CzechiaLong-term residence
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A Czech permanent residence permit for holders of a Blue Card issued by another EU Member State.
Permanent Residence Permit for Holders of a Blue Card Issued by Another EU Country
5 years of continuous residence in EU member states on the basis of a Blue Card, of which at least 2 years of continuous residence in Czechia as a Blue Card holder.
Another EU Member State’s blue card holders can apply after 5 years of continuous residence in the Member States based on a blue card for a permanent residence permit.
As a Blue Card holder, you have resided continuously in the Czech Republic for at least 2 years.
Residence as a Blue Card holder in another member state counts only if it lasted at least 12 months there; shorter periods are not counted. The same rules apply to Blue Card holders' family members holding family-reunification long-term residence.
If, as a holder of Blue Card issued by another EU Member State, you have resided in its territory for less than 12 months, the period is not counted towards the epriod of continuous residence.
These rules apply also to the blue card holders’ family members who were issued with a long-term residence permit for the purpose of family reunification.
Absences count if each is no longer than 12 consecutive months and total absences are no longer than 18 months.
individual periods of absence were not longer than 12 consecutive months and altogether were not longer than 18 months.
Permanent residence is not time-limited; the document is valid for 10 years, or 5 years under age 15, and can be extended repeatedly.
The permanent residence permit’s validity is not limited in time, only the permit document’s validity is. A permanent residence permit document is issued for 10 years, in the case of foreign nationals under 15 years of age for 5 years. The validity of the document can be extended repeatedly.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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