Submitting application and interview

Application for long-term business visa must be submitted IN PERSON after a previously scheduled appointment (please, schedule your appointment only by email to losangeles@embassy.mzv.cz).

While submitting the application, an interview with the applicant will be conducted and the written record of the interview will be part of the application. The record will be written in Czech (!) language and must be signed by the applicant and by the Consular Officer. In case you do not speak Czech you may bring an interpreter with you.

Processing time

The long-term visa for the purpose of business shall be processed within 90-120 days from the date the Consulate receives the complete (!) application.

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Required documents

IMPORTANT

(!) incomplete applications will not be accepted and will be returned to the applicant
(!) all documents (except the proof of sufficient financial means) must be presented in Czech language
(!) all documents must be presented in the original or as a notarized copy AND one (simple) copy of each document (i.e. two complete sets of documents must be provided)
(!) all documents (except travel document) may not be older than 180 days

PLEASE, SUBMIT THE DOCUMENTS IN ORDER FROM no. 1 TO no. 20 EXACTLY AS FOLLOWS:

1. visa application form (form_long-term visa (PDF, 555 KB))
   - form must be filled in completely with a blue ball point pen or on a typewriter
   - one photo must be glued into the correspondent space in the upper right corner of the first page
   - do not forget to sign at the bottom of the last page (application of a child of up to 15 years of age must be signed by the legal gardian of the child)
   - do not forget to include your mobile phone number and e-mail address
   - do not forget that all the dates are always in the European format DD/MM/YYYY
   - for item 3 do not forget to include your first and also your middle name exactly as is in your passport
    
2. one copy of the filled visa application
    
3. two passport size photographs
   - photos must be identical, recent, in color, size 3,5 x 4,5 cm or 2 x 2 inch, entire face must be clearly visible, with white background and in a good print quality on high quality photo paper, made at professional photo studio; do not print photos yourself or the application will be returned to you as unacceptable (!)
   - one photo must be glued on the visa form and the other one (with your surname on back) must be submitted enclosed loosely inside the passport
    
4. passport
   - original (!)
   - validity must exceed intended stay by at least 3 months
   - must be issued within the previous 10 years
   - must contain at least two blank pages
    
5. two copies of the data page of the passport
    
6. document confirming the purpose of stay
   - document confirming entry into the pertinent register, list or record:
   1) applicant who will do business on basis of the Trade Licensing Act (Zivnostensky zakon) as a self employed person will submit a statement/extract from the Czech Trade Register (Vypis z zivnostenskeho rejstriku) or a statement/extract from the Commercial Register (Vypis z obchodniho rejstriku)
   2) in case of an applicant who is a statutory body or member of a statutory body of a company or cooperative AND who does not perform tasks ensuing from the given legal entity's subject of business for this legal entity (i.e. a work permit for this purpose has not been issued), the document confirming the purpose of stay will be an extract from the Commercial Register (Vypis z obchodniho rejstriku) from which the applicant's status as a statutory body or member of a statutory body of a company or cooperative is clear
    
7. one copy of the document confirming the purpose of stay
    
8. proof of accommodation
   - written confirmation of the owner of the apartment/house with a notarized signature (by a Notary Public in the Czech Republic) OR rental/lease contract, sub-letting contract, accommodation agreement or an agreement with similar content
   - original or notarized copy in Czech language of any of the mentioned documents must be submitted
    
9. one copy of all the documents submitted as proof of accommodation
    
10. documents confirming sufficient financial resources
    - it is necessary to prove the availability of financial funds that are 50 times the amount of the existential minimum (currently CZK 2,980 per month), which is CZK 149,000, i.e. approx. USD 6,300. The equivalent amount in US dollars (USD) depends on the current CZK/USD exchange rate.
    - remember that only checking or savings bank accounts are acceptable; credit accounts are not acceptable!
    - make sure that your name on the notarized copy of your debit/credit card and on your bank account statement is clearly visible!
    
    Funds to cover the stay in the Czech Republic may be proven by one of following means:
    1) notarized copy of the front side of a valid international debit/credit card on the name of the applicant AND corresponding checking bank account statement
    2) notarized copy of the front side of a valid international debit/credit card on the name of the applicant AND original letter from the bank confirming that the applicant can use the financial funds (with verified translation into Czech language)
     
11. one copy of all the documents confirming sufficient financial resources
     
12. affidavit / criminal history record
    - required from all U.S. citizens older than 15 years
    - affidavit (affidavit (DOC, 32 KB)) confirming that you have never been indicted and sentenced for a felony of any kind in USA  (affidavit replaces U.S. criminal history record issued by FBI only in case of U.S. citizens)
    - if the application is submitted by mail, the signature must be notarized; if the application is submitted in person, affidavit can be signed in front of the Consular Officer
    - if the applicant lived in any other country besides USA for 6 months or longer in the previous three years, an Excerpt from Criminal History Record issued by that country must be submitted with the required legalization/apostille and verified translation into Czech language
    - non US citizens must submit an Excerpt from Criminal History Record issued by their country of origin with the required legalization/apostille and verified translation into Czech language AND also the U.S. criminal history record issued by FBI with apostille and verified translation into Czech language
     
13. one copy of the affidavit / criminal history record
     
14. health insurance
    - insurance affidavit form (insurance affidavit updated (PDF, 217 KB)) specifying since when the applicant would be covered by the Czech public health insurance AND also a copy of the Czech insurance card or Czech certificate of health insurance prooving that the applicant will be covered by the Czech public health insurance
     
15. one copy of all the health insurance documents
     
16. travel medical insurance
    - the applicant must provide the original of travel medical insurance covering the period of applicant's stay in the Czech Republic until covered by the Czech public health insurance (typically, since applicant's arrival until the date specified in the insurance affidavit form under no. 14, i.e. typically first 40 days of stay in the Czech Republic)
    - insurance benefit limit for one insurance event must be at least EUR 60,000 without participation of the person insured = zero deductibles/copay
    - insurance must cover all the costs associated with necessary and urgent health care, including costs associated with transportation, including transportation of mortal remains in the event of death, and insurance must not exclude providing insurance payment in the case of accident caused by a wilful act, negligence or contributory negligence of the insured, even as a result of drinking alcohol, taking narcotics or psychotropic drugs by the insured
    - submit the Czech verbiage of the insurance policy/policies; in case the insurance company is not a Czech insurance company, a complete verified translation into Czech language of all the insurance policy, general terms and conditions must be submitted
    - upon request, proof of payment of insurance premium must be submitted
    - insurance certificate including all the necessary (above mentioned) information must be issued by the insurance company, NOT by the employer, school etc.
    NOTE: travel medical insurance is the only required document that may be submitted only after the Consulate receives instruction from the Ministry of Interior to issue the visa and not at the time of visa application submission 
     
17. one copy of all the travel medical insurance documents
     
18. visa application fee
    - payable in cash or by money order (no personal checks are accepted)
    - for information about current visa fees, please, visit the corresponding article (under item 144 A - long-term visa application)
    - please, provide exact cash!
     
19. trackable prepaid self-addressed USPS Priority Mail Express envelope or prepaid self-addressed UPS envelope
    - only in case the applicant needs the passport to be mailed back and cannot pick up the passport personally at the Consulate
    - for future tracking, the applicants are encouraged to make a record of the tracking number
    - please, fill in your own address or the address of the Consulate as "sender/from" on the self-addressed envelope
    - the Consulate is not responsible for any loss in which case the applicant must deal directly with the mailing company
    - we cannot accept FedEx or any other mailing company not stated above
     
20. copy of the envelope if provided under no. 19