Information for schools and students
- Obligations of schools
- Obligations of students
- Types and purposes of applications
- Where and how to file an application
- Electronic confirmation of accommodation
- ERASMUS and the Fulbright scholarship programme
- Processing an application and issuing a decision
- Leaving for the CZ
- Communicating with the MOI (complaints, queries and attendance lists)
- Information leaflets for university students considering changes made by amendment to the Act. No 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals with effect from July 31st, 2019
- Information about the possibilities of university studies in the Czech Republic
- Important practical information
Where and how to file an application
Where to file an application:
pplications for visas and residence permits for the purpose of studies may be filed at a Czech Embassy in the state of which the applicant is a citizen, or, if needs be, in the state that issued the travel document that the foreign national holds, or in the state in which the foreign national has a long-term or permanent residence permit (§ 169g of the ARFN).
Exceptions to the obligation to file for a long-term visa or long-term residence permit at the relevant local embassy are laid down by Decree No. 429/2010 Coll. A list of these counties can be found at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs web pages.
An application for a long-term residence permit following up on a long-term visa for the same purpose, or an application to extend the current long-term residence permit is filed at the MOI offices according to the applicant’s place of residence.
How to file an application
According to § 178 of the ARFN a foreign national older than 15 years of age who is able to express his/her own will and is capable of acting independently is considered as legally competent.
The embassy charges CZK[1] 500 for accepting an application for a residence permit for the purpose of studies. The foreign national then pays CZK 1,000 for the residence card in the Czech Republic. Acceptance of an application for a long-term visa for the purpose of studies is exempt from a consular fee. For accepting an application for a long-term visa for the purpose of “other” the embassy charges CZK[2] 2,500.
A foreign national is obliged to file an application for a long-term visa or long-term residence in person. In justified cases the embassy can waive this obligation (§ 169d par 3 of the ARFN).
[1] Act No. 634/2004 Coll., on Administrative Fees –administrative fees – item 162/a
[2] Act No. 634/2004 Coll., on Administrative Fees –administrative fees – item 144A