Long-term Visa for Family Purposes
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Vízum k pobytu nad 90 dnů za účelem rodinným as of 2026-06-22[1] The heading of the Information Portal's own Czech-language rendering of this page. The Aliens Act names no such visa; it is granted under the general s. 30(1) power for a family purpose of stay. |
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| Official name (English) | Long-term Visa for Family Purposes as of 2026-06-22[1] The Ministry of the Interior's own English page heading. |
| Legal basis | Act No. 326/1999 Coll., s. 30(1) with s. 30(3) and s. 31 as of 2026-06-22[1][3] The general long-term-visa power. This is the entry instrument for the family-purposes track; the family-reunification permit under s. 42a is a separate and better-conditioned route with its own entry at a diplomatic mission. |
| Instrument type | national visa as of 2026-06-12[3] A visa for a stay longer than 90 days. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-06-22[1][3] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source No minimum age is stated; the fee schedule contemplates children under 6. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-06-12[3] s. 31(1)(g) is in the general list of documents for a long-term visa; nothing read disapplies it here. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 1 year as of 2026-06-22[1][3] 'For a maximum of 1 year', which is also the s. 30(3) ceiling. |
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| How the initial term is set | fixed |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-06-22[1] Extendable repeatedly up to a 1-year total; beyond that the holder must apply for a long-term residence permit – either for family purposes or for family reunification. |
| Renewal duration | up to 1 year as of 2026-06-22[1] Aggregate ceiling, not a per-extension figure. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 1 year as of 2026-06-22[1][3] s. 30(3) and the route page agree. |
| Work rights | authorisation required as of 2026-07-01[1][4] 'If you want to work in the Czech Republic with a visa for family purposes, you need to acquire a work permit.' Act No. 435/2004 Coll. s. 98(l) frees family members of long-term PERMIT holders, not of visa holders, so the exemption does not reach this instrument and a Labour Office work permit is required. This is the instrument the Digital Nomad Programme routes nomads' spouses onto. |
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 visa; this visa is not on the s. 68(3) exclusion list. |
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Requirements
| Who can sponsor | temporary permit holder, permanent resident as of 2026-06-22[1] |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, minor child, parent, other dependent as of 2026-06-22[1] The route page's own indicative list of what an 'elementary family' may consist of: 'Spouses, or same-sex partners (formerly known as registered partnership); Parents and minor children; Dependent relatives.' It is expressly indicative rather than closed – 'Other family members can also acquire a visa for family purposes, however, it always depends on the Ministry of the Interior's assessment of the case' – so this is a floor, not a boundary, and it is the only place in the Czech record where a registered partner is named as an eligible relation. |
| Sponsor income requirement | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | Yes as of 2026-06-12[3] s. 31(1)(d) requires proof of accommodation for the duration of the stay for any long-term visa. |
| Pre-entry language test | No as of 2026-06-22[1] No language condition appears on the route page. |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-06-22[1] 'You can only apply in person at one of the Czech Republic's diplomatic missions.' |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 90 days as of 2026-06-22[1] 90 days at a mission; an application to extend the visa is decided in 14 days. Worth reading against the 270 days the family-reunification permit takes on the same channel. |
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| Quota |
Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-06-22[1][3] Neither the governing provision nor the route page states a day count, a maximum absence or a reporting obligation for keeping this permit. What the Information Portal states instead is qualitative: 'You must fulfil the purpose of your stay for the whole duration of your residence permit.' s. 155b applies to long-term residence permits, not to visas. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | No as of 2026-06-12[3] s. 42a(7)(a) issues the family-reunification permit only where the sponsor holds a long-term or permanent residence permit. A long-term visa is neither, so the family cannot be brought on this instrument; the path runs through conversion to the corresponding long-term residence permit and then the s. 42a(7)(a) qualifying period. The holder is already the dependant on this instrument. |
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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 No dependants can be admitted on this instrument. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 4 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 4 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-12 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-07-01 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Long-term Visa for Family Purposes
Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-22 · 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 - [4] Zákon č. 435/2004 Sb., o zaměstnanosti (consolidated text in force from 1 July 2026)
Sbírka zákonů a mezinárodních smluv (e-Sbírka) · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-01 · Accessed 2026-08-23