Intra-company Employee Transfer Card of another EU Member State

Intra-company employee transfer card of another EU Member State is a type of a long-term residence permit. It enables third countries nationals who obtained an intra-company employee transfer residence permit in another EU Member State to be then transferred from that state to the Czech Republic to a work position of a manager, specialist or an employed intern.

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What is an intra-company employee transfer?

It is a temporary transfer of a multinational company’s employee from a facility or branch situated in a country that is not an EU Member State to a spin-off facility or branch in the Czech Republic.


Who can apply for this residence permit?

You can apply for an intra-company employee transfer card of another EU Member State if you are a third country citizen and you already hold an intra-company employee transfer residence permit issued by another EU Member State.

You can apply for an intra-company employee transfer card of another EU Member State if you are transferred to work as a:

  1. Manager
    • A manager is a foreign national working at a leading position who, primarily, manages a business company or a spin-off and whose work is generally supervised or instructed, in particular, by a statutory, supreme or control body. A manager manages a business company or a spin-off or a part thereof, supervises the work of other employees who carry out supervising, professional or managing activities and control thereof, including hiring or dismissing employees, recommending that employees are hired or dismissed, or recommending other staffing measures.
  2. Specialist
    • A specialist is a foreign national with specialised knowledge essential for the given field of work, processes or management of a business company or a spin-off, and who further has the necessary level of formal qualification and professional experience, or is a member of a professional association, if specific legislation stipulates these requirements.
  3. Employed intern
    • An employed intern is a foreign national with a completed university education who is transferred to a business company or a spin-off with a business address or location in the Czech Republic for the purpose of developing his/her career or training in the field of business techniques and methods, and who receives a salary or remuneration during such transfer.

How long is an intra-company employee transfer card of another EU Member State valid for?

For the time of the transfer to the EU Member States, but for a maximum of:

  • 3 years for managers and specialists,
  • 1 year for employed interns.

What does an intra-company employee transfer card of another EU Member State look like?


What obligations and restrictions does this residence permit mean?

You must fulfil the purpose of your residence for the duration of your intra-company employee transfer card of another EU Member State. You must also follow the obligations for foreigners stipulated by law.


What does this residence permit enable you to do?

You can stay and work legally in the Czech Republic for the duration of the residence permit. If you hold a valid residence permit document, you can leave and enter the Czech Republic repeatedly. You can also travel within the Schengen Area without a visa.