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Permanent Residence Permit

Application

- available at the following workplaces of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the Ministry of the Interior:

  • Nad Štolou 3, 170 34 Praha 7-Letná,
  • Nad Vršovskou Horou 88/4, 101 00 Praha 10-Bohdalec,
  • Ladova 38, 400 11 Ústí nad Labem,
  • Rýnovická 46, 466 01 Jablonec nad Nisou,
  • Krymská 47, 360 01 Karlovy Vary,
  • Americká 3, 301 00 Plzeň,
  • Pražská 23, 370 74 České Budějovice,
  • Ulrichovo náměstí 810, 500 02 Hradec Králové,
  • Vrchlického 46, 586 04 Jihlava,
  • Hněvkovského 30/65, 617 00 Brno,
  • Třída T. Bati 44, 760 01 Zlín,
  • U Výstaviště 3183/18, 750 02 Přerov,
  • Českobratrská 7, 702 00 Ostrava,
  • Boženy Němcové 2625, 530 02 Pardubice.

- available in an electronic form also on the website of the Ministry of the Interior;
- to be submitted at one of the workplaces of the Ministry of the Interior listed above.

Cizinec může zažádat o povolení k trvalému pobytu zejména po pětiletém pobytu na území ČR. * Informace o jiných druzích trvalého pobytu jsou kdispozici na webových stránkách Ministerstva vnitra www.mvcr.cz

Podrobnosti k žádosti o povolení k trvalému pobytu po pěti letech pobytu na území ČR:

Knowledge of the Czech Language

- is to be proved by means of a Certificate Proving the Knowledge of the Czech Language, which will be issued by the school for the foreigner after he/she has successfully passed the examination;
- the Certificate Proving the Knowledge of the Czech Language must not be older than 180 days on the date when the application for the permanent residence permit is submitted. It is possible to request the issuance of a duplicate at the school that issued this Certificate.

Examination

- may be taken at some of the institutions given in the List;
- may be tried as a sample test here;
- the fee in the amount of 1,500 CZK is covered by the state on the basis of a voucher, which is issued by the Ministry of the Interior.

Voucher
- is issued to an alien applying for permanent residence for free at the workplaces of the Departmentfor Asylum and Migration Policy of the Ministry of the Interior listed above;
- must be tendered at the respective school at the first attempt at passing the examination;
- is not issued repeatedly, the Ministry of the Interior only covers the first attempt at passing the examination.

* Cizinec může o povolení k trvalému pobytu požádat po pětiletém pobytu na území ČR na základě víza k pobytu nad 90 dnů a na základě povolení k dlouhodobému pobytu nebo na základě dokladu vydaného kpobytu na území podle zvláštního právního předpisu, pokud se na cizince tento zvláštní právní předpis již nevztahuje. Tímto pobytem na území podle zvláštního právního předpisu je pobyt na základě uděleného azylu, doplňkové ochrany či dočasné ochrany. (§ 68 zákona č. 326/1999 Sb., o pobytu cizinců na území ČR).

He/She is to enclose the following with the application:

  • 2 photographs
  • Passport
  • A document confirming sufficient means for permanent residence on the territory (Section 71, Subsection 1 of Act No. 326/1999 Coll.)
  • A document corresponding to an extract from a criminal Register of a foreign country issued by the state which the applicant is a citizen of or in which he/she has permanent residence, as well as also states where the applicant has constantly spent a period of more than six months in the last three years - with a request after five years, only at the request of the Ministry of the Interior (Section 70, Subsection 2e) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll.)
  • A document confirming the provision of accommodation on the territory of the CR (Section 71, Subsection 2 of Act No. 326/1999 Coll.)
  • The consent of the parent, or other legal representative or guardian, for the permanent residence of the child on the territory unless the joint living of a family with this parent, legal representative or guardian is concerned (Section 70, Subsection 2g) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll.)
  • A document proving the requisite knowledge of the Czech language (Section70, Subsection 2h) of Act No. 326/1999 Coll.). *