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EU Blue cards

Information for applicants for a EU Blue card 

  • What is an EU Blue card?
  • Lodging an application
  • Application proceedings
  • Approval of your application for a long-term residence permit - Blue Card
  • Dismissal of your application for a long-term residence permit - Blue Card
  • Obligations of an EU Blue Card holder
  • Termination of employment, change in employer or placement
  • Extension of the validity of Blue Card

What is an EU Blue card?

 Česky

What is an EU Blue card?

Information can be found on the Official Web Portal for Foreigners.

  

Lodging an application

 Česky

Lodging an application

Information can be found on the Official Web Portal for Foreigners here and here.

Application proceedings

 Česky

Application proceedings

Information can be found on the Official Web Portal for Foreigners here and here.

Approval of your application for a long-term residence permit - Blue Card

 Česky

Approval of your application for a long-term residence permit - Blue Card

Information can be found on the Official Web Portal for Foreigners.

Dismissal of your application for a long-term residence permit - Blue Card

 Česky

Dismissal of your application for a long-term residence permit - Blue Card

The Ministry of Interior will dismiss an application for a long-term residence permit if:

  1. foreigner submitted falsified or altered documents or if the information essential for the assessment of the application did not reflect reality, or

  2. the job position in question does not require high qualification that under special legislation may be filled by a foreign national who is not a citizen of the European Union or

  3. the applicant is an persona non grata, or

  4. the applicant appears in the Schengen Information System, or

  5. there is reasonable threat that the foreigner might endanger national security, seriously disrupt public order or endanger the international relations of the Czech Republic or

  6. there is a reasonable threat that the foreigner could during his stay in the CR endanger the security of another Member State or seriously disturb public order or endanger the international relations of the Member States, or

  7. there is reasonable suspicion that the foreigner suffers from a disease that is listed in the list established by a decree of the Ministry of Health, or

  8. the applicant fails without serious reasons to appear for questioning, refuses to testify or gives false testimony or

  9. the applicant does not meet the conditions for this permit.
     

In the event of a negative assessment of your application submitted 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 have the right to appeal against this decision in a period of 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.

  

Obligations of an EU Blue Card holder

 Česky

Obligations of an EU Blue Card holder

  • if the holder of an EU Blue Card terminates his/her employment during the period of its validity, he/she is required to report this fact to the Ministry of the Interior within the specified time limit (3 working days),

  • an obligation to report a change of employer and a change of professional position. A new working position, which a Blue Card holder wants to be employed at, must be continuously registered in the Central Register of Available Vacancies which may be offered to Blue Card Holders. The number assigned to such a working position, or to an available vacancy, must be provided in the respective worker’s notification (in the best case, filled in the application form itself, as it is intended for this purpose),

  • to report important facts related to the foreign national’s stay in the territory.

  

Termination of employment, change in employer or placement

 Česky

Termination of employment, change in employer or placement

Information can be found on the Official Web Portal for Foreigners.

Extension of the validity of Blue Card

 Česky

Extension of the validity of Blue Card

Information can be found on the Official Web Portal for Foreigners.

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