Entry requirements
1. EU Citizens
If you are a citizen of the EU, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, or Switzerland, you can travel and work within the Schengen territory without any special permit and thus enter the Czech Republic with a valid passport or a personal identification card.
More information here: https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/entering-the-czech-republic.aspx
Certificate of temporary residence
For EU citizens who intend to stay in the Czech Republic for more than 3 months, applying for a Certificate of temporary residence is recommended. This permit enables its holder to obtain, for instance, a Czech personal identification number (rodné číslo) needed when dealing with many administrative offices.
More information here: https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/temporary-residence.aspx?q=Y2hudW09MQ%3d%3d
Brexit
An Agreement on trade and cooperation between the EU and UK signed on December 30th, 2020, contains a transitional provision, which allows, for up to six months, the transfer of personal data from the EU to the UK, unless there is a substantial change of British domestic rules or the European Commission adopts a decision on the adequate protection of personal data in the UK. For this transitional period, the transfers of personal data to the United Kingdom are not regarded as transfers to third countries and therefore are not constrained by limitations stipulated by EU rules, in particular General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679/EU). Thus, the legal situation for controllers and processors does not change for the time being.
For more information, go to: https://www.mvcr.cz/mvcren/article/news-brexit.aspx?q=Y2hudW09MQ%3d%3d
2. Third Country Citizens – non-EU citizens
A third-country national is a citizen of a state that is not a member of the EU nor a citizen of Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
The EU Member States are Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Austria, Rumania, Greece, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
Long-term stay (over 90 days)
If you intend to stay in the Czech Republic for more than 3 months and come to our university to conduct scientific or academic research, you are eligible to apply for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research. The application is usually processed within 60 days, and you can submit the application at the Embassy of the Czech Republic or Visa Centers.
Scientific research is considered an activity of a scientific worker, academic worker or visiting professor at a public or other research institution registered in the registry of research institutions authorized to accept scientific workers from third countries based on the Act on Public Scientific Institutions.
Useful links
Czech Missions Abroad | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (mzv.cz)
Outsourcing (Visa Centres) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (mzv.cz)
Long-Term Visa, Long-Term Residence Permit, Permanent Residence Permit | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (mzv.cz)
Scientific Research | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (mzv.cz)
Where and how to apply
Please contact Mirka Perst for more information at perst@rektorat.czu.cz, who will assist you with this procedure.
The required documents for the application shall not be older than 180 days except for the travel document and the photograph of the foreign national if it corresponds to his/her actual appearance. A long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research is usually issued within 60 days.
After the approval of your application, you are obliged to submit the proof of travel medical insurance valid from the date of entry till the date you will be covered by public health insurance and, at the same time, upon request, submit a document on having paid the insurance premium.
During the validity of your long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research, as a holder of this permit, you are covered by public health insurance, like holders of a permanent residence permit.
PLEASE NOTE: A detailed description of all rules and benefits related to this status, including information on possibilities of stay in other EU countries, as well as the wording of the Council Directive 2003/109/EC of November 25th 2003, concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, which establishes this status, is available here.
3. After Your Arrival
EU Citizens
Report your place of residence to the Foreign Police Department
If you intend to stay in the Czech Republic for more than 30 days, you should announce your place of residence within 30 days after arrival unless your accommodation provider (hotel, residence halls, landlord) reports it on your behalf. This requirement does not apply to a person under 15 years of age.
Report other changes
You or your family member are required to report any changes in travel and personal documents, change of address (only if your intent to stay at this new address for more than 180 days), loss or theft of travel/personal documents or residence permit to the Foreign Police. For more information visit Reporting changes - Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic (mvcr.cz)
Non-EU Citizens
Report your place of residence to the Foreign Police Department
If you intend to stay in the Czech Republic for more than 30 days, you are required to report in person your place of residence at the Foreign Police Department within 3 days after your arrival to the Czech Republic. However, as a holder of the long-term visa you can satisfy this requirement when you visit the Ministry of Interior – Department of Asylum and Migration Policy where you will pick up your long-term residency card for the purpose of scientific research. CZU Welcome Centre will schedule an appointment for you. This residence card gives you a right to travel to other Schengen countries and you can stay there up to 3 months during any 6 month period.
