SERVICE DESCRIPTION
A foreign national born in the territory of the Czech Republic who is a family member of an EU citizen and is not him/herself an EU citizen is authorised to stay temporarily in the country during the stay of his/her legal guardian for a maximum period of 60 days from the day of birth.
If the legal guardian of the newborn family member of an EU citizen is staying in the Czech Republic and is a holder of a permanent residence permit, the legal guardian is required to file, on behalf of the newborn foreign national, an application for a permanent residence permit (for the purpose of cohabitation) with the office of the MOI CR within 60 days of the day of birth, if it is a case of cohabitation with this legal guardian (an EU citizen).
THIS APPLIES TO YOU, IF a child was born to you in the territory of the Czech Republic who has not acquired citizenship of any EU country (by birth) but who is a family member of an EU citizen who was granted permanent residence in the Czech Republic.
SERVICE OUTPUT
A certificate of permanent residence permit for a family member of an EU citizen.
WHEN TO USE THE SERVICE
A foreign national born in the territory of the Czech Republic who is a family member of an EU citizen and him/herself is not an EU citizen is allowed to reside temporarily in the country for the period of the stay of his/her legal guardian but not for more than 60 days from the day of birth.
As the legal guardian (parent) of such a foreign national, you should file an application for a permanent residence permit as soon as possible but in any case no later than on the 60th day from the birth of the child.
If you file an application for a permanent residence permit within the aforementioned time limit, the residence of the newborn foreign national will be deemed to be permanent residence from the moment of the child’s birth to the moment when the decision on the application takes legal effect. This means, for example, that the child will be a participant of the public medical insurance scheme as early as from the moment of the child’s birth to the moment when the decision takes legal effect (and if the decision is favourable, from that moment onwards, too).
METHOD OF PROCESSING
In person
WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU USE THE SERVICE IN PERSON OR BY MAIL
An application for a permanent residence permit is to be filed as a duly filled out application form.
The application forms are available on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.
The documents required to be enclosed with an application for a permanent residence permit for a family member of an EU citizen are*:
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the child’s travel document; as a substitute for this, a travel document of the foreign national (the legal guardian), in which the child is entered, can be submitted
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the child’s birth certificate
*The documents required to be enclosed with the application must not be older than 180 days, with the exception of the travel document, the vital records certificate and the applicant’s photograph, as long as it corresponds to their actual appearance. It is always necessary to submit the originals or officially authenticated copies of the documents. As for the travel document and the vital records documents, their originals must be submitted.
The service cannot be used by mail.
WHERE AND HOW TO USE THE SERVICE IN PERSON; WHERE TO SEND THE DOCUMENTS BY MAIL
The application with the required documents is to be submitted in an office of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the MOI (DAMP MOI). It is always necessary to submit the originals or officially authenticated copies of the documents. After a copy of the travel document or the vital records document is made, the original will be returned to you on the spot.
You can find the contact information of the offices of DAMP MOI on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.
HOW MUCH YOU WILL PAY FOR USING THE SERVICE IN PERSON OR BY MAIL
The processing of an application for a permanent residence permit for a family member of an EU citizen is free of charge.
OPTIONS FOR APPEAL
You can appeal against the decision within 15 days of the delivery of the decision. You can file the appeal in person or send it by mail (or electronically) to the given office of the MOI CR or to the head office of the MOI.
Ministerstvo vnitra
Nad Štolou 3
PO Box 21
170 34 Praha 7
Electronic address of the filing office: posta@mvcr.cz
Data box ID: 6bnaawp
SANCTIONS
If you fail to file an application for a permanent residence permit within 60 days of the birth of your child the child will be staying in the country illegally and you will face the risk of being prosecuted for a minor offence.
LANGUAGE OF THE CASE
All submitted documents must be in the Czech or Slovak language or must be officially translated into Czech.