Czech Language Exam Certificate
A Czech exam certificate is a required document if you want to apply for a third country citizen’s permanent residence permit after 5 years of continuous residence in the Czech Republic.
GENERAL INFORMATION
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE CZECH LANGUAGE EXAM REQUIREMENT
- 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.)
Načítavání obsahu
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 have turned 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).