You should submit the application on a completed form along with all the necessary requirements given individually for selected purposes of stay. You must submit originals of the documents. All of the documents submitted must be in Czech language or officially translated into Czech. Furthermore, Hong Kong or Macau public documents must be apostilled, while public documents from Mainland China must have a higher verification (superlegalisation) by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Beijing or the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Shanghai.

Along with the application for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research, you are obliged to submit:

• a) a hosting agreement,
• b) travel document,
• c) a photograph; not required if a pictorial record has been taken of you,
• d) a written commitment by the research organisation that it will cover the costs relating to your residence in the Czech Republic after the residence permit expires, including the costs of your departure from the Czech Republic if such costs have been incurred within six months from the date the hosting agreement ends and have been paid from public funds; and
• e) upon request a document similar to an extract from the Penal Register record. Certificate of No Criminal Conviction from Hong Kong Police (Request letter from the Consulate is needed in order to apply for the Certificate at Hong Kong Police - for the details please see here) and any other country where you have stayed during past 3 years for more than 6 months (duly apostilled or superlegalized and with verified translation into Czech or English language) and your home country if it is not Hong Kong.

The requirements for the application shall not be older than 180 days except for the travel document and the photograph of the foreign national if it corresponds to his/her actual appearance.
 

In the event of a positive processing of an application filed at the Consulate, you are obliged to submit proof of  travel medical insurance valid from the date of entry until the date from which on you will be covered by public health insurance and, at the same time, submit a document confirming the payment for the insurance.

 

During the validity of your long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research, as a holder of this permit you are covered by public health insurance, such as holders of a permanent residence permit.

 
The time-limit for issuing a decision on an application for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research is 60 days.