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17/12/2015

The Czech Republic - Amendment to the Act on Asylum touches Business Immigration presented on 18.12.2015. Amendment to the act on Asylum in the Czech Republic is the 46th amendment of the Immigration law since 1999 when new immigration legislation has been adopted. The amendment has been signed by the President of the Czech Republic on 24th November 2015 and will come into force on 18th December 2015 ....

09/11/2015

The Czech Republic: Appointments for Submission of Employee Card Applications for Highly Qualified Ukrainian Nationals Available. Approximately 1 year ago, it has become almost impossible to arrange for an appointment to submit Employee Card application at the Czech Embassy in Kyiv and Lviv for any Ukrainian national coming to work in the Czech Republic....

24/01/2017

The Czech Republic: Significant Immigration Changes in 2017 - The 47th amendment of the Act on Stay of Foreigners in the Czech Republic has been proposed by the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic ("Ministry") and passed the first reading in the Czech Parliament.The main aim of the amendment is to transpose ...

15/08/2017

The Czech Republic: Wide Ranging Changes of the Immigration Law Become Effective Today - August 15, 2017, the amendment of the Act on Stay of Foreigners in the Czech Republic becomes effective.

The main aim of the amendment is to transpose the Directive 2014/66/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the conditions...

28/06/2019

The Czech Republic - Due to the upcoming change of the Czech Immigration legislation introducing the quota system, some of the Czech Embassies has stopped accepting new appoiintments for submission of applications. See our latest article under this link for further details.

25/10/2018

The Czech Republic: New governmental program Project India was launched in October 2018 - Effective 1st of October 2018 applications for Employee cards and Blue cards for highly qualified workers from India are assessed under a Czech Government Program „Project India“. This Program offers a preferential approach for those Indian workers whose prospective Czech employer has fulfilled the conditions to be included in this Program...

10/07/2020

The Czech Republic – Immigration Update – July 2020

The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a new regulation impacting on Czech immigration procedures and entry of foreign nationals to the Czech Republic. The regulation was issued on 30th June 2020 and it is effective from 1st July 2020, respectively from 13th July 2020.

17/09/2015

The Czech Republic – Amendment to the Act on Employment mitigating the risk of illegal employment for foreign employees in delayed extension process.An important amendment to the Act on Employment in the Czech Republic came into legal force on the 17th of August 2015. Among other changes, it sets grounds for a "Fiction of a Work Permit" for employed non-EU nationals who are extending their Employee Cards in the Czech Republic ....