The ministry of the interior has (legally) between 2-4 months to issue a response, depending on which visa you are applying for. This process takes place in a windowless building on the other side of the country. There is no method to monitor the process. The shortest we have seen is 20 days and the average is 8-12 weeks.

It is uncommon, but it does happen where people get denied for a variety of reasons. An appeal can be filed however, an appeal is NOT a correction of something they found wrong. An appeal is a statement saying the government made a mistake and the corrective measure would be to revisit the application.

This has been a notorious application killer. The ministry will ask if you have working plans which can help you if the company will relay the information that you “will be working for term based on the conditions of the Trade License upon the approval of your Visa.” However, should you terminate your work with them, they will gleefully tell the ministry you are not working there which would be a violation of your application. During the application process, it may be best to stick with the job you applied with. There will always be other jobs to be found in Prague.

Yes you do, if you are an American you are required to pay social/ health insurance (no health insurance for non-americans as they have to buy theirs upfront) on a monthly basis via bank transfer. You cannot reapply for a new visa if you owe any money to the state. You must also file Cz taxes at the end of the year if you have been legally working in Cz. Non Americans will have to have prepaid insurance for the full duration of the visa before they acquire their visa.

A trade license is a document giving you permission to work as an independent contractor. This means you will perform a task for a company, issue an invoice, and then be compensated. You are not entitled to benefits due to the contractor style of your Visa. It is preferred that you work for multiple companies on a part time basis as your visa can be denied if you state that you are “Employed” by one company as you have the wrong visa.

Well the process is slightly different, but just as a rule of thumb, you cannot owe any money to the state, you need to have filed your taxes before the end of March, you need to show via invoices/ bank statements that you have been earning an acceptable amount. Please check with your agent to determine the amount.

This requires a completely different visa. This requires an employment card Visa which is a different process. More or less the same idea, however, you will need to submit a translated and notarized copy of your college diploma with an apostille so make sure that you can acquire that before starting the process.

This was a very common practice a few years ago and it seems the ministry has wised up to it. We would prefer that the application is as legitimate as possible.

This is a bit of a tricky one, you are paying us to submit and assist your application assembly so that it is accurate and legal as well as managing all of your office visits and seeing that you don’t have to worry about the small items/ translation issues that can gum-up the works. We cannot in any way guarantee a visa will be granted and any visa agency that does is not being forthright with you. The Ministry of the Interior does not give a clear path to acceptance and is constantly changing their standards and rules. They state “A visa is a privilege and not a right” and do have the ability to deny an applicant for any purpose.

A trade license offers 60+ various methods for you to invoice people under. You may use your trade license for a myriad of things. However, if you are going to apply for a Trade License Visa based on a specific trade, the government is going to want a very thorough business plan and how this will benefit you and Cz if executed within the country.

It is flattering that you would assume this, however, we are not lawyers and should you find yourself in a legal predicament, please contact us asking for a lawyer referral or find one operating in the city.