The obligation to report the place of residence to the police does not apply to a person who has fulfilled this obligation with the accommodation provider, e.g. if you will stay at a hotel or the CZU Residence Halls, its officer will notify the Foreign Police on your behalf after completing a Residence Halls arrival form.
https://www.policie.cz/clanek/Police-of-the-Czech-Republic.aspx
Report other changes
You or your family member are required to report any changes in travel and personal documents, change of address (only if your intent to stay at this new address for more than 180 days), loss or theft of travel/personal documents or residence permit to the Foreign Police. For more information visit Reporting changes - Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic (mvcr.cz).
Family Members
Your family members can stay in the Czech Republic with you, provided they satisfy their residency requirements which depend on their nationality.
Family member nationality = Citizen of EU, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
If your family member is from a country of the European Union, the EEA zone (Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway) or Switzerland, she/he is free to stay and work in the Czech Republic without any special permit.
Who is a family member of an EU citizen?
- The spouse or partner with whom an EU citizen has entered into civil partnership
- An EU citizeno’s child under 21 years or such a child of the EU citizen’s spouse
- A parent of an EU citizen under 21 years whom the parent supports and lives in a common household
- A dependent direct relative in the descending or ascending line or such a relative of the spouse of an EU citizen (i.e. dependent parents, grandparents etc. And dependent children, grandchildren etc.)
Who is a dependent relative:
- He/she is supported by an EU citizen or by the spouse of such and meets other conditions of the Act on the Residence of Foreign National in the Czech Republic, hereinafter the „Act“ as follows:
- He/she is not over 26 years of age and is preparing full-time for his/her future career or is unable to prepare for a future career or perform gainful employment due to an illness or injury, or
- He/she is unable to perform full-time work for reasons of a long-term poor state of health.
- He/she is related to an EU citizen (other than those specified above) and meets other conditions stipulated by the Act, e.g. you are supported by an EU citizen or are unable to care for himself without the personal assistance of an EU citizen due to a long-term poor health.
- He/she is in a permanent relationship with an EU citizen similar to a family relationship and you live with him/her in a common household.
For more information please follow this link: https://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/family_member_of_an_eu_citizen_1/index.html
Family member nationality = Third country citizen (non-EU/EEA citizen)
If your family member is from a country which is not exempted from visa requirements (check your country here: https://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/short_stay_visa/list_of_states_whose_citizens_are_exempt/index.html
he/she can apply for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of family reunification with a scientific researcher to enter the Czech Republic. This requirement does not apply if your family member is a holder of a certificate of temporary residence or a permanent residence permit issued by another EU/EEA state or Switzerland. The long-term permit for the purpose of family reunification is usually approved within 60 days after the submission of the application, and your family member will be able to work while in the Czech Republic.
After the Arrival of a Family Member
Report a place of residence to the Foreign Police Department
If your family members intend to stay in the Czech Republic for more than 30 days and are third-country nationals and family members of citizens of the EU, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland they are required to report in person their place of residence at the Foreign Police Department within 30 days after their arrival to the Czech Republic or within 3 working days after entering the Czech Republic, if the citizens of the above mentioned states do not reside in the Czech Republic.
In case your family member travels to the Czech Republic for less than 30 days, he/she reports his/her arrival to the Foreign Police of the Czech Republic based on the place of residence. If your family member will stay in the Czech Republic for more than 30 days, he/she reports to the Ministry of Interior – Department of Asylum and Migration Policy.
The obligation to report the place of residence to the police does not apply to a person who has fulfilled this obligation with the accommodation provider, e.g. if they will stay at a hotel its officer will notify the Foreign Police on their behalf after completing an arrival form. The reporting requirements also does not apply to persons younger than 15 years of age.
https://www.policie.cz/clanek/Police-of-the-Czech-Republic.aspx
Report other changes
Family members are required to report any changes in travel and personal documents, change of address (only if they intent to stay at this address for more than 180 days), loss or theft of travel/personal documents or residence permit to the respective Foreign Police Department.
Useful Links
Reporting changes - Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic (mvcr.cz) or
Entering the Czech Republic, duties, length of stay - Ministry of the interior of the Czech Republic (mvcr.cz)