Detailed information about the programs, including information on how to participate, is available on this website.

 

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baku  accepts the following numbers and types of visa and residence permit applications within these programs:

 

Program	Annual Quota	Applications for:
Qualified Worker	0	Employee Card
Highly Qualified Worker	No quota	Blue Card
	60	Employee Card
Key and Research Staff		Employee Card
	No quota	Blue Card
		Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card
		Long-term Residence Permit – Investment
	4	Long-term Visa – Entrepreneurship

 

Quotas

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baku uses quotas for Employee Card and Long-term Visa for Entrepreneurship applications, in accordance with the Government Decree No. 220/2019 Coll., on maximum number of applications for long-term visas for the purpose of entrepreneurship, applications for long-term residence permits for the purpose of investment and applications for employee cards, which can be submitted at an embassy, as amended by the Government Decree No. 321/2022 Coll. (both available in Czech). 

 

In accordance with this government decree, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Baku accepts annually:

 

• 210 applications for Employee Cards,  out of which  0  within the Qualified Worker Program,   60 within the Highly Qualified Worker Program or Key and Research Staff Program and 150 outside of any program.

 

• 12 applications for Long-term Visa – Entrepreneurship, out of which 4 within the Key and Research Staff Program and  8  outside of any program.

 

The annual quota is fixed and cannot be exceeded.

 

When accepting visa and residence permit applications within and outside the programs of targeted economic migration, the quota is evenly distributed throughout a calendar year.

 

 

Application submission

 

Applicants included in a program receive an appointment for application submission from the consulate – they do not need to schedule their appointments by themselves.

 

Applicants filing their applications outside of a program need to schedule an appointment for application submission by themselves in accordance with the consulate´s guidelines for registering an appointment.