The legal status of a long-term European Community resident

  • SERVICE DESCRIPTION

The legal status of a long-term European Community resident is granted exclusively to third-country nationals.

  • THIS APPLIES TO YOU, IF you are a third-country national, not a citizen of the EU.

To receive this status, you must meet the following conditions:

  • 5 years of continuous residence in the Czech Republic;

  • you have not seriously the disrupted public order or threatened the national security of the Czech Republic or another Member State of the European Union;

  • you have provided evidence that you have funds for permanent residence in the Czech Republic.

If you are a family member of an EU citizen and a third-country national, and you have applied for a permanent residence permit after 5 years of continuous temporary residence, the MOI CR will grant you the legal status of a long-term European Community resident in the Czech Republic, if you explicitly request this in your application for a permanent residence permit and if your application is granted.

If this status has not been granted to you simultaneously with the granting of your permanent residence permit, it can be granted additionally after the requirements for its granting are met.

  • SERVICE OUTPUT

You will obtain a permanent residence permit of a family member as well as the status of a long-term European Community resident.

  • WHEN TO USE THE SERVICE

When you apply for permanent residence after 5 years of continuous residence in the Czech Republic, you may also file an application for the status of a long-term European Community resident.

If you have already received a permanent residence permit, you can apply for the status of a long-term European Community resident additionally anytime.
 

  • METHOD OF PROCESSING

Electronically

In person or by mail

  • WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU USE THE SERVICE ELECTRONICALLY

You must file the application on a duly filled out application form. The forms are available on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.

Enclosed the following required documents with the application*:

  • a travel document (it is necessary to submit the original of a valid travel document);

  • documentary evidence that you have funds for permanent residence in the Czech Republic.

*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 to be submitted, their originals must be submitted.

  • WHERE AND HOW TO USE THE SERVICE ELECTRONICALLY

Send your filled out application form, along with the documents, in accordance with the Rules of Administrative Procedure to the official contacts of the MOI by e-mail with an advanced electronic signature, with all attachments being in the format of authorised conversion (via the filing office of the MOI CR), or to the data box (to DB MOI CR).

Electronic address of the filing office: posta@mvcr.cz

Data box ID: 6bnaawp

  • HOW MUCH YOU WILL PAY FOR THE ELECTRONIC PROCESSING

CZK 500 in the form of a fee stamp

  • WHAT YOU NEED IF YOU USE THE SERVICE IN PERSON OR BY MAIL

You must file the application on a duly filled out application form. The forms are available on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.

Enclosed the following required documents with the application*:

  • a travel document (it is necessary to submit the original of a valid travel document);

  • documentary evidence that you have funds for permanent residence in the Czech Republic.

*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 to be submitted, their originals must be submitted.

  • WHERE AND HOW TO USE THE SERVICE IN PERSON; WHERE TO SEND THE DOCUMENTS BY MAIL

An application for the status of a long-term resident is to be filed at the office of the MOI CR.

You can find the contact information of the offices of DAMP MOI on the website of the Ministry of the Interior.

If you are a family member of an EU citizen and a third-country national, a biometric certificate of residence permit will be issued to you in addition to the certificate of permanent residence permit, along with a note on the granting of the legal status of a resident.

  • HOW MUCH YOU WILL PAY FOR USING THE SERVICE IN PERSON OR BY MAIL

If you are a family member of an EU citizen and a third-country national, a biometric certificate will be issued to you in addition to your certificate of permanent residence permit, along with a note on the granting of the legal status of a resident.

In this context, you will be requested to provide your biometric data, to undergo subsequent verification of your biometric data and to collect the certificate in person for a fee of CZK 500 in the form of a fee stamp.

  • 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 official address 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

  • LANGUAGE OF THE CASE

The procedure is conducted in the Czech language.

All submitted documents must be in the Czech or Slovak language or must be officially translated into Czech.