A LONG-TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT FOR STUDYING PURPOSES that must be obtained and further extended (its validity is max. for up to 2 years - dependent on the length of some of the documents below).
Concerns residence of students from outside the EU and EFTA in the Czech Republic.
Basic details for the first application for the residence permit and also for every such situation when the residence permit is not extended on time and therefore expired (must be done through the relevant Czech Embassy/Consulate in your country).
- How to apply
- Time limits for submitting the application for the long-term residence permit and its prolongation has been changed!
- The time limit for submitting the application is prolonged. Application for a long-term residence permit or its prolongation can be lodged already 120 days before the end of the validity of the current long-term visa or long-term residence permit. The application, however, must be lodged on the last day of the validity at the latest. Only the application for prolongation of the employee card must be lodged 30 days before the end of the validity of the current employee card. For more information, please go to the Ministry web page. You can find useful information in the presentation for foreign students - Immigration portal on the Ministry web page.
- Apply for the residence permit at the Hradec Králové local Foreign Police office:
Ministerstvo vnitra ČR, Odbor azylové a migrační politiky
Regionální oddělení pobytu cizinců
Hradec Králové, Ulrichovo náměstí 810 (Map)
Directions: take the bus No. 2 or 6, get off at the bus stop "Ulrichovo náměstí" (2nd stop from the bus stop "Magistrát města").
Working hours
- Monday, Wednesday: 08.00 a.m. - 05.00 p.m.
- Tuesday, Thursday: 08.00 a.m. - 11.30 a.m
- How to arrange the appointment: In case you do not want to queue, you may arrange a meeting for the specific date and time (which will be given to you). You have to go to the Foreign Police - office no. 26 (on the same side as the elevator is), knock on the door, get in and give the official piece of paper with the sentence "Prosím o objednání termínu na prodloužení dlouhodobého pobytu" (click on it, and you can print it if you want). He or she will show you the calendar and arrange the date with you.
- Collect the extended residence permit from the same foreign police office.
Necessary documents
- Application form (below)
- Study confirmation - provided by the Students office; please bring your passport as your visa sticker has to be checked as well. Please note that the length of your residence permit extension is dependent on the confirmed period of your study.
- Accommodation confirmation - "Potvrzení o ubytování" either from the student hostel, the form is available at the student’s office, or from the owner, if living privately, you can use the form below.
- Your landlord's official signature is needed on the accommodation confirmation. At the bottom of the confirmation is "Vlastnorucni podpis poskytovatele ubytovani". Your landlord MUST sign it by verified signature at any CZECH POINT place (post office) or at any Public notary's office. These services usually cost around 30, - CZK.
- It is necessary to have your accommodation confirmation verified at CZECH POINT or the notary's office. Only Rent contracts can be signed by ordinary signature.
- Bank Statement - in case you have a bank account in the Czech bank, you do not need to present your credit card. Should you have an account in some foreign bank, you would need to present your Bank Statement and your Credit Card.
- It is necessary to have on your bank account 125.000,- CZK (one-year extension); if you apply for two years extension, the amount is not doubled (there is a specific calculation - it is around 250.000,- CZK - for the exact amount please ask).
- Health Insurance Certificate to cover at least the period of your residence permit extension and the proof of payment.
- Please note that the length of your visa extension is dependent on the period you are insured for. Your Health Insurance Certificate has to be contractual long-term health insurance from the Czech Republic.
- Passport (travel document) - it's validity must exceed the period of your residence permit extension by at least 3 months. (Please note that the length of your residence permit extension depends on your passport validity.)
- Photographs (2) - must be up to date bearing your current appearance, therefore, should your photo be old, ..., you have to provide a new one (according to Czech regulations) to the application.
- Application fee + Biometric data card is paid by "kolek" (a kind of fee stamp) in value of 2.500,- CZK (available from any post office)
- A biometric data card is used as your identification document!!!
- You do not need to carry your passport any longer; you will prove your identity with the Biometric data card.
- Extract from the Penal Register record is no longer needed from applicants.
While handing the visa documents to the person in charge, please, ask for your reference number ("cislo jednaci") and a written confirmation of submission of each document. Ideally, take a copy of each document you are handing over to the Immigration office and ask for the date stamp and signature of the respective Immigration office/clerk. This may help you with further communication.
Please note:
- In case of the accommodation change, you have to inform the foreign police about it within 3 days by using the same form from point 3 (accommodation acknowledgment). This change is for free.
- For some changes (address, name or surname, loss or damage of the Biometric card, etc.) you would need to pay some extra charges. Change of the passport number and marital status is for free.
More info
Please see Important topics and Frequently asked questions about Master's Studies.