the Territory of the CR on a Long-term Visa Issued for Some Other Purpose than Employment, Who Obtained an Employment Permit for Employment in Which He or She Intends to Conti
- Course of the Proceedings on Application for an Employee Card
- Unreliable employer
- Extension of the Validity of an Employee Card
- Change of Employer or Job or Taking up Employment in an Additional Job or with an Additional Employer
- Information for Holders of Visas for a Stay of Over 90 Days for the Purpose of Employment, Long-term Residence Permits for the Purpose of Employment and Green Cards
- Visa for the Purpose of Collecting a Residence Permit - D/VR
- Cancellation and cessation of an Employee Card
- Options concerning the temporary assignment of a holder of an employee card by a job agency to a different employer (user) to perform work
- Quotas for acceptance of applications for staff cards at embassies & Programmes approved by the government to achieve economic benefits for the country
Quotas for acceptance of applications for staff cards at embassies & Programmes approved by the government to achieve economic benefits for the country
Quota numbers are being introduced for applications for staff cards at selected embassies of the Czech Republic from September 1st, 2019. Their amount is set by Government Decree No. 321/2021 which amends Government Decree No. 220/2019 on the maximum number of applications for a visa for a stay of more than 90 days for business purposes, applications for a long-term residence permit for investment purposes, and applications for an employee card that can be submitted at the embassy. Information on the actual use of specific quotas is published directly on the websites of the respective embassies.
Within these quotas, the maximum number of applications that may be submitted by participants in the Programmes approved by the Government for the purpose of achieving economic benefit for the Czech Republic is set:
- HIGHLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE PROGRAMME (pdf, 236 kB)
- QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE PROGRAMME (pdf, 178 kB)
- KEY AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF PROGRAMME (pdf, 200 kB)
The programmes provide participants with various benefits that other employee card applicants do not have:
| - | HIGHLY QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE PROGRAMME |
QUALIFIED EMPLOYEE PROGRAMME |
KEY AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF PROGRAMME |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guaranteed possibility to apply at the embassy |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Applying together with immediate family members |
Yes | No | Yes |
| Processing of the application within 30 days |
No | No | Yes |
| Written confirmation replacing: | |||
| - proof of accommodation | Yes | No | Yes |
| - employment contract | Yes | No | Yes |
| - proof of professional competence | No | No | Yes |
| Possibility of change of Employer | After 6 months | After 6 months | No restrictions |
| Possibility to apply in the Czech Republic |
No | No | No |
In addition to these Programmes, there is an option for workers in the agriculture, food and forestry sector from Ukraine to take advantage of the Extraordinary Work Visa Programme. Both the applicant for this visa and their employer must be participants in a government-approved migration program under the Ministry of Agriculture.