Immigration
- Check the status of your application – regularly updated approved applications for temporary, long-term and permanent residency including their extensions listed by receipt number (č.j.)
- EU citizens and their family members
- Third-country nationals
- Information for education providers and students
- Information for accommodation providers
- Information for employers
- Asylum
- Contacts
- Full text of the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic (pdf, 1,1 MB)
- Do you need assistance or advice?
IMPORTANT NOTICES:
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Dear clients,please note that the MOI office Příbram will be closed from 13 May 2013 until further notice. Your applications can be processed by nearest MOI offices in Prague or Písek. Thank you for your understanding. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.LONG-TERM AND TEMPORARY RESIDENCE PERMITS
MOI office Praha II BIO
Zborovská 1505/13, Praha 5 – Smíchov
Tel.: 974 882 690 (incl. telephone appointments)
Opening hours: Mo, We: 8.00 – 17.00; Tu, Th: 8.00 – 15.00PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMITS
MOI office Praha I BIO
Nad Vršovskou horou 88/4, Praha 10 – Michle
Tel.: 974 847 711 (telephone appointments)
Opening hours: Mo, We: 8.00 – 17.00; Tu, Th: 8.00 – 15.00MOI office Písek BIO
Na Výstavišti 377
Tel.: 974 235 851, 859 (incl. telephone appointments)
Opening hours: Mo, We: 8.00 – 17.00; Tu, Th: 8.00 – 12.00 -
Please note the new rules for communication with the MOI Infoline for foreigners. More information available here.
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Notice:Ministry of the Interior (Department for Asylum and Migration Policy) offices in Břeclav and Znojmo were closed on Thursday February 21, 2013. On February 25, all issues handled by these two offices were taken over by the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy office in Brno,Hněvkovského 30/65, Brno - Komárov.
- An up-do-date version of the Act No. 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic
- A new information brochure for migrants living in Prague
- Link to the “Selector”, a tool developed by Visa support group
- Airport transit visas - changes
- A new brochure issued instructing foreigners in 6 languages on how to apply for a residence permit
- Extension of the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to apply for a Green card
- Updated map of Ministry of the Interior and Foreign Police offices
- New Brochure for permanent residence holders
- Agreement between the European Union and the Federative Republic of Brazil on short-stay visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports
- NOTIFICATION - free voucher for a Czech language exam
- IMPORTANT CHANGE: Long-term visas issued after 1 March 2012
- Self-employed foreigners doing business in the Czech Republic - Important changes
- Leaving the Czech Republic with a Departure Order - transit by ground
- New revenue stamps
- Proof of finance - important changes
- Schools and students - important changes
- Changes from May 2011: Biometric Data in Residence Cards for the Czech Republic
- Changes in conditions for the entry and stay on the territory of the Czech Republic from 2011
- Representation of the Czech republic for issuance of short-stay visa by France, Portugal and Spain
- Information regarding new visa legislation on the European Commission´s website
- Right of free movement in the Schengen territory for holders of a long-stay visa
- Changes in the process of issuing short-term visas (stays with a duration of up to 90 days) – the Visa Code
- Invitation – changes related to the Visa Code
- Amendment to the Ordinance No 446/2005 coll. – airport transit visa
- Ukraine – cancellation of the requirement for a medical report
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Disclaimer: This website is currently under construction and is continuously being updated. The information available here is not intended to be comprehensive and many details which are relevant to particular circumstances may have been omitted. It is not a complete statement of the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic (PDF, 1 MB) or policy. Please note that the MOI takes no responsibility for the content and accuracy of any of the external websites we link to from this website.