In support of foreign employment, the Czech Republic implements programs of targeted economic migration. All programs of targeted economic migration are primarily administered by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Detailed information about the programs, including information on how to participate, is available on this website.

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Lusaka accepts the following numbers and types of visa and residence permit applications within these programs:

Program	Annual Quota	Applications for:
Qualified Worker	0	Employee Card
Highly Qualified Worker	No quota	Blue Card
	60	Employee Card
Key and Research Staff		Employee Card
	No quota	Blue Card
		Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card
		Long-term Residence Permit – Investment
	4	Long-term Visa – Entrepreneurship

 

Quotas

The Embassy of the Czech Republic in Lusaka uses quotas for Employee Card and Long-term Visa for Entrepreneurship applications, in accordance with the Government Decree No. 220/2019 Coll., on maximum number of applications for long-term visas for the purpose of entrepreneurship, applications for long-term residence permits for the purpose of investment and applications for employee cards, which can be submitted at an embassy, as amended by the Government Decree No. 321/2022 Coll. (both available in Czech). 

In accordance with this government decree, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Lusaka accepts annually:

• 90 applications for Employee Cards,  out of which  0  within the Qualified Worker Program,   60 within the Highly Qualified Worker Program or Key and Research Staff Program and  30 outside of any program.

 

• 12 applications for Long-term Visa – Entrepreneurship, out of which 4 within the Key and Research Staff Program and  8  outside of any program.

 

• 1 application per month for a long-term visa - seasonal employment. 

 

The quota is fixed and cannot be exceeded. 

When accepting visa and residence permit applications within and outside the programs of targeted economic migration, the quota is evenly distributed throughout a calendar year.

 

In the current round of submissions we are accepting applications starting from 3rd April 2024, 10:00 hrs. 

The next round of submissions was set for 2nd May 2024, 10:00 hrs. 

Read carefully the submission instructions HERE. 

 

Appointments within this quota are automatically scheduled on first come first served basis. 

Please visit our website regularly for updates. 

 

Application submission

Applicants included in a program receive an appointment for application submission from the consulate – they do not need to schedule their appointments by themselves.

Applicants filing their applications outside of a program need to schedule an appointment for application submission. Slots will be distributed on a first come first served basis. Requests sent to a different e-mail address, made over phonecall, or in person at the Embassy will be disregarded. Be advised that incomplete applications cannot be accepted and the applicant will be asked to book a new appointment.