Czech Republic have officially digital nomad visa, this visa is for remote workers who work from anywhere ( location free) through internet and telecommunication technology.
What’s Czech Republic digital nomad visa?
Czech Republic digital nomad visa is a residence permit which allow remote workers to live in the country for 3 years. This is mainly one year but it can be extended for tow additional years in total it grant 3 years stay for digital nomads in the country.
Fortunately digital nomads can bring their families to Czech Republic with this visa. But it’s important to more that depends of digital nomads aren’t allow to work in Czech Republic.
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Czech Republic previously had a freelancer visa, which was for those individual who come to Czech Republic and open their business, provide job for locals but currently the digital nomad visa is only for remote workers.
Czech Republic digital nomad eligibility requirements
Unfortunately that Czech Republic has very strict nationality policy, only a few countries are eligible for this visa. As the country is not discovered by mass foreigners it’s dream destination to work remotely from there.
Czech Republic is very civilised country it’s not yet destroyed by mass immigration, digital nomads can visit the real culture of this country and work from beautiful, natural and civilised cities.
But there just a few countries that are eligible for Czech Republic digital nomad visa. Only citizens of United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea are eligible for Czech Republic digital nomad visa.
Work remotely: to apply for Czech Republic digital nomad visa you need to work for a company located outside of Czech Republic which has at least 50 employees or be an independent freelancer.
Work in IT field: to be eligible for this visa you need to work in IT field or in STEM filed remotely. Additionally you need to have a degree in the field of IT or SETM but if you don’t have university degree they offer an alternative for it.
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The alternative is proof of experience, if you don’t have university degree you need to have 3 years experience in IT or SETM filed. You should document this experience with certificates or any other legal documents.
Income requirement: The minimum income requirement for Czech Republic digital nomad visa is 2,730 USD, which is 1.5 times of Czech Republic minimum wage.
Health insurance: you need a complete health insurance to protect you against all possible risks for the entire stay in Czech Republic.
Police clearance certificate: it’s necessary to present a police clearance certificate, you shouldn’t any criminal record, if you have criminal history your visa will not accept.
How to apply for Czech Republic digital nomad visa?
You need to follow the below Steps:
Step 1: Contact Czech Republic Embassy
To be sure that you gather all required documents correctly contact to the embassy of Czech Republic, local embassy maybe request different documents according to the country you live there.
They will give you the exact list of all required documents and you need to follow their instructions step by step.
Step 2: Gather the Documents
Now that you contacted the embassy of Czech Republic, you need to collect all the required documents according to them.
Collect all the required documents, check it with list of embassy, check the documents when you are at peace of mind. Check the date of your documents, all dates should be fresh.
Here is the short list of required documents:
- A copy of your passport
- 2 passport sized photos
- Clean criminal record
- Health insurance
- If you are married, marriage certificate
If you are employee of a company and you work for them remotely:
- Proof of Established business of that company
- Proof that company has at least 50 employees
Work contract includes the following details;
- Salary
- Allowance of remote work
- Contract term
- Proof of education or 3 years experience
If you are applying as a freelancer :
- Invitation from the trade office department
- Affidavit from a client including: salary, contract terms, Nature of work is IT related.
- University degree or 3 years experience
- Visa application form for long term visa.
- All the documents should be in English and Czech ( translated).
Step 3: Visa appointment
Now that you collected all the documents according to the embassy list, contact the embassy submit the documents and request appointment.
The embassy will review your documents and than give you time for appointment or they will give you time for appointment and you will deliver your documents at appointment. They may check before appointment the scan copies of your documents.
Step 4: Visa Results
Now it’s time to wait for your visa result, it make take up to 45 days to hire from them about your visa status.
The 45 days are maximum time you may get the visa result more quick, but in most cases it will not exceed 45 days.
Benefits of Czech Republic digital nomad visa
Well it’s not hide that Czech is best place for remote work, it’s has best internet speed, Best infrastructure, best cities with natural beautiful environment.
Czech Republic digital nomad visa has more time than, usually digital nomad visas have 2 year duration of stay include extension but Czech Republic digital nomad visa have 3 years duration of stay.
Disadvantages of Czech Republic digital nomad visa
The biggest negative point about Czech Republic digital nomad visa is limited countries eligibility, only 8 countries are eligible to apply for it’s digital nomad visa.
It’s not seen in any digital nomad visa yet, most nationality strict digital nomad visas were Japan and Turkey, but they allowed at least 35-45 countries.
Additionally, the visa has strict requirements regarding the company of employees. While the Czech Republic is an excellent place for digital nomads, the Czech Republic digital nomad visa is the most difficult visa for digital nomads to obtain.
The language barrier and long processing times are also some of the disadvantages of the Czech Republic digital nomad visa.
