Green Cards in the Czech Republic
02.01.2009 / 04:07 | Aktualizováno: 28.12.2010 / 22:51
(This article expired 25.12.2010 / 01:00.)
The green card is a permit for long-term residence for employment purposes in the Czech Republic under special circumstances. A foreigner who has a green card issued for a specific job is entitled to reside in the Czech Republic and work in a job for which the green card was issued.
The green card simplifies entry to the job market for foreigners who have qualifications for which the Czech Republic has a job opening.
The green card is for foreigners, citizens of the countries listed, which are not members of the European Union:
Australia, Montenegro, Croatia, Japan, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, United States of America, Serbia, Ukraine
If you are not a citizen of any of the countries listed and none of the exceptions given in Section 98 of Act No. 435/2004 Coll., on Employment, apply to you, for work in the Czech Republic it will be necessary to arrange a work permit.
Please note: Citizens of the European Union, Norway, Iceland, Lichtenstein, Switzerland and their family members do not need a work permit or green card to work in the Czech Republic.
Filling in an application for the green card.
More information about the green card can be found on the portal of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs or on the portal of the Ministry of Interior.