• The certificate you must provide is the Czech Language Certificate for the Purpose of Acquiring a Permanent Residence Permit in the Czech Republic. This certificate may be older than 180 days.
• There is a fee charged for taking the Czech language exam.
• You can choose the date and place of the sitting.
• You do not need to take the exam if you meet one of the exemptions.
• The exam’s form and formal requirements are governed by the Government Regulation on proving the knowledge of the Czech language for the purpose of acquiring a permanent residence permit (Government Regulation No. 31/2016 Sb.)

You do not need to provide a proof of the required level of the Czech language if you meet one of the following requirements:

• you are under 15 years of age,
• you are over 60 years of age,
• in the past 20 years before you applied, you had studied for at least 1 school year or academic year at an elementary or a secondary school or a university where classes were given in Czech, or where the focus of the programme you studied was the Czech language,
• you prove that you passed another generally recognised Czech language exam,
• you have a physical or mental disability that affects the communication skills – must be proved with medical records;
• you are applying for a permanent residence permit under a different section than Section 68 (after five years of continuous residence).