MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR
OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC
Here you can find information about when to go to MOI office, how to get there, how to arrange your passport, visa, long term stay documents etc.
About MOI Office
Address: U Výstaviště 18, Přerov
Tel: +420 974 760 399 (for making appointments)
Hours: Mon, Wed: 8 am – 5 pm (12:00–12:30 lunch break)
Tue, Thu: 8 am – noon, Fri: 8 am – 11 am (only by appointment)
Official webside (in ENG) here
Tereza Lomaka will be happy to help you make an appointment.
When to contact the Ministry of the Interior?
When you wish to:
- apply for an extension of the permitted period of stay on a long-term visa
- apply for a long-term residence permit or its extension
- apply for a permanent residence permit
- apply for a certificate of temporary residence (EU citizens)
- apply for a temporary residence permit for a family member of an EU citizen or an extension of a residence card
report a change in your place of residence in the Czech Republic or other changes related to your residence - apply for a confirmation of residence
Application forms
If the request for a residence permit or extending is not made on correct application form, it is considered as unacceptable and the proceeding will not be initiated. At the same time, if the notification is not made on an official application form (notification of employee card about change of employer, notification of change of work position or next position by same or another employer) it is considered as not submitted.
At this link you can find a list of all application forms you will need for certain requests.
Administrative fees
All fees are paid to the MOI CR using stamps (kolek) at a specific value that can be purchased at any post office. Cash payments are only possible when obtaining a counterpart, duplicate, copy, photocopy or an extract from a file on a foreign national. In other cases, due to anti-corruption measures, it is not possible to pay in cash or by banking card at an MOI office.
If at the same time required to perform multiple actions in a single negotiation, which are subject to different administrative fees (under to different tariff headings) eg. the extension of validity of a permanent residence permit and a change of place of residence, the fee is then charged per each action (2 500,- CZK + 1 000,- CZK), already at receiving application for such a change.
The MOI CR carries out a number of tasks on the spot, the assumption being that at the given moment all of the necessary requirements are available and the office’s technical and staff capacity allows this.
At this link you can find the list of administrative fees:
Long-term residence application
You are entitled to file an application for a long-term residence permit inside the Czech Republic at the MOI offices, if you have been residing in the Czech Republic on a visa for a stay of over 90 days and you intend to temporarily live in the Czech Republic for more than 1 year including the previous visa and if, at the same time, the purpose of your stay remains unchanged (exceptions are made e.g. for a blue card, employee card, family members or scientists). For more information in English click here.
You are obliged to file the application for a long-term residence permit and application of “change of purse” for long term residence permit in person.
Residence permit extension
An application of permit or of extension validity of long term residence in the Czech Republic you are generally obligated to submit soon enough 120 days before end of validity of existing permit to long term residence or long term visa and at the latest day of validity of visa or residence permit.
If the last day of validity of long term visa or long term residence permit is public holiday (Saturday, Sunday, holiday), the last day you are able to submit an application is nearest following working day. In case when the deadline is on working day, which is not official day (Friday), it is possible to deliver an application of extension validity of long term residence permit by Post Office at the last day of this term. It does not apply for applications, which you have to submit personally (an application of edition of long term residence permit, an application of “change of purpose” for long term residence permit), this application has to be delivered to the Ministry of Interior at the last day of term. In case that such an application is personally confirmed to 5 days, it can be delivered to the Ministry of Interior at the last day of term by email, fax, to online data storage of the Ministry of Interior. Fact that the last day of term is unofficial day, cannot be considered for reason independent of the will, which obstrucs to the foreigner to submit an application. For this reason we ask you to submit an applications with time-ahead.
Ending and revoking a residence permit and leaving the CR
The Ministry of the Interior of the CR may revoke the validity of a visa for more than 90 days in the case of foreigners committing appropriate matters.
Termination of research work on the territory of the CR must be reported by the research organization (UPOL) immediately. The residence permit card must be returned, BUT it will suffice if it is returned after leaving the CR. This means that it is possible to travel to this valid card from the Czech Republic and return it by post from abroad.
As soon as the authority decides on granting the application, it will send a letter to the foreigner to the address in the CR, stating when he must leave the Czech Republic. However, this procedure varies in length and it is not possible to say exactly how long the foreigner will wait for a letter with further instructions.
Reporting changes
On the website here you will find the certain FORM FOR REPORTING CHANGES and important DOCUMENTS you have to provide.
Non-EU citizens are required to announce any other changes of data contained in their residence card within 3 working days of the change occurring.
Changes are reported to the MOI office in the place of residence by completing the form for “Reporting Changes”.
When announcing these changes, the foreign national provides:
When announcing these changes, the foreign national provides:
- A document confirming the change,
- A travel document/passport (containing the visa or residence sticker),
- The Czech residence card, if it has been issued as a separate document.
! IMPORTANT!
Please be aware, you have to report these changes not only in MOI Přerov, but also in HR OFFICE UP (contact Mgr. Pavla Černá), SINOPHONE OFFICE (contact Tereza Lomaka) and in your BANK (in case you have czech account)
Family members
If you have a long-term residence permit in the territory of the Czech Republic and your family members (spouse, partner, children) decide to visit or join you, the rules for their residence will be different from yours, and will depend on their and your nationality.
It varies if you are both EU/EEA citizens, you are both non-EU/EEA citizens or only one of you is an EU/EEA citizen. For detailed information please click here.
Applying for a new residence card
! In case of loss or theft !
Application for a new residence card to replace a card that was lost, destroyed, stolen or damaged or to replace a card with a dysfunctional biometric data carrier.
When applying for a new residence card, the foreign national provides:
- an original of a valid travel document / passport,
- the damaged permit or the biometric data carrier that is not working,
- in case of theft, a police statement on announcing the theft of a residence card
Lodging of the application for an issue of a new residence card is charged with the administrative fee that is equal to CZK 4 000. This administrative fee has to be paid in a form of revenue stamps (kolek) – you can buy it at branches of the Czech Post. (In the event of lodging the application for an issue of a new residence card to replace a card with a dysfunctional biometric data carrier, a foreign national is obliged to pay this administrative fee only if the data carrier became dysfunctional due to circumstances that a foreign national demonstrably knew would damage or break of this carrier.)
