Long Term Visa for Czech Republic?

Usually long term visas must be obtained before you arrive in a country not after you are there.

In addition, generally speaking you need to have a good reason to be issued a long term visa, ie study in the country, a job in the country, married to a local, etc.

I have never heard of anyone getting a long term tourist visa just because they want one.

Ruth

Yes, I forgot to mention that I've been offered a job in the Czech Republic. - Researching on the expats.cz website, someone stated that employers can help obtain visa's. Apparently a work permit AND work visa is needed.
Anyone with more knowledge about this?
Thanks again.

the main part of organizing this is the prospective employer-who will need to convince local govmt that NOone in the whole of the EU is ablt to fullfill that job-hence teaching english is the foray of UK+IE. If youre future employer does not even know that-or is unwilling to organize it-no hope. Same-same anywhere in Schengen-and you get a full Schengen visa then-not for just CZ. also working on the tourist permit is NOT allowed. All in all very much same-same as your country wants from us

As bmta says - ask the employer to arrange the work permit for you.

You need several documents to apply for a work visa; some are easy to get, some not so easy.

You need proof of accommodation-usually a valid rent contract, including a document to show that your landlord actually owns the building in question; police record checks from CZ and your home country, the one from your home country must also have a stamp called an apostille, unless you're from the USA, in which case this requirement will be waived; proof of financial support, this varies from 108,000 to over 200,000CZK depending on what you'll be doing (and the mood of the official you're dealing with).

But trickiest document for me was the statement of purpose; either enrolment in an approved course of study, a job offer, or a business license-the tricky part was that you can't get a business license without a visa and you can't get a visa without a business license! Nobody tells you how to get around it unless you ask very specific questions. In your case it should be easy though, assuming that your employer will be putting you on the books.

No supporting documents can be older than 90 days and as far as I know you still have to apply at a foreign embassy.

I think you'll also need a separate work permit (povoleni k prace), which requires many of the same documents as your visa (never give your originals to the officials-always make notarised copies and hand them in). At some point, connected with this, your employers will have to state that they can't find a Czech citizen to do your job and give reasons, but it's essentially a formality.

It can be a very frustrating process, but you'll get through it eventually if you hang in there...good luck.

Edited by: greg28

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