scientific research
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You are entitled to file an application for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research, if you have signed a hosting agreement with a Czech research organisation and intend to temporarily stay in the Czech Republic for more than 3 months.
Processing time
Application for the long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research shall be processed within 60 days in case the applicant provides all the requested documents.
Accompanying spouse/child(ren)
If your spouse and/or child(ren) will be staying in the Czech Republic with you, they may submit application for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of family reunification. In such a case, please, contact our Consulate by email to get a list of required documents.
Required documents
IMPORTANT
(!) all documents must be presented in Czech language
(!) all documents must be presented in the original or as a notarized copy AND one (simple) copy of each document (i.e. two complete sets of documents must be provided)
(!) all documents (except travel document) may not be older than 180 days
PLEASE, SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS IN ORDER FROM no. 1 TO no. 17 EXACTLY AS FOLLOWS:
- this printed list with all the items to be submitted checked/marked
- application form "Long-term / permanent residence permit", available for download at https://www.mzv.cz/visaform
- form must be filled in completely with a blue ball point pen or on a typewriter
- do not forget that all the dates are always in the European format DD/MM/YYYY
- do not forget to sign at the bottom of page 4
- one copy of the filled application form
- two (2) passport size photographs
- photos must be identical, recent, in color, size 3,5 x 4,5 cm or 2 x 2 inch, entire face must be clearly visible, with white background and in a good print quality on high quality photo paper, made at professional photo studio; do not print photos yourself or the application will be returned to you as unacceptable (!)
- photos must be submitted enclosed loosely inside the passport
- passport
- original (!)
- validity must exceed intended stay by at least 3 months
- must be issued within the previous 10 years
- must contain at least two blank pages
- two copies of the data page of the passport
- document confirming the purpose of stay
- original or notarized copy of a hosting agreement with the Czech research organisation signed in accordance with § 30c of Act No. 341/2005 Coll., on Public Research Institutions; researchers must also affix their own signature
- this document must be in Czech language
- one copy of the document confirming the purpose of stay
- documents confirming financial resources
- a written commitment (in Czech) from the hosting Czech research organisation that it would cover all the costs related to your residence in the Czech Republic, even after the residence permit expires, including the costs of your departure from the Czech Republic if such costs have been incurred within six months from the date the hosting agreement ends and have been paid from public funds
- one copy of all the documents confirming financial resources
- affidavit / criminal history record
- affidavit (affidavit (PDF, 221 KB)) confirming that you have never been indicted and sentenced for a felony of any kind in the USA (affidavit replaces an U.S. criminal history record issued by FBI only in case of U.S. citizens)
- if the application is submitted by mail, the signature must be notarized; if the application is submitted in person, affidavit can be signed in front of the Consular Officer
- if the applicant lived in any other country besides the USA for 6 months or longer in the previous three years, an Excerpt from Criminal History Record issued by that country must be submitted with the required legalization/apostille and verified translation into Czech language
- non U.S. citizens must submit an Excerpt from Criminal History Record issued by their country of origin with the required legalization/apostille and verified translation into Czech language AND also the U.S. criminal history record issued by FBI with apostille and verified translation into Czech language
- one copy of the affidavit / criminal history record
- travel medical insurance
- insurance must be valid for the period from the date of entry into the territory of the Czech Republic until the time when public health insurance coverage will apply to the applicant, pursuant to the Public Health Insurance Act; it is recommended to have the insurance coverage for 40 days after entering the Czech Republic
- insurance benefit limit for one insurance event must be at least EUR 60,000 without participation of the person insured = zero deductibles/copay
- insurance must cover all the costs associated with necessary and urgent health care, including costs associated with transportation, including transportation of mortal remains in the event of death, and insurance must not exclude providing insurance payment in the case of accident caused by a wilful act, negligence or contributory negligence of the insured, even as a result of drinking alcohol, taking narcotics or psychotropic drugs by the insured
- submit the Czech verbiage of the insurance policy/policies; in case the insurance company is not a Czech insurance company, a complete verified translation into Czech language of all the insurance policy, general terms and conditions must be submitted
- upon request, proof of payment of insurance premium must be submitted
- insurance certificate including all the necessary (above mentioned) information must be issued by the insurance company, NOT by the employer, school etc.
NOTE: travel medical insurance is the only required document that may be submitted only after the Consulate receives instruction from the Ministry of Interior to issue the visa and not at the time of visa application submission
- visa application fee
- For the period until December 10, 2024 and after January 1, 2025, citizens of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan are exempted from the obligation to apply for a long-term residence permit in person. They are allowed to send us their application form and all required documents by mail under the conditions set out below for each type of application. We will return a visa application that shows submission defects or, in the case of minor defects, we will ask the applicant to remove the defects before we accept the application. If the application is submitted without defects, we will send the applicant a link to the payment gateway to the email address provided in the application, where he/she/they can pay the visa fee by credit card. Our office will verify that the visa fee has been paid and enter the application into the visa system. At that point, the application will be deemed accepted. In 2024, this exemption applies to applications delivered to our office by mail by December 10, 2024.
- Citizens of countries not listed above or those applicants who wish to submit their application either between December 11, 2024 and December 31, 2024 or in person pay the visa fee by card when submitting the application in person. We accept Visa and MasterCard.
- for information about current visa fees, please, visit the corresponding article (under item 162 a - long-term residence permit application) - trackable prepaid self-addressed USPS Priority Mail Express envelope or prepaid self-addressed UPS envelope
- only in case the applicant needs the passport to be mailed back and cannot pick up the passport personally at the Consulate
- for future tracking, the applicants are encouraged to make a record of the tracking number
- please, fill in your own address or the address of the Consulate as "sender/from" on the self-addressed envelope
- the Consulate is not responsible for any loss in which case the applicant must deal directly with the mailing company
- we cannot accept FedEx or any other mailing company not stated above
- copy of the envelope if provided under no. 15