In summary, citizens of Canada are not required to obtain any kind of employment permit according to the Czech law to be employed in the CR, but only a resident permit.

If a Canadian citizen applies (after July 1, 2024)

1) for a Schengen visa, i.e. a short-term visa of up to 90 days for the purpose of employment, he/she no longer submits an employment permit issued by the Labor Office of the Czech Republic;

2) for an employee card, he/she does not submit the vacancy number, the application for a so-called non-dual employee card will be submitted;

3) for a blue card,  he/she submits, among other supporting documents, the number of the vacant position in the central register of vacant positions;

4) Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card - the current practice does not change.

Free access to the Czech labor market is as of July 1 also guaranteed to citizens of Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, United Kingdom,  the United States of America, Singapore and Israel. 

 

Information leaflet (PDF, 2 MB)