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#Czech Republic

Integration

Prague studies foreigners

The authorities of Prague are conducting a large-scale study on foreigners living in the city. The city hall wants to know not only their exact number, but also how migrants earn a living, how they…

News

Visapoint System Taken to Court

Visa-free entry to Schengen countries does not eliminate the problem for Ukrainian citizens of obtaining work and other 'long-term' visas. This is understood in the Czech Republic, which has long but…

Immigration

Harsh amendments rejected

The upper house of the Czech parliament (Senate) rejected amendments to the law on the stay of foreigners. The document, criticized by human rights activists, planned to significantly tighten…

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Everyday life

Czech medicine sends bills

Foreigners staying in the Czech Republic without official status are not entitled to free healthcare: the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic saw no discrimination in the current law on…

Visas

Long-term visas to be outsourced to agencies

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic has included in a package of amendments to the law on the stay of foreigners a provision aimed at speeding up the process of issuing long-term…

Visas

Students to be handled without intermediaries

On Monday, May 22, the Czech government approved a proposal from the Ministry of Education to simplify the procedure for obtaining student visas for foreigners from third countries (non-EU). The…

Immigration

Expensive Residence Permit

The Czech Republic is considering the possibility of granting residence permits to foreign entrepreneurs from third countries who prove their willingness to invest at least 75 million crowns (2.7…

Culture

Czech Centre expands its borders

"The art of understanding each other" – that is the slogan the Czech Centre has written on its banners. And achieving this is helped not only by language courses and translations of literary…

Visas

Czechia prepares for visa-free travel

The Schengen zone is gradually opening its borders for visa-free entry to citizens of some post-Soviet states. Perhaps the most eagerly awaited abolition of tourist visas is by citizens of Ukraine…

Immigration

Stay for foreigners made more difficult

A law that will add difficulties for many foreigners living in the Czech Republic has become a reality. The Parliament of the Czech Republic approved an amendment that will tighten the conditions for…

Immigration

Czech Republic adjusts law on foreigners

The Parliament of the Czech Republic has approved amendments to the law on foreigners, tightening the requirements of migration legislation. The foreigner retains the right to appeal the Ministry of…

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Law zone

Czechs crack down on illegal workers

In three days, police in the Czech Republic uncovered nearly 300 illegal migrant workers. All of them face deportation. Officers from border police departments in Germany and Poland also took part in…

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