Novela Zakona o pobytu cizincu platna od 1 cervence 2023

Amendment to the Act on Residence of Foreigners effective from 1 July 2023

The amendment to the Act on the Residence of Foreigners, the Act on Asylum and other related laws was published today in the Collection of Laws of the Czech Republic. The amendment will be effective (with a few exceptions) from 1 July 2023.

We reported on the amendment bringing several changes in the area of legal labour migration in our article of 13 March 2023. It did not undergo any significant changes during the legislative process in the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

The so-called blue cards, i.e. long-term residence permits for the purpose of performing highly skilled employment, will now be issued with a validity of up to 3 years. It is possible that highly skilled workers from "third countries" (i.e. countries outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association) will now make more use of this residence permit at the expense of standard employment cards, given a number of positive changes.

Provisions relating to public health insurance for foreign minors will apply from 1 January 2024.

Authors:

Jan Lachmann

Sabrina Pastroková