Visa for a Stay Longer than 90 Days for the Purpose of Training
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Vízum k pobytu nad 90 dnů za účelem zácviku 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 training visa; the instrument is granted under the general s. 30(1) power. MPO publishes the corresponding government project under the same word, 'Zácvik'. |
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| Official name (English) | Visa for a Stay Longer than 90 Days for the Purpose of Training 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][4] The general long-term-visa power. The instrument works because the training is not employment. MPO states it of the corresponding government project, in its own English words: 'For the purposes of residence in the Czech Republic, training is not considered employment, and the foreigner does not need a work permit, employee card, or blue card.' That is what keeps the route outside the s. 30(1) bar on granting a long-term visa for the purpose of employment. |
| Instrument type | national visa as of 2026-06-12[4] 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][4] |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source No minimum age is stated. |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-06-12[4] 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 6 months as of 2026-06-22[1][2] |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the assignment |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-06-22[1] Extendable repeatedly but only up to a 6-month total. |
| Renewal duration | up to 6 months as of 2026-06-22[1] Aggregate ceiling, not a per-extension figure. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 6 months as of 2026-06-22[1] 'A long-term visa including extensions can be valid in total for a maximum of 6 months.' |
| Work rights | none as of 2026-06-22[1][2][4] The trainee stays employed by, and paid by, the foreign employer: 'the holders of a long-term visa for the purpose of training stay employed with their (original) foreign employer for as long as the residence permit is valid, receiving their salary from the foreign employer. In practice, there is no work relation between the employee and the natural person or legal entity with a business address in the Czech Republic.' MPO adds that no work permit, employee card or blue card is needed because the training is not employment. There is therefore no Czech labour-market access at all – which is also why the route sits in the study family rather than the work family: what the holder does in Czechia is acquire skills, not supply labour. Family placement is deliberate. |
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 visa; the training visa is not on the s. 68(3) exclusion list. The 6-month ceiling means the 5 years cannot be approached on this instrument. |
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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. |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-06-22[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 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[4] 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. |
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| Eligible relations | Not established from a qualifying source as of 2026-06-12[4] |
| Family may apply at the same time | No as of 2026-06-12[4] 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 | 2026-06-30 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-26 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Visa for a Stay Longer than 90 Days for the Purpose of Training
Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-22 · Accessed 2026-08-23 · Archived copy - [2] Economic migration and government programs
Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-02 · Accessed 2026-08-23 - [3] 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 - [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