FOR VISA PURPOSES, FAMILY MEMBERS OF EU CITIZENS ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:

(1) spouse

(2) parent who looks after an EU citizen who is younger than 21

(3) child younger than 21 of an EU citizen or such a child of a spouse of an EU citizen

(4) dependent direct relative in the ascending or descending line or such a relative of spouse of the EU citizen who is dependent on the EU citizen or his/her spouse for sustenance or other form of essential care or who was dependent on sustenance or other form of essential care in the state of which he/she is a citizen or in which he/she resided immediately before arrival to CZE

(5) relative of a Czech citizen with permanent residency in CZE if in a relationship given in pt´s (1) - (4)

(6) relative of an EU citizen or a Czech citizen with permanent residency in CZE who

(i) is in his/her home country depending on the EU citizen for sustenance,

(ii) is in his/her home country a member of a common household of the EU / Czech citizen,

(iii) requires personal care of the EU citizen on serious health grounds.

(7) Family member of the EU citizen is also any other foreign national who duly attests that

(1) he/she is a relative of the EU citizen who (i) in the country from which he/she has come or in the country in which he/she was a permanent or long-term resident, was a member of a common household of the EU citizen before his/her entry to the Czech Republic or (ii) was a dependant depending on the EU citizen for sustenance,

(2) due to serious health grounds he/she strictly requires the personal care of the EU citizen,

(3) he/she has a durable relationship with the EU citizen and shares with him/her a common household.

 

When applying for a Schengen visa as a family member of the EU citizen, submit the following:

• filled-out form „Application for a Schengen visa“

• valid travel document

• photograph

• documents attesting to existence of the EU citizen (copy of the EU citizen´s identity card or passport)

• document attesting that you are a family member of the EU citizen (marriage certificate - family members of CZE citizen must submit Czech marriage certificate, birth certificate, dependence proof, document attesting to serious health situation, permanent partnership proof or other)

• document attesting that you will accompany the EU citizen to the Czech Republic or join him/her to the Czech Republic.

The application processing time is 14 days. It can be extended for up to 45 days in well-founded instances.

Applications are lodged free-of-charge.