Migration
Migration Policy of the Czech Republic, Legal and Illegal Migration in the Czech Republic and in the European Union, Visa and Readmission Policy, Analytical Centre for Protection of State Borders and Migration
- Migration Policy of the Czech Republic
- Support of Legal Migration at the European Level
- Approach of the Czech Republic to Legal Migration
- Green Cards
- EU Blue Card
- Approach to Illegal Migration in the Czech Republic and the European Union
- Programme for Support in Combating Illegal Migration
- Visa Policy
- Readmission Policy
- Programme for Voluntary Returns
- Analytical Centre for Protection of State Borders and Migration
- Reports
EU Blue Card
An EU Blue Card is a new residential status designed for a long-term stay involving performance of a highly skilled job (Section 42i of the Act No 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Territory of the Czech Republic and on changes to some Acts, as amended – hereinafter referred to as the “Act on the Residence of Foreign Nationals”). An EU Blue Card entitles a foreign national to stay and perform a job, i.e. the foreign national does not need a separate work permit.
A foreign national is entitled to submit an application for issue of an EU Blue Card, if he/she intends to stay in the territory for a period longer than 3 months and if he/she is employed at a job position requiring a high level of skills, which, according to the Czech Employment Act, can be filled with a foreign national who is not a citizen of the European Union.
Duly completed university education or higher vocational education, the duration of which was at least 3 years, is deemed to be a high level of skills.
An application for an EU Blue Card is to be filed by a foreign national at an embassy as well as, in selected cases, at a MoI office in the territory of the Czech Republic. The Ministry of the Interior makes a decision on an application for an EU Blue Card within a period of 90 days.
More information about an EU Blue Card see here.
Department of Asylum and Migration Policy, 24th May 2011