How can you get an employee card?

I. You have to find the suitable job position.

The job vacancy for which an application for an employee card can be filed must come from the central register of job vacancies that can be filled by holders of employee cards. Subject to the consent of the employer, these vacant jobs can be published on the Internet Integrated Portal of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs where can be found.

II. Contact your employer regarding your employment contract. „Pracovní smlouva“ is among others the part of requirements to be submitted at the Embassy.

III. Apply at the Embassy - the application needs to be submitted in person (by appointment only).

An employee card can be applied for by submitting a special application form titled “Application for an Employee Card”  There the number of the job vacancy according to the central register of job vacancies that can be filled by holders of employee cards, in addition to providing the relevant information must be stated.

Together with an application kindly present:

1. a valid travel document, (in case of foreigners legaly residing in Malaysia - Foreign applicants have to be residing in Malaysia legally* and continously for at least two years (more than 731 days) already on a long-term visa (not on a single-entry visa or visas). The residence permit(s) proving applicant's stay in Malaysia need(s) to be in a form of a sticker in the applicant's passport only (ePass extension will only be accepted in conjunction with the original sticker) and its remaining validity has to exceed 90 days (necessary processing time for an employee card application). This is a legal requirement pursuant to the §169g of the Aliens Code No. 326/1999 Coll.
   * This requirement does not apply for citizens of Papua-New Guinea, Kiribati and Tuvalu.
2. a document confirming availability of accommodation,
3. 2 photographs showing the current appearance of the foreign national,
4. a contract of employment, an agreement on work activity (or at least an agreement for a future contract where the parties agree to enter into a contract of employment or an agreement on work activity by an agreed deadline). The aforementioned documents must contain a stipulation which provides that regardless of the scope of work, the agreed monthly salary will not be lower than the basic monthly minimum wage and that weekly working hours will be at least 15 hours,
5. documents proving the professional qualifications for performance of the desired job, if this condition follows from the nature of the employment or an international agreement sets such a condition, particularly
   • a document proving the required education (such as a diploma); in justified cases, particularly if reasonable doubt exists as to whether you have the required education or whether your education is appropriate for the nature of employment, you will be obliged, at the request of an administrative authority, to prove and submit a document certifying that your foreign education has been recognized by the relevant authority of the CR, For more informatio., refer to the website of Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.  
   • a document proving the required professional qualifications, if such qualifications are required according to other legal regulations (for example, a fork-lift truck operator licence or the appropriate driving license for a tram/bus driver, etc.),
   • a document proving that you meet the requirements for performing an occupation referred to as “regulated occupation”, if your application concerns this kind of occupation; if you do not already hold such a document, you must apply to the relevant recognition authority of the CR for recognition of your professional qualifications, after filing the application for an employee card. Issuance of the employee card is contingent on your submission of an affirmative decision of the recognition authority,
6. a document similar to an extract from the Penal Register from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia (and from your home country, if you are a foreigner in Malaysia and every other country you stayed for longer than 6 months in the last 3 years)
7. upon request, a medical report stating that the foreign national does not suffer from any serious disease.
8. Application fee: 5000 CZK (cashless payment) or its equivalent in MYR in cash. This fee is non-refundable. Please note that additional consular fees may apply.

Please, bring also the copies of your supporting documents.

Originals or else officially authenticated copies of all of the attached documents must be submitted. All submitted documents in a foreign language must be submitted in their original version and with an officially certified translation into the Czech language. The required attachments to the application must not be older than 180 days, except for the travel document and the photograph of the foreign national, provided that it corresponds to his or her current appearance.

IV. Before a long term visa is issued for the purpose of collecting an employee card (D/VR), you are required to present your medical travel insurance document and, upon request, proof of the payment of the insurance premium. The insurance must only be valid for the period from the date of entry into the territory of the CR until the time when public health insurance coverage will apply to him or her (usualy 40 days), pursuant to the Public Health Insurance Act – i.e., principally from the date on which the visa was issued, until commencement of employment (as stated in the submitted documents).

Required attachments to the application are different if the employee card operates in the non-dual mode. You can find more information in the section titled Special Cases / Non-Dual Mode Employee Card.

 Please, bring also the copies of your supporting documents.

 

Pursuant to the  Article 57, para 2 of the Aliens Code No. 326/1999 Coll., as amended, the Embassy has a right to conduct an interview with the applicant. Further, pursuant to the  Article 169j, para 6 of the Aliens Code No. 326/1999 Coll., as amended, the Embassy has a right to conduct a full interrogation with the applicant. The interview/interrogation is conducted in Czech or English, but its transcript is always in the Czech language only. Should the applicant's level of Czech or English is not sufficient, he/she needs to obtain an official interpreter on his/her account.