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

                                                             

Appointment has to be made by email at this address only: Beirut.Consulate@mzv.gov.cz. Emails send to other email address will not be answered. 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. 

HOW TO APPLY

Appointment has to be made by email at this address only: Beirut.Consulate@mzv.gov.cz. Emails send to other email address will not be answered. The email must be written only in Czech or English and must include:

• Subject: full name and nationality (as stated in the passport), visa type (short term/long term) and purpose of stay (e.g.: "ERASMUS+, study, family, etc.") 

• 1 applicant = 1 email. Only one applicant can be ordered in each email (only exemptions are children traveling with the parents)

• To arrange an appointment for a long-term visa/stay, you must also send a scan of the document stating the purpose of stay (in .jpg or .pdf format), e.g. confirmation of study, birth certificate, employment contract and a scan of the passport data page

In case the requested information is not provided, the appointment shall NOT be made. The Embassy will not be answering email that do not follow these rules. If you fulfill all the requirement your email will be added to the queue in the order in which it was received.

Applicants who are not citizens of countries within the jurisdiction of the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut must also attach a document proving that they have been permitted to reside in the country within the jurisdiction of the Embassy for at least the previous two years. If residence cannot be proven, the applicant must submit the application in their home country.

The assigned date cannot be changed. If you do not arrive, your date will be forfeited. If you arrive late without prior apology, your date will also be forfeited - in such a case, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beirut will already be focusing on other applicants who arrived on time. 

 

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.