Pursuant to Government Resolution No. 520/2025 Coll., amending Government Regulation No. 220/2019 Coll., on the maximum number of applications for a long-term visa for the purpose of business, applications for a residence permit for the purpose of investment and applications for an employee card, which can be submitted at an Embassy, as amended, a zero quota has been introduced for accepting applications for long-term visas for the purpose of business and applications for an employee card from citizens who do not fall into one of the categories listed below.

The application for a long-term visa for the purpose of business and the application for an employee card can be submitted at the Visa Centre of the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Dresden without restrictions if the applicant is a citizen of:

     - a state or independent jurisdiction whose citizens are not subject to the visa requirement pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 of the European Parliament of the Council of 14 November 2018, or

     - a state or a separate jurisdiction listed in the Annex to Decree No. 429/2010 Coll., as amended by Decree No. 67/2019 Coll., or

     - a country whose citizens are covered by the government's Qualified Employee Program, or

     - a participant in the government's Key and Scientific Personnel Program, the Digital Nomad Program (applies only to applications for a long-term visa for the purpose of business) and the Highly Qualified Employee Program (applies only to applications for an employee card).

 

List of countries whose citizens are entitled to apply for a long-term visa for the purpose of business or an application for an employee card without restrictions: