Certificate of Belonging to a Czech Community Living Abroad

If you are a Czech living abroad and you are applying for a permanent residence permit under Section 66 (1b) of the Foreigners Act, you must provide a certificate that you belong to a Czech community living abroad. This certificate is issued by a Special Envoy for Czechs Living Abroad Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon a written application.

In order to apply for the certificate, please schedule an appointment at a Czech Republic’s diplomatic mission. For a list of all the Czech Republic’s diplomatic missions please see the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.

You can also find the steps to apply for a certificate of belonging to a Czech community living abroad on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website.