Czechia

Combined long-term residence and employment authorisation for a job without separate free labour-market access or work permit.

Long-term residence document for employment where the worker already has free labour-market access or a separate work permit.

EU Blue Card for a highly qualified Czech job with the required education, contract and salary.

ICT card for a manager, specialist or trainee transferred from a non-EU group company to a Czech entity.

Seasonal employment for more than three months and no more than nine months in a listed sector.

Czech long-term mobility for a holder of an ICT card issued by another EU Member State.

Schengen visa for seasonal work lasting no more than 90 days in a listed sector.

Temporary work route through the government agriculture programme for specified nationalities and sectors, available through 31 December 2026.

Up to two years for a qualifying investor or executive making a substantial Czech investment and creating jobs.

Continuation of qualifying Czech business or self-employment after the relevant long-term visa or residence.

Up to one year for a licensed trade, self-employment, statutory-body role or other qualifying Czech business activity.

Discretionary citizenship for a permanent resident whose admission would significantly benefit Czechia in science, education, culture, sport, humanitarian commitments or another state interest.

Up to two years for a third-country researcher working under a hosting agreement with an approved Czech research organisation.

Up to six months to improve qualifications through Czech practical training while remaining employed and paid abroad.

Up to one year of Czech scientific research for a holder of a qualifying research visa or residence permit from another EU Member State.

Permanent residence where the competent authority determines that the person's residence is in the interest of Czechia.

Non-extendable residence after accredited Czech university study or qualifying scientific research to seek work or start a business.

Continuation beyond the initial visa for an educational activity outside the statutory Section 64 study definition.

Direct or in-country long-term residence for a qualifying Section 64 study programme.

National D visa for internship where the competent mission accepts and documents that purpose.

Up to one year for education that does not meet the statutory definition of studies under Section 64.

Up to one year for a form of study recognised by Section 64, including accredited university or qualifying exchange study.

Up to one year of Czech university study for a holder of a qualifying study visa or residence permit from another EU Member State.

Status-alignment procedure for a third-country child born in Czechia to receive a long-term residence permit linked to the parent's status.

Family-purpose residence for a relative who does not meet the stricter statutory family-reunification route.

Statutory family reunification for a qualifying relative of a third-country resident, protection beneficiary or specified mobile permit holder.

Up to one year with an elementary family member who holds Czech residence.

Status-alignment procedure for a third-country child born in Czechia to receive a long-term visa linked to the parent's status.

Permanent residence for a foreign minor entrusted by a Czech decision to qualifying foster, guardian or institutional care.

Status-alignment procedure for a third-country child born in Czechia to receive a permanent residence permit linked to the parent's status.

Permanent residence for the minor child of a foreign national holding Czech permanent residence.

Registration or residence-document procedure for a child born in Czechia to an EU citizen or an EU citizen's family member.

Residence beyond 90 days for a qualifying close or distant third-country family member of an EU/EEA, Swiss or qualifying Czech citizen.

— No eligibility summary published for this route yet

Naturalisation for a foreign or stateless permanent resident meeting the residence, integration, language, conduct and compliance conditions.

Simplified declaration for a qualifying 18-to-21-year-old permanent resident who has lived lawfully in Czechia since childhood.

Czech residence for a third-country national holding EU long-term resident status in another Member State.

Permanent residence after at least five years of qualifying continuous temporary residence in Czechia.

Permanent residence after five years, an accelerated close-family period, bereavement, humanitarian or national-interest ground.

Permanent residence after five years of continuous EU residence or an earlier published worker, family, humanitarian or national-interest ground.

Permanent residence after qualifying EU Blue Card residence across Member States, including the required final Czech period.

Protection-to-residence conversion introduced by Lex Ukraine VII for temporary-protection holders who meet the conditions of an announced round.

Residence, work and study in Czechia for an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen without a residence or work permit.

Optional official registration record for an EU/EEA or Swiss citizen staying more than three months.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible Australia citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible Canada citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible Chile citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible Israel citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible Japan citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible New Zealand citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible Peru citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible South Korea citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Bilateral youth-mobility visa for an eligible Taiwan citizen to holiday in Czechia and work temporarily.

Continuation beyond the initial visa for an ongoing cultural, artistic or qualifying religious purpose.

Up to one year for film, artistic performance, religious mission or another cultural project.

National D visa for volunteering where the competent mission accepts and documents that purpose.

Additional Czech-only visa-free stay under bilateral agreements for specified nationalities after the Schengen allowance.

National D visa for tourism lasting over 90 days where the competent mission accepts and documents that purpose.

Schengen C visa for tourism, family visit, business, culture, sport, study, research, training, employment or another permitted short purpose.

Visa-exempt, non-profit short stay for up to 90 days in any 180-day Schengen period.

International-protection procedure in Czechia for a person fearing persecution, serious human-rights violations, violence or armed conflict.

In-country tolerated stay where departure is impossible for reasons beyond the person's control or another published statutory ground applies.

Humanitarian permanent residence, especially for specified family of an asylee or a former Czech citizen.

Procedure to obtain an official determination of statelessness and, if recognised, a one-year tolerated-stay visa.

Temporary protection for qualifying persons displaced from Ukraine and specified family members under the activated EU and Czech framework.

Simplified Section 31 declaration for certain former Czech or Czechoslovak citizens and their children or grandchildren.

Simplified declaration for a person who was a Czechoslovak citizen at the end of 1992 without Czech or Slovak republican citizenship, or a qualifying direct-line descendant.

Permanent residence for a qualifying compatriot or another case deserving special consideration.

Continuation beyond the initial visa for ongoing medical treatment in Czechia.

Up to one year to receive rehabilitation, long-term therapy, spa, surgery or other medical treatment.

Continuation beyond the initial visa for professional sports activity in a Czech professional competition.

Up to one year to perform professional sporting activity in a Czech professional competition.

Airport-transit visa for listed passport holders remaining in the international transit area of a Czech airport.

National D visa for official or political purpose where the competent mission accepts and documents that purpose.

National D visa for another accepted purpose where the competent mission accepts and documents that purpose.