Registration after Arrival

As third countries citizens, you must get registered within 3 working days from the day you arrived in the Czech Republic, that is report your place of residence in the Czech Republic to the corresponding Department of Foreign Police.

In order to get registered you will need:

• Travel document
• Registration form (available at the Police Department)
• Proof of travel medical insurance

Learn more information about the registration of residence at the Department of Foreign Police.

You do not need to get registered if you:

• have met this requirement at the accommodation (e.g. you are staying at a hotel, dormitory or another accommodation establishment),
• you are under 15 years of age,
• you are a staff member of a foreign country’s diplomatic mission or an international government organisation accredited in the Czech Republic (this also applies to your family members who are registered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), or
• you are a third country citizen and the Ministry of the Interior provides you with accommodation.

If you are a third-country national, you have to register at an office of the Ministry of the Interior, and you have to report the place of your residence in the Czech Republic. If you have been granted a visa for a stay longer than 90 days for the purpose of collection of a residence permit (D/VR), you have to register within 30 calendar days. If you are allowed to legally enter the Czech Republic by a different method, e.g. without visa under effective international treaties possessing a biometric passport, you have to register within 3 days of your arrival. You will be sampled for biometric data necessary for the issuing of a residence permit document at an office of the Ministry.

In order to get registered you will need:

• Travel document
• Registration form

Registration, collection of biometric data and issuance of a residence permit document are often divided into several steps, that is, usually, you will not be able to complete all these steps during one visit to the office.

• 1. You must get registered at a Ministry of the Interior office upon your arrival in the Czech Republic

  In case you have been granted a D/VR visa, you have to register at an office of the Ministry of the Interior within 30 calendar days of your arrival to the Czech Republic. If you are able to legally enter the Czech Republic in a different way, for example without a visa while having a biometric passport, you have to register within 3 days of your arrival. During the registration, the office’s employees will schedule an appointment with you so that you get your biometric data taken.

  The Ministry of the Interior’s employees will also apply for a personal identity number for you.

• 2. Come to have your biometric data taken

  Come to your appointment to have your biometric data taken and bring your travel document with you. At your appointment, you will be told when to come and collect your card when it is ready.

• 3. Collect your residence permit document (biometric card)

  The last step is to collect your residence permit document (biometric card). The time limit for collection is 60 days from the date you had your biometric data taken.