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!!! IMPORTANT !!!
SOLVING RESIDENCE MATTERS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS IN THE TERRITORY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN CONNECTION WITH CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
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• ​Check the status of your application - regularly updated approved applications for temporary, long-term and permanent residency including their extensions and extension of the long-term visa listed by receipt number (č.j.)
   
• EU citizens and their family members
  • BREXIT
     
• Third-country nationals
  • Adaptation – integration courses
     
• 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, 1.8 MB)
   
• Do you need assistance or advice?
   
• Information Publications for Foreigners
• Information Publications for Applicants for International Protection
• Information Publications for Beneficiaries of International Protection

IMPORTANT NOTICES:​​

• Dear Clients,
  please note that from from July 29^th to July 30^th, 2021 it will not be possible to scan biometric data at the MoI offices. On Thursday July 29^th, 2021 biometric cards will only be issued. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  Thank you for your understanding.

• Dear clients,
  an overview of changes to the Act on the Residence of Foreigners with effect from August 2^nd, 2021 can be found HERE (pdf, 390 kB).

• Dear clients,
  from July 7^th, 2021 to July 28^th, 2021 due to the reconstruction of the entrance of the OAMP of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, Department of Residence of Foreigners Plzeňský kraj, Jagellonská 1017/9, 301 000 Plzeň, the main entrance is closed, access to the building is provided by a barrier-free entrance from Škroupova Street.
  Thank you for your understanding. 

• Dear clients,
  adaptation and integration courses have already been announced due to improving epidemiological situation. The course offer will appear after registration and payment here: https://frs.gov.cz/en.

• NOTICE!
  - If the valid protective measure of the Ministry of Health obliges you to pass the RT-PCR test for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 after entering the Czech Republic, do not visit the MoI office until a negative result of this test is obtained! You will not be checked in! Acces to the MoI offices will not be allowed!
  - If you do not fulfill the obligation to report your arrival in person within 3 days of entering the territory (which applies to foreigners with a long-term or permanent residence permit), no sanction will be imposed on you. Then fulfill this obligation as soon as possible.
  - To visit the MoI office please make an appointment and during the visit to the MoI office use only a respirator or disposable medical face mask.
  - In case of a positive result of the RT-PCR test, do not arrive at the workplace until the end of the ordered quarantine measure.
  - Persons without the above-mentioned protective equipment will not be allowed to enter the MoI office, as well as those who arrive before the end of any quarantine measure.

• Dear clients,
  from September 1^st, 2021 the level of the Czech language examination for the purpose of obtaining the permanent residence is increased to the A2 level. This higher level examination will be taken by third-country nationals who apply for permanent residence on September 1^st, 2021 or later. More information you can find here.
  Detailed information on the Czech exam you can find here.

• We would like to inform you that a practice of making copies of presented documents has changed since January 1^st, 2020. You will find more information here (pdf, 170 kB).

• You can find List of changes made by the amendment to the Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals with effect as of July 31^st, 2019 here (pdf, 184 kB).

• Dear clients,
  we would like to inform you that you can check the status of your application via receipt number (or "ŽOV" number) here:
  https://frs.gov.cz/en/ioff/application-status.
  Thank you for your understanding.

• 02/08/2021 - An up-to-date version of the Act No. 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic (pdf, 1.8 kB)
• 31/07/2019 - Information leaflets for university students considering changes made by amendment to the Act. No 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals with effect from July 31^st, 2019
• 20/05/2015 - Emergencies
• 08/09/2014 - Immigration Portal of the Ministry of Interior

  
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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, 1.8 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.