Additional documentation must be provided to the Consulate if a long-term visa or a long-term residence permit is requested for a minor (0-17 years of age at the time of submitting the application).

1. A written consent from all minors' legal guardians (typically both parents) must be provided so that a visa can be issued to a minor. A bilingual template (PDF, 102 KB) can be used for this purpose. If the consent is not signed at the Consulate, the signatures on the consent must be notarized by a US notary public. Submit the original consent with the notarized signatures, as well as one plain photocopy of the completed and notarized document.
    
2. For everyone who signed the consent, submit two plain photocopies of their valid ID (passport datapage or driving licence).
    
3. On behalf of children under the age of 15, applications can be filed by one of their legal guardians, typically a parent. Such visa application form must be signed by one of minor's legal guardians, i.e. not by the minor applicant. Guardian's signature on the application form does not need to be notarized.
4. Minor's birth certificate must be provided, together with an apostille(*). For birth certificates issued in the USA, the apostille is issued by the Secretary of State (Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth) in the state where the birth took place. Submit the original of the birth certificate and of the apostille(*), plus two plain photocopies thereof.
   The original of the apostilled birth certificate will be returned to the applicant.
5. Applicants for long-term residence under the age of 18 must be insured only for the first 40 days of their stay. This does not apply to minor long-term visa applicants, who are subject to the same conditions as adult applicants.
6. ONLY for applications for long-term visa for the purpose of "family" OR for applications for long-term residence permit for the purpose of "family reunification":
   Submit a certified Czech translation of the birth certificate and of the apostille(*).

(*) If the country which issued the birth certificate is not a party to the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, a superlegalization is required instead of an apostille.