Issue of a passport

Hlavní informace

A passport is issued at the request of a citizen.

The personal presence of the citizen to whom the passport is to be issued is required at the time of the application because his or her biometric data, i.e. a facial image, is taken, and for a citizen over the age of 12 fingerprints are also required.

The passport is issued with territorial validity in all countries of the world and with a validity of 5 years for citizens under the age of 15, or 10 years for citizens over the age of 15.

Týká se vás to pokud

You need to arrange a passport for travel abroad.

Kdy službu řešit

You can apply for a passport at any time.

You should apply in good time before travelling abroad.

If you intend to travel to a country outside the European Union, you should check whether a visa is needed to enter and stay in that country and whether that country requires a minimum period of validity of the passport on entry, or termination of stay.

Vyřízení služby

Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte

In order to apply for a passport, you will need to submit:

• documents proving the information being entered in the passport (first name, surname, date of birth, birth number, etc.), e.g. identity card (if you do not have an identity card, other documents such as birth certificate or marriage certificate), proof of nationality (proof of nationality is required when a first passport is issued to a citizen who is not permanently resident in the Czech Republic);
• the consent of the legal representative, i.e. one of your parents, with his or her verified signature, if you are a minor, over the age of 15; a verified signature is not required if your legal representative agrees and signs the application at the authority to which it is being submitted;
• birth certificate or identity card or passport of a citizen under the age of 15 and your identity card when lodging an application as his or her legal representative;
• documents proving eligibility to submit an application if you are a foster parent, a person to whom custody has been awarded of a citizen under the age of 15 years, or the head of an residential care institution caring for a citizen under the age of 15, i.e. the relevant court decision, as well as the consent of a legal representative, i.e. one of the parents, with his or her verified signature;
• the relevant court decision if you submit an application as guardian of a citizen whose legal capacity has been restricted;
• a contract of representation approved by the court if you submit an application as a household member for a citizen over the age of 15;
• justification for a passport application if you already hold a valid passport and you need an additional passport for foreign travel.

Kde a jak službu řešit

You can apply for a passport:

• at any municipal office of a municipality with extended powers, in Prague, at any office of city districts 1 to 22, in the case of a passport being issued within 30 days, or within reduced periods of 24 hours on a working day or within 5 working days,
• at the Ministry of the Interior, in the case of a passport being issued within of reduced periods of up to 24 hours on a working day or within 5 working days;
• when abroad, at an embassy of the Czech Republic, with the exception of a consulate led by an honorary consular officer. In this case, it shall be issued within 120 days.

Application procedure

1. krok

You do not apply for a passport on a filled-out official form, but only submit the documents needed to issue the passport.

2. krok

When you apply, you can choose the office where you will collect your passport and provide your mobile phone number or e-mail address for information on the options for collecting your passport.

3. krok

The official compares the data in the submitted documents with the data on you in the Population Register Information System.

4. krok

If the official verifies the accuracy of these data, he/she will take your biometric data, i.e. facial image and fingerprints.

5. krok

The official prints out the application and you sign the application to confirm the accuracy of the information contained therein.

6. krok

The official finishes submission of the application by sending the data electronically to the manufacturer for further processing during production of the passport.

Collection of a passport

Where a passport may be collected:

• A passport issued within 30 days at the municipal authority with extended powers to which you submitted your application or at any other municipal authority with extended powers which you indicated when you submitted the application.
• A passport issued within 24 hours of a working day only at the Ministry of the Interior.
• A passport issued within 5 working days at the municipal authority with extended powers to which you submitted your applications, or at the Ministry of the Interior.
• A passport issued within 120 days at the embassy to which you submitted the application or to the municipal authority with extended powers to issue it, if you indicated this at the time of the application; an embassy may also give you your passport via the Head of an Honorary Consular Office.

For yourself - in person only.

For a citizen under the age of 15 – as the legal representative of a person under the age of 15, you will confirm collection with your signature. The same applies to foster parents, persons with whom a citizen under the age of 15 has been placed in care, the head of an residential care institution, the head of a centre for children requiring immediate assistance.

For a person over the age of 15 – as guardian, you will confirm collection with your signature. The same applies to the guardian of a person with limited legal capacity and to a household member who has been approved by a court for representation.

As an agent on the basis of a power of attorney with the official signature of the principal, but only for reasons of special consideration (e.g. for serious medical reasons).

Kolik budete platit

Overview of the administrative fees for issuing a passport

For a passport to be issued within 30 days:

The administrative fee is CZK 600, and CZK 100 for a citizen under the age of 15.
These administrative fees are payable on submission of an application.

On collection of a passport:

An administrative fee of CZK 100 is payable for collecting your passport if you collect a passport issued within 30 days at an authority other than the one to which you applied. The administrative fee is payable before you collect your passport.

For a passport issued in a reduced period of up to 24 hours on a working day or within 5 working days:

You will pay the full administrative fee at the time of application if you collect your passport from the authority to which the application was submitted. If you have submitted an application to a municipal authority with extended powers or to an office of Prague city districts 1 to 22 and you collect your passport from the Ministry of the Interior, you will pay the first part of the administrative fee when on submitting the application and the second when you collect your passport.

Overview of the administrative fees for issuing a passport in a reduced period

For a passport issued in a reduced period of up to 24 hours on a working day:

• for submission and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 6 000,
• for submission at a municipal authority with extended powers CZK 4,000,
• and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 2,000,

for citizens under the age of 15

• for submission and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 2 000,
• for submission and collection at a municipal authority with extended powers CZK 1 500,
• and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 500,

For a passport issued in a reduced period of up to 5 working days:

• for submission and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 3 000,
• for submission at a municipal authority with extended powers CZK 2,000,
  and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 1,000,
• for submission and collection at the same municipal authority
• with extended powers CZK 3 000,

for citizens under the age of 15

• for submission and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 1 000,
• for submission at a municipal authority with extended powers CZK 500,
• and collection at the Ministry of the Interior CZK 500,
• on submission and collection,
• at the same municipal office of a municipality with extended powers CZK 1 000.

Doplňující informace

Jaký má služba benefit

The Travel Documents Act allows the issue of a passport to a citizen within the period of time he/she chooses when submitting his/her application.

Možnosti odvolání

An appeal may be brought against an order terminating the procedure for the issue of a passport (the applicant has not submitted the requisite documents even within the time limit set by the order suspending the proceedings). In practice, such cases do not generally occur.

An appeal may also be brought against a decision refusing to issue a passport to a citizen who has been subject to a restriction by a law enforcement authority prohibiting him from travelling abroad.

Časté dotazy

Do I have to apply for a passport at my place of permanent residence?

No, you can apply at any municipal authority with extended powers, regardless of your place of residence.