An advance appointment for an Employee Card has to be made via email. For more information kindly refer to our article APPOINTMENT REGISTRATION PROCEDURE.

With effect from 1.3.2025, Taiwanese passport holders have free access to the Czech labor market. Please refer to the respective article for more information.

Important!!! All residents who want to submit their long term visa/stay at the Czech Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei must prove that they have been staying in Taiwan legitimately and continuously for at least 2 years. In case they are not able to prove it, the application will not be accepted.

Lodging an application for an Employee card

Application requirements:

1. a valid travel document
2. Employee card application (PDF, 551 KB) - duly filled and signed
3. a document confirming availability of accommodation,
4. 2 photographs showing the current appearance of the foreign national,
5. 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,
6. 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 recognised by the relevant authority of the CR,

                              - 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,

        7. an extract from the Penal Register (or another similar document) issued by the state whose national you are, as well as by states where you stayed for more than 6 months in total in the last 3 years. This shall not apply to an alien younger than 15 years of age; a foreign document must be appropriately certified unless stipulated otherwise by an international treaty that is binding for the Czech Republic, and accompanied by an official translation into Czech;

Important Notice for Visa Applicants:
The legalization certificate (apostille or superlegalization) must remain physically attached to the document to which it was issued.
Detaching the certificate (e.g., tearing it off) is strictly prohibited and may result in the document being rejected during the visa application process

         8. upon request, a medical report stating that the foreign national does not suffer from any serious disease.

Originals or else officially authenticated copies of all of the above stated supporting documents must be submitted. All documents in a foreign language must be submitted with an officially certified translation into the Czech language. The documents cannot be older than 180 days, except for the travel document.

If the employee card granted, the foreign national is required to present a medical travel insurance covering urgent and necessary care (comprehensive insurance is also acceptable) with amount of coverage at least 400 000 EUR for at least 40 days period. The insurance certificate is presented to the respective Office, which may also request a proof of the payment of the insurance. Fore more details on medical insurance consult the respective article.

Processing time

Applications for employee card are generally decided within 60 days, in more complex cases within 90 days.

You can find further information on the website of the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic or at the attached leaflet.