Reasons for revoking the temporary residence permit of an EU citizen’s family member and its exceptions
The Ministry of the Interior will revoke your temporary residence permit of an EU citizen’s family member1 if:
- you request it yourself,
- your marriage or partnership with the EU citizen has ended,
- you have reached 21 years of age (as a child),
- your child or the child of the EU citizen has reached 21 years of age,
- you no longer live together with the EU citizen in the Czech Republic,
- a serious reason stipulated by the law occurs.
If the Ministry revokes your temporary residence for one of these reasons, it will set a 60-day departure period starting from the date the decision on the revocation becomes final.
Within this time period, you may submit an application for a long-term residence permit (e.g., an Employee Card) or for a permanent residence permit, provided that you have resided continuously in the Czech Republic for at least five years.
If you are no longer an EU citizen’s family member, your temporary residence permit will not be revoked if you meet one of the following requirements:
- You are not residing together with the EU citizen but are caring for your joint child during the period of the child’s education.
- The EU citizen has died, and you had resided in the Czech Republic as a family member for at least one year before their death.
- Your marriage with the EU citizen was terminated by a final court decision, and the marriage lasted at least three years, with at least one year of permitted residence during its duration; or custody of a child was entrusted to you (including shared custody).
- Your partnership with the EU citizen has ended, and you have been entrusted with the custody of a child — either a joint child or a child of the EU citizen. This also applies if you have the right to regular contact with the child in the Czech Republic.
- 5. You or another family member have become a victim of domestic violence and, for this reason, ceased to reside together with the EU citizen.