General information

• The competent authority to assess an application for long-term residence is the Immigration Police Inspectorate (IPI) having jurisdiction over the place of residence stated by you.
• You may submit an application for long-term residence if you have been staying in the territory under a visa for a stay over 90 days and intend to reside temporarily in the territory for more than 1 year based on the same purpose of stay.
  

Where to submit the application

• The application for long-term residence permit under this paragraph is filed atthe Office of the Immigration Police Inspectorate in accordance with the jurisdiction where you permanently reside on the territory of the Czech Republic.
  
• If you intend to reside temporarily in the territory for more than 3 months for the purposes of study, an application for long-term residence for study purposes may be filed at the Consular Office (of the Embassy or Consulates General of the Czech Republic in accordance with the jurisdiction where you permanently reside in the US, pursuant to Section 64 of Act No. 326/1999 Coll., except for studies at a primary or secondary school or conservatoire which are not organized as a part of an exchange programme, or for vocational practical training provided for a fee.
  
• An application for long-term residence for the purpose of scientific research is filed at the Consular Office (of the Embassy or Consulates General of the Czech Republic in accordance with the jurisdiction where you permanently reside in the US if you have concluded a hosting agreement with a research organization and intend to reside temporarily in the territory for more than 3 months (the “researcher”).
  
• Furthermore, an application for long-term residence may be filed by the spouse, a minor or adult dependent child of the spouse or by a child of an alien who applies for issue of a long-term residence permit or is already staying in the territory for the purpose of scientific research (the “researcher's family member”).
  
• An application for long-term residence for the purpose of family reunification is filed at the Consular Office (of the Embassy or Consulates General of the Czech Republic in accordance with the jurisdiction where you permanently reside in the US.
  
• Aliens who stay in the territory on the basis of a visa for stay over 90 days or of a long-term residence permit issued for another purpose may file an application for long-term residence permit for the purpose of family reunification with the police in the territory of the Czech Republic.
  
• An application for long-term residence permit for the purpose of family reunification shall be filed by the alien in case of reunification with a family member who holds a long-term residence permit or a residence permit and has been residing at least 15 months in the territory of the Czech Republic. In case of reunification of spouses, each spouse must attain at least 20 years of age. If such criteria are not met, the alien may only apply for the issue of a visa for a stay over 90 days for the purpose of family reunification.
  

Processing time

A decision on the permission of long-term residence in the territory of the Czech Republic shall be issued:

• within 120 days after the submission date of the application for issue of a long-term residence permit to a resident of another Member State of the European Union and his family member;
• within 270 days after the submission date of the application for issue of a long-term residence permit for the purpose of family reunification;
• within 60 days after the submission date of the application for issue of a long-term residence permit for the purpose of study, scientific research or for the purpose of issue of a long-term residence permit to a researcher's family member.
  

Detail information you can find here.