As third countries citizens, you must get registered within 3 working days from the day you arrived in the Czech Republic, that is report your place of residence in the Czech Republic to the corresponding Department of Foreign Police.

In order to get registered you will need:

• Travel document
• Registration form (available at the Police Department)
• Proof of travel medical insurance

Learn more information about the registration of residence at the Department of Foreign Police.

You do not need to get registered if you:

• have met this requirement at the accommodation (e.g. you are staying at a hotel, dormitory or another accommodation establishment),
• you are under 15 years of age,
• you are a staff member of a foreign country’s diplomatic mission or an international government organisation accredited in the Czech Republic (this also applies to your family members who are registered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), or
• you are a third country citizen and the Ministry of the Interior provides you with accommodation.

If you are a third-country national, you have to register at an office of the Ministry of the Interior, and you have to report the place of your residence in the Czech Republic. If you have been granted a visa for a stay longer than 90 days for the purpose of collection of a residence permit (D/VR), you have to register within 30 calendar days. If you are allowed to legally enter the Czech Republic by a different method, e.g. without visa under effective international treaties posessing a biometric passport, you have to register within 3 days of your arrival. You will be sampled for biometric data necessary for the issuing of a residence permit document at an office of the Ministry.

In order to get registered you will need:

• Travel document
• Registration form

Registration, collection of biometric data and issuance of a residence permit document are often divided into several steps, that is, usually, you will not be able to complete all these steps during one visit to the office.