Visa Types

Visa is an authorization which allows a foreigner to enter and temporarily stay on the territory of the Czech Republic / Schengen Area under conditions specified within.
Visa is issued into a passport (travel document) of a foreigner in a form of a visa sticker. Every applicant, incl. a child, is issued an individual visa sticker. If the child does not have an own passport and is inscribed in the parent´s passport, two visa stickers are issued into the passport of the parent.
Types of visas
SCHENGEN (SHORT-TERM) VISA
- issued for a stay in the Czech Republic / Schengen Area of up to 90 days
- issued as
AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA (type “A” visa)
• short-term visa (type “C” visa) for the purpose of
o TOURISM
o MEDICAL TREATMENT
o BUSINESS
o CULTURE
o SPORT
o VISIT (INVITATION)
o OFFICIAL (POLITICAL)
o STUDY, INTERNSHIP
o SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
o EMPLOYMENT
o SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT
o TRAINING
o OTHER
LONG-TERM VISA
- issued for a stay in the Czech Republic lasting more than 90 days and no longer than one year (type “D” visa)
- authorize the holder to travel and stay on a short-term non-profit basis in other Schengen Area States
- issued for the purpose of
• MEDICAL TREATMENT
• CULTURE
• SPORT
• VISIT (INVITATION)
• OFFICIAL (POLITICAL)
• FAMILY
• STUDY, INTERNSHIP, VOLUNTEERING
• WORKING HOLIDAY
• SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT
• TRAINING
• ENTREPRENEURSHIP
• OTHER
Long-term visas for the purpose of collecting a LONG-TERM RESIDENCE PERMIT
- issued for 60 days to allow its holder to collect a residence permit for a long-term stay in the Czech Republic (type “D” visa)
- long-term residence permit authorizes the holder to travel and stay on a short-term non-profit basis in other Schengen Area States
- issued for the purpose of
• EMPLOYMENT – Employee Card, Blue Card, Intra-Corporate Transferee Card
• INVESTMENT
• FAMILY UNIFICATION
• STUDY
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• STAY OF PERSONS WITH LONG-TERM RESIDENT STATUS IN ANOTHER EU STATE
Long-term visas for the purpose of collecting a PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT
- issued for 60 days to allow its holder to collect a residence permit for a long-term stay in the Czech Republic (type “D” visa)
- permanent residence permit authorizes the holder to travel and stay on a short-term non-profit basis in other Schengen Area States

Legal sources:
• Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)
• Act No 326/1999 Coll., on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic and Amending Certain Acts
Useful links:
Schengen Area Member States
Ministry of the Interior
Information of the European Commission about Schengen
Information of the EUR-Lex about Schengen
Information of the Ministry of the Interior about Schengen
Information of the Office for Personal Data Protection about Schengen
Brochure of the European Commission about Schengen
Brochure of the European Commission on Entering the EU
Schengen Visa Information
Information of Euroskop about Schengen (in Czech)


Information Source: https://www.mzv.cz/
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