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The Czech Republic joins the Schengen Area

The Czech Republic joins the Schengen Area

The Czech Republic has become a member of the Schengen cooperation from December 21, 2007. Schengen Area is a group of countries which carry out no checks at their common borders and which have brought their efforts to fulfill the right of free movement of persons to a successful end. Above mentioned means that people will be allowed to cross land borders without the obligation to present an identity document at border crossing.

More information can be found at the this web page of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic and at the web page Euroskop.

Information booklet about Schengen can be found HERE.

Attachments

Informační leták pro cizince - AJ - Schengen 546 KB PDF (Adobe Acrobat document) Oct 22, 2008

Information for applicant on personal data protection