Consular Territorial Competence – where to submit application
Long-term visa or a long-term or permanent residence permit applicants file their applications at the diplomatic mission of the Czech Republic in the state, where they reside on a long-term basis – i.e. in the state of which they are either citizens or holders of a passport or a long-term residence permit.
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Exception from this consular territorial competence rule applies only to citizens of states listed in the Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior No 429/2010 Coll., which contains the list of States, whose citizens can apply for a long-term visa or long-term/permanent residence permit also at a diplomatic mission of the Czech Republic not located in the State of which the applicant is a citizen, which issued the applicant´s passport or in which the applicant resides on a long-term/permanent basis.
Exception form the consular territorial competence rule applies to citizens, passport holders or long-term/permanent residents of these states/special administrative regions:
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· Albania · Andorra · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Australia · Bahamas · Barbados · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Brazil · Brunei · Canada · Chile · Costa Rica · Croatia · Guatemala · Honduras · Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region · Israel · Japan · Macao, Special Administrative Region · Macedonia · Malaysia · Mauritius |
· Mexico · Monaco · Montenegro · New Zealand · Nicaragua · Panama · Paraguay · Republic of Korea · Saint Kitts and Nevis · Salvador · San Marino · Serbia · Seychelles · Singapore · USA · Vatican · Venezuela · Taiwan · Uruguay |
Legal sources:
- Act No 326/1999 Coll., on the Residence of Foreign Nationals in the Czech Republic and Amending Certain Acts
- Ordinance of the Ministry of the Interior No 429/2010 Coll., which contains the list of States, whose citizens can apply for a long-term visa or long-term/permanent residence permit also at a diplomatic mission of the Czech Republic located not in the State of which the applicant is a citizen, which issued the applicant´s passport or in which the applicant resides legally on a long-term/permanent basis
