Czech fast-track and priority visa services

The Qualified Worker Programme for CZ-ISCO groups 4–8 and the Digital Nomad Program, with its 45-day processing, are limited to listed nationalities. A pilot-training project is likewise open to listed countries for future professional pilots accepted by an approved Czech training organisation.

For first inclusion the employer sends the application form, a statutory declaration, a declaration on the guaranteed salary and certificates from the tax office and the Czech Social Security Administration; posted workers also need proof of six months with the sending company. Inclusion is valid for one year, and further employees in that year need only the form and the salary declaration. The mission allocates the appointment to the employer's contact person; one alternative date is offered if the first is missed for a good reason. Status is checked at frs.gov.cz.

Key and Research Staff Programme: for managers, specialists and statutory representatives (CZ-ISCO 1–3) hired by investors, research organisations, technology companies and start-ups. Investors apply to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the others to CzechInvest. The employee and close family can lodge at the mission with simplified paperwork, and the application is processed within 30 days.

Highly Qualified Worker Programme: for CZ-ISCO 1–3 jobs with employers that have operated in Czechia for at least two years, have no tax, social or health insurance arrears and have employed at least three people for three consecutive months in the last two years; medical staff are handled by the Ministry of Health. Student Facilitation Program: universities include admitted students themselves, with the Ministry of Education as guarantor, and the mission contacts the student with a submission date.

There is no official fee for faster processing of Czech visas. Inclusion in a programme is not a legal right of either the employer or the applicant, and the ministries do not mediate between the employer and the mission.