Visa and Consular Information
Embassy of the Czech Republic
17, 419th road (St. Bechara Church Street)
21007, Baabda, Mount Lebanon
Republic of Lebanon
Consular and visa jurisdiction:
Republic of Lebanon and Syrian Arab Republic
Working hours of the Visa and Consular Section:
| Monday | 9:00-12:00 | Closed | 13:00 - 16:00 | long term visas/permits |
| Tuesday | 9:00 - 12:00 |
9:00-10:00: visas and documents pick ups, submitting missing documents 10:00-12:00: Schengen visas |
13:00 - 16:00 | long term visas/permits |
| Wednesday | 9:00 - 12:00 |
9:00-10:00: visas and documents pick ups, submitting missing documents, legalization 10:00-12:00: Schengen visas |
13:00 - 16:00 | long term visas/permits |
| Thursday | 9:00 - 12:00 |
9:00-10:00: visa and documents pick ups, submitting missing documents 10:00-12:00: Schengen visas |
13:00 - 16:00 | long term visas/permits |
| Friday | 9:00 - 12:00 |
9:00-10:00: visas and documents pick ups, submitting missing documents, legalization 10:00-12:00: travel documents agenda, register and citizenships agenda, legalization |
13:00-16:00 | Closed |
For submitting additional documents and for documents, passports and visas pick up visit the consular section from Monday to Friday between 9:00-10:00. For Syrian citizens: Announce your visit at the Embassy in advance so that the Embassy can notify the Lebanese General Security to facilitate your border crossing to Lebanon.
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut will be closed to the public due to Czech and Lebanese national holidays on the following days in 2025:
The Embassy of the Czech Republic will be in 2025 closed on following days:
| 1.1.2025 | Wednesday | Day of the Restoration of the Independent Czech State |
| 18.4.2025 | Friday | Good Friday |
| 20.4.2025 | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 1.5.2025 | Thursday | Labor day |
| 8.5.2025 | Thursday | Victory day |
| 28.10.2025 | Tuesday | Day of the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state |
| 17.11.2025 | Tuesday | Day of Struggle for Freedom and Democracy |
| 24.12.2025 | Wednesday | Christmas day |
| 25.12.2025 | Thursday | 1st Christman day |
| 26.12.2025 | Friday | 2nd Christmas day |
| 1.1.2026 | Thursday | Day of the Restoration of the Independent Czech State |
Appointement has to be made by email at this address only: Beirut.Consulate@mzv.gov.cz. Lebanese citizens and other citizens with valid residency in Lebanon are applying for Schengen Visa at VFS Global in Beirut. Address of the Visa Centre: Hamra, Gefinor Bldg, Block A, 1st floor Beirut, Lebanon. Syrian citizens are applying for Schengen visas and longterm visas directly at the Embassy, Lebanese citizen are applying for longterm visas at the Embassy. Family members of EU citizens can always turn directly to the Embassy.
Following information needs to be included:
- Name, Surname
- Nationality and Country of residence if diferent from nationality
- Purporse of appointment: short visa/long term visa and purpose of travel/legalisation etc.
- Telephone number
In case the requested information is not provided, the appointement shall NOT be made.
WORKING LANGUAGES: The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut communicates in Czech and English when processing short term visas and visas and residence permit applications. If the applicant understands neither of these languages, he/she must arrange for an interpreter when applying for a long-term visa / residence permit, at his/her costs. Examinations are conducted in Czech only. If the applicant does not speak Czech, he/she must arrange for an interpreter for the purposes of examination, at his/her costs.
You can contact the Embassy by an email: beirut.consulate@mzv.gov.cz and on tel. +961 (0)5 929 010, 12 and 13. The appointement can only be granted by the employees of the Embassy and by email. See here.