CzechiaShort stays and visits
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No advance visa is required for the named nationalities covered by a Czech bilateral visa-waiver agreement: Argentina, Chile, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Uruguay and Singapore.
Only to the citizens of Argentina, Chile, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Costa Rica, Malaysia, Uruguay and Singapore;
A temporary, non-profit stay in Czechia; employment and business are excluded.
A temporary stay in the Czech Republic without a visa entitles you to a short non-profit stay in the Czech Republic without a residence permit.
A visa-free stay is intended exclusively for non-profit purposes, therefore, you cannot be employed or do business.
The maximum visa-free stay under a bilateral agreement varies by country: citizens of Argentina, Chile, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Costa Rica, Malaysia and Uruguay may stay a maximum of an additional 90 days; citizens of Singapore a maximum of an additional 30 days, after which up to 60 additional days can be granted on the basis of a Schengen visa-free stay.
The maximum length of a temporary stay without a visa in the Czech Republic is in this case given by the particular bilateral agreement and, therefore, varies for each country.
The citizens of Argentina, Chile, Israel, the Republic of Korea, Costa Rica, Malaysia and Uruguay can stay without a visa in the Czech Republic for a maximum of additional 90 days .
The citizens of Singapore can stay without a visa in the Czech Republic for a maximum of additional 30 days. Up to 60 additional days can then be granted on the basis of a visa-free stay in the Schengen area.
Throughout a bilateral-agreement visa-free stay the traveller must have sufficient funds and medical insurance. The official source does not state passport, accommodation, invitation or onward-travel evidence requirements.
In the course of the whole stay, you must have sufficient funds and medical insurance .
At entry the traveller may ask the Foreign Police officer at border control to record that the stay is under the bilateral agreement (recorded by the Foreign Police inspectorate at the international airport). A traveller who has used up the Schengen 90 days in 180 and wants to continue under the agreement must come in person to the locally competent Foreign Police office, which verifies identity and arrival-date documents and makes a record in the EES system. A visa-free stay is not intended, except in some cases, for applying for a long-term visa or permit; those are applied for at a diplomatic mission.
If you enter the territory of Czechia on the basis of a bilateral agreement, you may ask a Foreign Police Service officer during border control to indicate the fact that you will stay in Czechia on the basis of a bilateral agreement . The record will be made by the Foreign Police Service inspectorate at the international airport.
If you have used up the 90-day visa-free stay within a 180-day period in the Schengen Area and plan to continue staying in Czechia on the basis of a bilateral agreement, you must come in person to the locally competent office of the Foreign Police Service , which will verify your identity and the documents proving the date of arrival in the territory. After the verification of the conditions for short-term stay on the basis of a bilateral agreement, a record will be made in the EES system .
A visa-free stay is not intended, except in some cases, to apply for a long-term visa or a long-term residence permit in the Czech Republic. You must apply for these residence permits at a diplomatic mission in the country that issued your travel document, where you have a long-term or permanent residence permit or of which you are a citizen.
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