Intra-company Employee Transfer Card
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Karta vnitropodnikově převedeného zaměstnance as of 2026-06-12[4] Act No. 326/1999 Coll. s. 42k(1) gives the permit this statutory name. |
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| Official name (English) | Intra-company Employee Transfer Card as of 2026-07-27[1] The Ministry of the Interior's own English page heading. |
| Legal basis | Act No. 326/1999 Coll., ss. 42k and 42l; validity s. 44(8) as of 2026-06-12[4] Consolidated text of the Aliens Act in force from 12 June 2026. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42k(1): a long-term residence permit. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA as of 2026-07-27[1][4] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source No minimum age is stated in s. 42k or on the route page. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42l(1)(b) requires the s. 31(1)(g) criminal-record document as a mandatory item. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-07-27[1][4] s. 44(8): issued for the duration of the transfer to the territory of the EU Member States; the total duration of that transfer may not exceed 3 years for a manager or a specialist and 1 year for an employed trainee. The 3-year figure is the ceiling for the two larger categories; the 1-year trainee ceiling has no second field to sit in and is stated here. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the assignment |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-07-27[1][4] 'can be renewed repeatedly for the duration of the transfer to the EU Member States, but for a maximum of 3 years for managers and specialists and for a maximum of 1 year for employed interns' – the ceiling is on the aggregate transfer, not on each renewal. |
| Renewal duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 44(8) again. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-07-27[1][4] s. 44(8) caps the total duration of the intra-corporate transfer across the EU Member States at 3 years for managers and specialists and 1 year for employed trainees. This is one of the few routes in the Czech estate with a real aggregate ceiling. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42k(1): the card authorises employment in the position of manager, specialist or employed trainee on the basis of the intra-corporate transfer. s. 42k(11) requires the holder to notify the Ministry within 3 working days of any change in the conditions on which the card was issued. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Yes as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 68(2)(a) counts time on a long-term residence permit toward the 5 years; the intra-company transfer card is not on the s. 68(3) exclusion list. The 3-year transfer ceiling means the 5 years cannot be reached on this instrument alone. |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42k(8)(b): the foreigner must have been employed, for at least 6 months immediately before the transfer, in the company outside the EU from which the transfer is made, and s. 42l(1)(d) requires a posting letter setting out the position, the duration and the place of work. |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42k(8) lists the conditions for issue and none of them is a labour-office opinion, in contrast to s. 42g(6) for the employee card. |
| Qualification requirement | degree, equivalent experience, regulated profession as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42k(8)(c): the foreigner must have the required professional qualification where special legislation requires it, must meet the conditions for a regulated profession where the job is one, and must hold university education if the transfer is as an employed trainee. s. 42k(4) requires a specialist to have specialised knowledge essential to the company plus the necessary level of qualification and professional experience. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-06-12[4] The transfer is between two related corporations (s. 42k(2)) and the posting letter comes from the sending company outside the EU. |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-06-12[4] The card presupposes an existing intra-corporate transfer. |
Process
| Where to apply from | from abroad only as of 2026-07-27[1][4] s. 42k(7): the application is lodged at a diplomatic mission. The only in-country route is procedural and not a change of applicant location: where the foreigner or the receiving company is in a government-approved programme whose conditions allow it, the company may lodge the application with the Ministry under a power of attorney. The route page carries no 'TO APPLY IN CZECHIA' tab, unlike every other permit in this family. |
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| Statutory processing time | up to 90 days as of 2026-07-27[1] 90 days; an extension is decided in 60 days. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-07-27[1][4] 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(3)(a) expressly exempts holders of the intra-company transfer card from the adaptation-integration course that s. 155b(2) imposes on other long-term permit holders. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42a(7)(d) names holders of a permit issued under s. 42k, so the family-reunification permit is available with no residence-duration condition on the sponsor. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, minor child, parent, other dependent as of 2026-06-12[4] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Yes as of 2026-06-12[4] s. 42a(7)(d) imposes no waiting period. s. 42a(2) additionally lets a family member who resided in another Member State as the family member of an intra-corporate transferee apply in Czechia within 90 days of entry. |
| Family members' work rights | full as of 2026-07-01[5] Act No. 435/2004 Coll. s. 98(l): family reunification with the holder of a valid long-term residence permit gives free access to the labour market. |
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Verification
| Sources cited | 5 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 5 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-12 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-07-27 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Intra-company Employee Transfer Card
Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-27 · Accessed 2026-08-23 - [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] Visa Fees
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-22 - [4] 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 - [5] 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