Long-term Residence Permit for Family Purposes
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Povolení k dlouhodobému pobytu za účelem rodinným as of 2026-06-24[1] The heading of the Information Portal's own Czech-language rendering of this page. The Aliens Act names no such permit: it is a long-term residence permit under the general s. 42(1) power whose purpose of stay is administratively recorded as 'rodinný' – a residual family category distinct from the s. 42a family-reunification permit. |
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| Official name (English) | Long-term Residence Permit for Family Purposes as of 2026-06-24[1] The Ministry of the Interior's own English page heading. |
| Legal basis | Act No. 326/1999 Coll., s. 42(1) with s. 44(4)(j) as of 2026-06-24[1][3] The general long-term-residence ground. The route page confirms the conversion structure: the applicant must already hold a long-term visa for family purposes or a long-term residence permit for any purpose. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-24[1] A long-term residence permit. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-06-24[1][3] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source No minimum age is stated. The fee schedule contemplates applicants under 15, who apply through a legal guardian. |
| Criminal-record condition | Not established from a qualifying source The route page lists no documents and s. 46(1) applies only s. 31(1)(a) to (e) to a long-term residence permit, which stops short of the criminal-record item. Recorded unknown rather than inferred from s. 42b, which governs the different s. 42a permit. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 2 years as of 2026-06-24[1][3] The route page states 'For a maximum of 2 years'; in the Act the figure comes from the residual limb s. 44(4)(j). |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-06-24[1] 'You can apply to extend a long-term residence permit for family purposes repeatedly if you are going to keep on residing in the Czech Republic and your family situation has not changed.' |
| Renewal duration | up to 2 years as of 2026-06-24[1] Same ceiling on each extension. |
| Maximum total duration | Not established from a qualifying source No aggregate ceiling is stated. |
| Work rights | none as of 2026-06-24[1] |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-06-12[3] s. 68(2)(a) counts time on a long-term residence permit; this permit is not on the s. 68(3) exclusion list. |
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Requirements
| Who can sponsor | temporary permit holder, permanent resident as of 2026-06-24[1] |
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| Eligible relations | Not established from a qualifying source The route page names no relations at all, describing only 'your family member'. The companion long-term visa page gives an indicative list – spouses or same-sex partners, parents and minor children, dependent relatives – and adds that other family members may qualify on the Ministry's assessment of the case. That is a discretionary standard rather than a list, and it is not recorded as one. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Not established from a qualifying source The route page states no income test and lists no documents. s. 46(1) applies s. 31(1)(a) to (e) to a long-term residence permit, which includes proof of funds under s. 13, but no family-specific composite test of the s. 42b(1)(d) kind was found for this route. |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | Not established from a qualifying source Not stated on the route page. s. 46(1) brings in s. 31(1)(d), proof of accommodation, for a long-term residence permit generally, but the route page does not confirm it for this route. |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-06-24[1] No language condition appears on the route page. |
Process
| Where to apply from | in-country only as of 2026-06-24[1] 'No, you can only apply if you are a holder of a long-term visa for family purposes or a long-term residence permit for any purpose.' Someone arriving from outside applies for the long-term visa for family purposes (cz-family-purposes-visa) first. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 60 days as of 2026-06-24[1] 60 days; an extension is decided in 60 days. |
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| Quota |
Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | No as of 2026-06-12[3] The route is itself a family route and s. 42a(7)(a) would require its holder to have resided for 15 months before bringing anyone further; nothing in the sources read contemplates dependants of a family-purposes permit holder. |
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| Eligible relations | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-06-12[3] |
| Family may apply at the same time | No as of 2026-06-12[3] Follows from allowed = false. |
| Family members' work rights | Not applicable The holder is the dependant; there is no second tier. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 3 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 3 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-12 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-06-30 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Long-term Residence Permit for Family Purposes
Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-24 · Accessed 2026-08-23 · Archived copy - [2] Narizeni vlady o maximalnim poctu zadosti – zamestnani a podnikani (Government Regulation No. 220/2019 Coll., as amended, with the per-mission tables)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-30 · Accessed 2026-08-22 · Archived copy - [3] Zakon c. 326/1999 Sb., o pobytu cizincu na uzemi Ceske republiky a o zmene nekterych zakonu – consolidated text
Ministerstvo vnitra CR / e-Sbirka · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-12 · Accessed 2026-08-22