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What is the change? The Czech Republic has introduced quotas on submission of long-term business visa and employee card applications at selected consulates abroad.

What does the change mean? The change will limit the number of long-term business visa and employee card applications that can be filed at selected consulates abroad.

  • Implementation date: September 2019.
  • Visas/ documents affected: Long-term business visas and employee cards.
  • Who is affected: Non-EU nationals (except family members of EU nationals) submitting applications for long-term business visas or employee cards at selected embassies and consulates abroad.
  • Impact on business: Companies filing applications outside of the quota must wait until the consulate opens new dates for booking appointments.

Background: In July, the Czech Republic adopted legislation that modified immigration processing and introduced quotas for the number of applications received at Czech Consulates. The change was officially introduced in September after an inter-ministerial consultation period, and introduces quotas for both employee card and long-term business visa applications at each Czech Consulate:

Quota for Employee Card Applications
Czech Consulate Maximum number of applications which can be submitted at the consulate within one year Key and Scientific Personal Program+ Highly Qualified Worker Program Qualified Worker Program (CZ ISCO 4-8)
Abuja 60 30 0
Addis Ababa 60 30 0
Accra 60 30 0
Algiers 60 30 0
Amman 60 30 0
Ankara 300 100 0
Baghdad 30 30 0
Baku 200 50 0
Bangkok 250 30 0
Beirut 60 30 0
Belgrade 3000 100 2500
Damascus 30 30 0
Delhi 1200 500 600
Erbil 30 30 0
Hanoi 200 200 0
Islamabad 30 30 0
Istanbul 300 100 0
Jakarta 100 30 0
Yerevan 200 50 0
Kabul 30 30 0
Cairo 60 30 0
Kishinev 800 100 600
Kiev 1600 500 1100
Lusaka 60 30 0
Lviv 40,720 0 40,000
Manila 1200 100 1000
Minsk 1000 100 800
Nairobi 60 30 0
Nursultan (Astana) 380 30 300
Pyongyang 0 0 0
Pretoria 100 70 0
Rabat 60 30 0
Sarajevo 500 50 0
Skopje 200 30 0
Taskent 100 30 0
Tbilisi 300 30 0
Tehran 60 30 0
Tunis 60 30 0
Ulaanbaatar 1200 30 1000

 

 

Quotas for Long-Term Business Visa Applications

 
Czech Consulate Maximum number of applications which can be submitted at the consulate within one year Key and Scientific Personal Program
Abuja 12 4
Addis Ababa 12 4
Accra 12 4
Algiers 12 4
Amman 12 4
Ankara 12 6
Baghdad 0 0
Baku 12 4
Beirut 12 4
Belgrade 100 10
Damascus 0 0
Delhi 24 12
Erbil 0 0
Hanoi 0 0
Islamabad 0 0
Istanbul 12 6
Yekaterinburg 50 25
Kabul 0 0
Cairo 12 4
Kishinev 12 4
Kyiv 24 12
Lusaka 12 4
Lviv 24 12
Minsk 24 8
Moscow 100 50
Nairobi 12 4
Nursultan (Astana) 12 4
Pyongyang 0 0
Pretoria 12 4
Rabat 12 4
Saint Petersburg 50 25
Sarajevo 12 4
Skopje 12 4
Taskent 12 4
Tbilisi 12 4
Tehran 12 4
Tunis 12 4
Ulaanbaatar 12 4

Consulates not listed above are not under the quota system.

Analysis & Comments: The quotas are set up for the calendar year and are equally distributed each month over the year. Applicants cannot apply for visas or residency permits at consulates if quotas expire, limiting the number of visas and residency permits available for foreign nationals. However, other visa options may be available once consular quotas expire.

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