🇺🇦 For Ukrainians: Zvláštní dlouhodobý pobyt

• Employed persons: You are usually part of the public health insurance system. Your employer is responsible for making the payments for you.

• Self-employed persons (OSVČ): You are required to pay for comprehensive health insurance yourself.

• Unemployed: If you are not employed you must pay for comprehensive health insurance on your own.

• Children under 18 years of age: are part of the public health insurance system, payments are made by legal guardian (e.g. parents)

You are not eligible for social benefits not based on insurance, so called nepojistné sociální dávky (such as housing allowance, emergency assistance – MOP, parental allowance, or child benefits).

You are eligible for insurance based social benefits (pojistné sociální dávky) based on the fact that you were employed and your employer paid into the social security system through your taxes or payroll deductions. Such benefits are unemployment benefits, maternity benefits, sick pay – nemocenská, or caregiver allowance – OČR.

• Your residence permit is valid for 5 years and is not tied to a specific purpose. This means you can work, study, start a business, or combine these activities. You can even be unemployed. However, please make sure that you pay your health insurance and other mandatory fees (for example, for municipal waste, radio, and TV)

• Work: You continue to have free access to the labour market, meaning you do not need a work permit. You can change employers freely. You can also open a trade license and become self-employed.

• Reporting: You must report any change of address, change in your passport tor change of civil status o the Ministry of the Interior.

• Travel: You can travel within the Schengen area for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.

• Driving: if you have a car in the Czech Republic, you must register the vehicle in the Registry of Road Vehicles. If you have a foreign driver’s license you must exchange it for a Czech one. This applies if your license follows international rules (Vienna or Geneva conventions). You must do this within 3 months of receiving your residence permit.
• You are not entitled to receive a Czech personal identification number (rodné číslo).
• You do not need to attend the adaptation-integration course.

As a holder of the special long-term residence, you are allowed to apply to change your purpose of stay to:

• Long-term residence for the purpose of family reunification

• Long-term residence for the purpose of studies

• Long-term residence for the purpose of scientific research

• Blue Card

Yes. Your family members can apply for a long-term residence permit for the purpose of family reunification. They must meet the standard requirements, such as proof of accommodation and sufficient financial means.

Yes, you can apply for permanent residence permit after 5 years of continuous stay in the Czech Republic.

For this requirement:

• Time spent with this special long-term residence counts fully (100%).

• Time spent previously under temporary protection counts as one-half (50%)