Appointment system for Employee Card applications
18.04.2024 / 16:27 | Aktualizováno: 07.08.2026 / 08:48
Applicants who plan to apply for an Employee Card in the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Shanghai, have to make an appointment using a booking system. The e-mail address of the booking system is shanghai.employment@mzv.gov.cz
On Monday 2 November 2026 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Czech time (from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Chinese time), registration will take place to receive applications for the Employee Cards.
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1. Send a registration e-mail to the following email address: shanghai.employment@mzv.gov.cz on the above-mentioned date at the above-mentioned time.* 2. Indicate your passport number in the email subject line. 3. In the body of the e-mail, include the following information: full name (as it appears on your travel document) and purpose of stay. 4. Attach the following documents to the e-mail (in .pdf format): a scan of the passport data page and scan of the proof of purpose of residence (i.e. employment contract) 5. Applicants who are not citizens of the countries belonging to the territorial jurisdiction of the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Shanghai must also attach proof that they have been permitted to reside in the country within the territorial jurisdiction of the Consulate for at least the two years preceding the application. If residence cannot be proven, the applicant must submit the application in their home country. 6. 1 applicant = 1 e-mail. Submit only one e-mail per applicant. Only one applicant can be submitted in each e-mail. 7. Your e-mail will be processed electronically by a system based on a randomized element. 8. The following e-mails will be disqualified from the registration process: i) e-mails that are not sent in the format specified in points 2 - 3, ii) e-mails that do not include the attachments referred to in point 4, iii) e-mails in which the applicant attempts to register multiple applicants in one submission iv) e-mails that are sent multiple times by one applicant, v) e-mails sent outside the specified registration period, vi) e-mails with attachments larger than 10 MB. 9. Wait for the confirmation. The Consulate will inform you within 7 days whether or not a submission date has been assigned. 10. If you do not receive confirmation of an assigned appointment within 7 days, it implies that your registration for an appointment was either unsuccessful or was not sent in accordance with the terms and conditions of the registration process. 11. The assigned date cannot be changed. If you fail to show up for your appointment, the assigned date becomes invalid. If you arrive late without prior apology, your appointment will also be cancelled - in such a case, the Consulate will proceed with other applicants who arrived on time. Number of applications accepted for a given period: 40 *The e-mail address provided is for Employee Card application appointment only. It is not intended for general communication or answering inquiries. **In order to ensure the functionality of the system, the mzv.gov.cz domain antispam may identify attempts to send bulk registrations via software tools as spam. As a result, such registrations will not be processed. |
Common mistakes/FAQ:
- Include only your passport number in the subject line.No other characters are permitted (e.g., Re.:, Fwd:, etc.).
- E-mail registration will take place on the above-mentioned date.
- E-mails received at shanghai.employment@mzv.gov.cz before or after the designated registration period will be disregarded and excluded from the registration process. The time of delivery of the email to the mailbox is determining.
- Due to the cybersecurity measures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, we recommend sending your e-mail during the first hours of the registration period, rather than at the end.
- Each applicant may send only one e-mail.
- If multiple e-mails are sent on behalf of the same applicant within the given deadline, the applicant will be automatically excluded from the registration, even if the e-mails are sent from different email addresses.
- E-mail applications must include copies of the following documents in PDF format only: a scanned copy of the data page of the applicant’s travel document; a scan of the employment contract
- Citizens of countries other than China may only participate in the registration if they have been residing in China for more than two (2) years on the basis of a long-term residence permit. A scan of this residence permit must be included in PDF format in the registration e-mail together with the other required attachments.
- Registration e-mails where the sender has activated a restriction preventing replies (such as disabling receipt of confirmation replies) will be excluded from the registration process.