Long-term residence
- General information: Long-term residence permit
- The purpose of "studies"
- The purpose of "scientific research"
- The purpose of "seeking employment"
- The purpose of "employment"
- The purpose of "business"
- The purpose of "family reunification"
- The purpose of "investment"
- EU Blue Card
- Green Card
- "EC long-term residents" in other EU member states and their family members
- Extending a long-term residence permit
- Changing the purpose of long-term residence
- A visa for the purpose of collecting a residence permit - D/VR
- "Bridging label"
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"Bridging label"
If you are staying in the Czech Republic on a long-term visa or a long-term residence permit and you filed an application for issuance or extension of a long-term residence permit within the due time limit and a decision is yet to be made, during which time your visa/residence permit has expired, you can apply at an MOI office for a a certificate of residence permit in the form of a visa sticker ("bridging label").
This "bridging label" is marked into the passport by a visa for a stay over 90 days (long-term) with the term of validity corresponding presumed length of proceeding about request, usually as you wait. For this reason, it is necessary for you to be present in person. You should submit a valid travel document, no other requirements are necessary.
The put up label then serves as a testimonial to having filed an application and it serves as a proof of the legality of stay in the territory of the Czech Republic until a legitimate decision is made on the application, on the condition that the so called fiction of the validity of the previous residence permit applies to the foreigner. If this fiction of the validity of the previous residence permit does not apply to the foreigner, he/she cannot be issued a bridging label. If the so called fiction of the validity of the previous permit ceases to exist (for example by a legitimate decision on the application or a legitimate decision of the court on imposition of punishment by expulsion or if the decision on expulsion of the foreigner is enforceable), the validity of the bridging label also ceases to exist.
The bridging label enables its holder to travel from/to the Schengen zone.
Residence permit of the foreigner who is subsumed into the Informational System of States Parties is only certified by the confirmation of residence permit. If the so called fiction of existing residence permit ceases to exist (for example by the means of final decision on the application or by the means of final decision of the court on imposing the sentence on the basis of an expulsion or deportation or if the decision on the expulsion of the foreigner is enforceable), the validity of the residence permit also ceases to exist.