The Schengen Visa application is submitted on an official form “Application for Schengen Visa Form". This form is provided by diplomatic missions or may be printed from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

The Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago will only file the application with form from the website of above mention website and other forms will not be accepted.

You can either fill out the form electronically and print it subsequently or print the form first and fill it out by hand in legible large case Latin letters. Forms can be printed in black and white. Forms are also available free-of-charge at consulates. Each applicant fills out his/her own form. Parents submit and sign application forms for their children younger than 15. (Article 11.1 and 2 of the visa code)

Application for a Schengen visa is admissible - i.e. can be accepted and processed - if a fully and legibly filled-out and signed application form is submitted. (Article 19. 1, Article 10.3a) and Article 11 of the visa code)