SERVICE DESCRIPTION
If you have filed an application for a temporary residence permit or a permanent residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen, you can stay in the Czech Republic until the time when a decision on your application is made.
However, you must prove the fact that you are a family member of an EU citizen.
The MOI will confirm your right to stay in the country after the application has been filed with a visa sticker, which the MOI will place in your travel document in the form of a visa for a stay over 90 days with a validity period corresponding to the presumed duration of the procedure regarding the application.
The validity of the document or certificate attesting to your right to stay in the country will be terminated when the decision on the application takes legal effect.
THIS APPLIES TO YOU, if you have applied for a temporary or permanent residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen and you have not been previously granted any other type of residence in this country.
SERVICE OUTPUT
A visa sticker placed in your travel document.
WHEN TO USE THE SERVICE
It is a service, for which a foreign national does not apply.
By virtue of office, the MOI CR will provide you with confirmation of the legality of your stay in the country in the form of a visa sticker usually as early as when you file the application.
If the period of validity of this visa sticker expires and your application has not yet been processed, you can come to the relevant office of the MOI where they will give you a new visa sticker with a new period of validity.
METHOD OF PROCESSING
In person
WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU USE THE SERVICE IN PERSON OR BY MAIL
This service needs to be used in person. You must come to the office of DAMP MOI with a valid travel document.
WHERE AND HOW TO USE THE SERVICE IN PERSON; WHERE TO SEND THE DOCUMENTS BY MAIL
To receive confirmation of the fiction of residence (to have a visa sticker placed in your travel document), you need to appear in person in the office of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the MOI.
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 provision of this service is free of charge.
OPTIONS FOR APPEAL
Legal remedies are not admissible.
SANCTIONS
There is no risk of sanctions to you, this only involves confirming the legality of your stay in the country.
LANGUAGE OF THE CASE
The procedure is carried out in the Czech language. It is also possible to use the Slovak language.