Report by an employee cardholder of a change of employer, work position or employment in another work position

Main information

If you are an employee card holder and do not have free access to the labour market in the Czech Republic, you must notify the change before you start your new job.

You can only start working in your new job or in a new position when you or your employer receives written notification from the Ministry of the Interior that you meet the conditions.

This applies to you if

You hold an employee card linked to a job listed in the Central Database of Vacancies for which employee card holders can be hired and you want to:

  • change employer,
  • change your work position, or
  • be employed in another work position.

When to use this service

The relevant change must be notified no later than the 90th day after the end of the previous employment.

  • You have 90 days from the date your employment ended to find new employment and to report it to the Ministry of the Interior, or to apply for a new long-term residence permit for another purpose. If you fail to do so in the given time limit, your employee card may expire.
  • The Ministry must actually receive the notification on the 90th day at the latest. Therefore, it is not sufficient, for example, to send the notification by post on the 90th day from the date your previous employment ended.
  • You can be looking for new employment and report the change even when you are still working at your old employment. It is not necessary to terminate your previous employment to report a change of employer.

Vyřízení služby - elektronicky

What you need if you are using this service

To apply online you will need:

  • application form,
  • document certifying that you are still employed in your previous employment or that the previous employment ended and the date to which it ended;
  • work contract, agreement on performing work, preliminary work contract or preliminary agreement on performing work for the new employment.
    • It must be evident from the contract or agreement that they are closed for a employmentposition registered in the Central Database of Job Vacancies for which employee card holders can be hired.

If required so by the employer, nature of the job or the law you will also need:

When reporting a change, you must provide all the required documents and these documents must credibly prove the facts stated in them.

If you fail to do so, the notification of change is deemed ineffective and the validity of your employee card may expire.

In the course of the proceedings, you cannot add documents or remedy errors in the notification. You cannot appeal against the notification of not meeting the requirements. All attachments must be in the authorised conversion format (except forms and travel documents).

Where and how to solve this service

You can apply:

  • by data box (ID: 6bnaawp), or
  • by e-mail with an advanced electronic signature (posta@mv.gov.cz).
For more information on submission by data box or by e-mail with a guaranteed electronic signature, please click here.

How much will you pay

None

Vyřízení služby - osobně

What you need if you are using this service

To apply online you will need:

  • application form,
  • document certifying that you are still employed in your previous employment or that the previous employment ended and the date to which it ended,
  • work contract, agreement on performing work, preliminary work contract or preliminary agreement on performing work for the new employment.
    • It must be evident from the contract or agreement that they are closed for a work position registered in the Central Database of Job Vacancies for which employee card holders can be hired.

If required so by the employer, nature of the job or the law you will also need:

Attention: when reporting a change, you must provide all the required documents and these documents must credibly prove the facts stated in them. If you fail to do so, the notification of change is deemed ineffective and the validity of your employee card may expire.

In the course of the proceedings, you cannot add documents or remedy errors in the notification. You cannot appeal against the notification of not meeting the requirements.

Where and how to solve this service

You can report a change of employer, work position or employment in another work position in person at a Ministry of the Interior office or by post.

If you want to apply in person, make an appointment online or by phone beforehand.

How much will you pay

None

Additional information

What is the benefit of this service

Notification of a change of employment will fulfil a legal obligation. By complying with the obligation to notify a change of employment, you will avoid the possible termination of your employee card after the end of your last employment relationship.

This change does not lead to the issue of a new residence permit.

Appeal options

There is no right of appeal against a notification of requirements. 

Frequently asked questions

  • At the earliest 6 months from the date you collected your first employee card.
    • This requirement does not apply if the validity of your employee card has been extended at least once, or if you only want to change a work position with the same employer.
    • This requirement neither applies if you have terminated your employment:
      • for reasons stipulated in Section 56 and Section 52 (a–e) of Act No. 262/2006 Sb., the Labour Code, as amended,
      • by agreement for reasons stipulated in Section 52 (a–e) of Act No. 262/2006 Sb., the Labour Code, as amended,
      • because the employer terminated your employment during the probationary period.
    • At the earliest 30 days from the date you have reported the change of employment.
    • You can start the new employment only after you have received the written Notification of Compliance from the Ministry of the Interior. At the earliest, however, on the date stated in your form. Make sure that the Ministry have received the notification of change at least 30 days before this date.