Schengen Area Member States represent each other in destinations, where they do not have a diplomatic mission themselves. This allows applicants for Schengen visas to apply in the country of their residence without the need to travel abroad to the diplomatic mission of the country they wish to visit.

Schengen visa applications cannot be filed at a random Schengen consulate. They always need to be filed at the consulate of that Schengen Area Member State to which the applicant travels.

Representation takes place based on representation agreements (which can be found in the overview). The representing Schengen Area Member State accepts the Schengen visa application on behalf of the represented one. Applications are submitted based on instructions of the representing consulate, which also decides on issuing the visa. d one. Applications are submitted based on instructions of the representing consulate, which also decides on issuing the visa. Representation allows applicants to submit their visa applications in the country of their usual residence, as opposed to traveling to the consulate whose country they wish to visit. This facilitates the visa process.

Applications for long-term visas and long-term or permanent residence permits are not subject of representation agreements and are submitted at the consulates according to the territorial competence. 

Overview of current representation, incl. representation agreements and their amendments:

1) PORTUGAL represents CZECHIA in the following countries (cities):

• Angola (Luanda)          
• Guinea-Bissau (Bissau)
• Cape Verde (Praia)                                    
• Mozambique (Maputo)                                           
• Sao Tome and Principe (Sao Tome)         
• East Timor (Dili)    

        Agreement       

2) SPAIN represents CZECHIA in the following countries (cities):

• Andorra (Andorra la Vella)
• Bolivia (La Paz)
• Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)
• Equatorial Guinea (Malabo)
• Jamaica (Kingston)

CZECHIA represents SPAIN in the following country (city):

• Moldova (Chisinau)

Agreement

3) FRANCE represents CZECHIA in the following countries (cities):

• Anguilla (Castries)
• Bangladesh (Dhaca) 
• Benin (Cotonou)
• British Virgin Islands (Castries)
• Cambodia (Phnompenh) 
• Dominica (Castries)
• Djibouti (Djibouti)
• Gabon (Libreville)
• Grenada (Castries)
• Haiti (Port au Prince)
• Camerun (Yaoundé, Douala)
• Comoros (Moroni)
• Congo (Brazzaville, Pointe Noire)
• Laos (Vientiane)
• Madagascar (Antananarivo) 
• Mauretania (Nouakchott)
• Montserrat (Castries)
• Myanmar (Rangun) 
• Central African Republic (Bangui)
• Sri Lanka (Colombo) 
• St. Lucia (Castries)
• St. Vincent and the Grenadins (Castries)
• Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) 
• Togo (Lome)
• Uganda (Kampala) 

Arrangement, Amendment n.o 1, Amendment no. 2, Amendment no. 3, Amendment no. 4 (PDF, 729 KB), Amendment no. 5

4) SLOVAKIA represents CZECHIA in the following country (city):

• Cyprus (Nicosia) 

CZECHIA represents SLOVAKIA in the following countries (cities):

• Algeria (Algiers)
• Ghana (Accra)
• Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar)
• Pakistan (Islamabad)
• Philippines (Manila)
• Ethiopia (Addis Abeba)
• Iraq (Erbil) 

Agreement, Implementation agreement, Amendment, Změna č. 2 zastupování Slovensko (PDF, 653 KB), Amendment no. 3, Amendment no. 4

5) BELGIUM represents CZECHIA in the following countries (cities):

• Burundi (Bujumbura)
• DR Congo (Kinshasa, Lubumbashi)
• Rwanda (Kigali)

CZECHIA represents BELGIUM in the following country (city):

             Iraq (Baghdad, Erbil, for holders of diplomatic and service passports only)

Arrangement, Amendment, Amendment no. 2 (PDF, 4 MB), Amendment no. 3 and 4

6) HUNGARY represents CZECHIA in the following country (city):

• Ecuador (Quito)

CZECHIA represents HUNGARY in following country (city):

• Iraq (Baghdad, for holders of diplomatic passports only)

Agreement, Implementation agreement, Amendment, Amendment no. 2 (PDF, 4 MB), Amendment no. 3 and 4, Amendment no. 5, Notification, Amendment no. 6 (PDF, 316 KB)

7) CZECHIA represents AUSTRIA in the following country (city):

• Iraq (Baghdad, for holders of diplomatic and service passports only)

Agreement, Amendment

8) CZECHIA represents ESTONIA in the following countries (cities):

• Iraq (Baghdad, for holders of diplomatic and service passports only)
• Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)
• Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar)

Agreement; Estonia contacts (PDF, 512 KB); Amendment

9) CZECHIA represents POLAND in the following country (city):

• Iraq (Baghdad, Erbil, for holders of diplomatic and official passports only)

Agreement and technical agreement, Amendment

10) SWITZERLAND represents CZECHIA in the following countries (cities):

• Côte d´Ivoire (Abidjan)
• Kyrgyzstan (Bishkek)

CZECHIA represents SWITZERLAND in the following country (city):

• Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar)

Agreement (PDF, 4 MB)

11) CZECHIA represents LITHUANIA in the following country (city):

• Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar)

Agreement Lithuania (PDF, 2 MB)

12) FINLAND represents CZECHIA in the following country  (city)

• Namibia (Windhoek) 

CZECHIA represents FINLAND from March 1, 2025 in the following country (city)

• Iraq (Baghdad) for holders of diplomatic and service passports only