Long-term visa applications are submitted to the diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic according to the consular territorial competence. The diplomatic mission forwards the application to the Ministry of the Interior for an evaluation and decision. If the application is evaluated positively, the long-stay visa, with the maximum duration one year, is issued by the diplomatic mission where the application was filed.

Long-term visa application is filed when the expected stay will exceed 90 days (cannot be covered by a Schengen (short-stay) visa). It is issued for a variety of purposes – health, culture, sport, visit (invitation), family, study, research or entrepreneurship.

If the purpose of stay continues, it is possible to apply on the territory of the Czech Republic at the Ministry of the Interior for an extension, i.e. for a long-term residence permit, which is issued for the purpose of employment, study, scientific research, unification of family or to residents of another EU Member State.

For more information, see article Long-Term Visa vs. Residence Permit.

Long-term visa general requirements:

• application form
• travel document
• 2 photos
• fee (2,500 CZK, if not waived for given categories)
• supporting documents proving
  • purpose of stay (for example school acceptance letter, spa voucher, document proving family relations etc.)
  • birth certificate
  • proof of accommodation with officially verified signature of a landlord (for example rent contract etc.)
  • proof of financial means (for example bank statement for past three months etc.)
• criminal record extract issued by the state of the applicant´s citizenship and by the state where the applicant resided in the last three years for more than six months
• upon request a document proving fulfillment of measures against spread of infectious disease
• health insurance for the whole period of stay will be requested when visa is approved

All requested documents MUST be submitted as ORIGINALS together with COPIES tranlated into CZECH LANGUAGE (WITHOUT THEM THE APPLICATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED). Just the data page of the passport should be copied (not the whole passport).