Czech republic: Government regulation on maximum number of applications for long-term business visas and employee cards

The Government of the Czech Republic based on the need to acquire workforce for Czech market of labor in connection with the concept of organized workforce migration has introduced quota system on submitting of applications for employee cards and long-term visas with business purpose. The Government Regulation No. 220/2019 Co. dated August 26, 2019, will be valid since September 1, 2019.

The main aim of the concept of organized workforce migration is to boost influx of the qualified workforce of the selected countries to the Czech Republic.

For the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Tehran the yearly quota for the employee cards has been set to 90 applications. For the long-term visas with business purpose the yearly quota is 12 applications.

Both quotas cannot be exceeded, i.e. the Embassy cannot accept more applications than the number allowed by the Government Regulation.

Both quotas will be distributed evenly throughout the year. The procedure for booking slots for submitting of applications will be available on the Embassy’s website.