Hlavní informace
As EU citizens, you are obliged to report certain changes (please see below) to the Ministry of the Interior. Changes of address and of your travel document will be made in your residence permit (povolení k trvalému pobytu). In case of other changes you will be issued with a new residence permit.
Týká se vás to pokud
If you will change the following:
- name / surname,
- marital status (marriage, divorce, widow/er/hood),
- information in your travel document/identity document including its replacement or
- information in your residence permit.
Kdy službu řešit
Report any change of name, personal status, travel document or identity document within 15 working days.
Report a change of address within 30 working days. You only need to report a change of address if you expect to stay at your new address for more than 180 days.
Report lost, destroyed, damaged or stolen documents within 3 working days.
Vyřízení služby
Co potřebujete pokud službu řešíte
You must report a change of your name or surname in a duly filled out form.
To report this change, you must submit the following:
- a travel document / an identity document stating the new name or surname;
- the existing certificate of residence permit, the existing residence card of a family member of an EU citizen or the existing certificate of temporary residence
- 2 photographs, if you are a holder of a permanent residence permit or a residence card of a family member of an EU citizen.
It is possible to report this change electronically, nevertheless the change of your name and surname must also be reflected in your certificate of residence permit, your residence card of a family member of an EU citizen or your certificate of temporary residence for an EU citizen, and therefore a new certificate must be issued to you. Even if you report this change electronically, you need to come subsequently to an office of the MOI.
You must report a change of your personal status on a duly filled out form.
To report this change, you must submit the following:
- a document on the change of your personal status (such as a marriage certificate or a final divorce decree).
You must report a change of your travel document or identity document on a duly filled out form.
To report this change, you must submit the following:
- your new travel document/identity document;
- certificate of residence permit.
You must report other changes on a duly filled out official form.
In order to report this change, you must submit:
- a document on the change;
- if there has been a change in the information on the foil-sealed side of the certificate, you must also submit 2 photographs.
Kde a jak službu řešit
You must report a change of your name or surname/personal staus/travel dokument or identity card/other changes in your residence permit to that office of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the MOI (DAMP MOI), which is responsible for the district where your place of residence is situated. You must report a change of address to that office of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the Ministry of Interior, which is responsible for the district where your new place of residence is situated.
Alternatively, you can send the filled out reporting form, along with the documents, in accordance with the Rules of Administrative Procedure by mail to the official contacts of the MOI or directly to an office of DAMP MOI. It is always necessary to submit the originals or officially authenticated copies of the documents. Do not send the originals of the travel document and the certificate of residence permit by mail.
If you need to send the report of change from abroad, please send the filled-out reporting form with your documents by mail to:
Ministerstvo vnitra
Nad Štolou 3
PO Box 21
170 34 Praha 7
You can find the contact information of the offices of DAMP MOI on the Information Portal for Foreigners.
Kolik budete platit
To report the change of civil status is free of charge. All other changes are subject to a payment of 200 CZK. You can make up to two changes at once for this fee. The fees for all additional changes add up.
The loss, theft, destruction or damage of the residence permit document is subject to a fee 300 CZK. If you are reporting a loss together with changes, the fees also add up.
If you report the change in person, the administrative fee must be paid by credit card at a Ministry of the Interior office.
If you report the change by post, the administrative fee must be paid by bank transfer via the payment details generator on the Information Portal for Foreigners.
Doplňující informace
Jaký má služba benefit
Your permanent residence permit will contain up-to-date information. Also, reporting the current address provides correct data on the number of inhabitants in the municipalities. Correct data consequently provide the overview necessary to optimize the territorial targeting of services for citizens such as waste collection, etc.
Možnosti odvolání
It is not possible to file an appeal.
Legislativa
Sankce
Failure to report a change of name or surname/personal staus/travel dokument or identity card/other changes in your certificate of residenceis a minor offence for which a fine of up to CZK 3,000 can be imposed on you on the spot.
Časté dotazy
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