Long-term visa applicants (except for the purpose of doing business) must prove that they have funds in the amount of 15 times the subsistence minimum, and at the same time of also twice the subsistence minimum for every whole month (except for the first month) of their expected stay in the country.

Since January 1st 2023 the subsistence minimum is 3,130 CZK a month.

Example: for a stay in the Czech Republic from January 1st to June 30th you would have to prove funds in the amount of:  (15 × 3 130) + (5 × 2 × 3 130) = 46,950 + 31,300 = 78,250 CZK.

If you are under 18 years of age, you must prove half the amount of the funds.

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Long-term visa for the purpose of doing business

In the case of long-term visa applications for the purpose of doing business, you must prove funds in the amount of 50 times the subsistence minimum. Since January 1st 2023 it is 156,500 CZK (50 x 3 130).

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You can prove the amount of funds with:

• Statement from an account held in a bank or another financial institution in your name from which it is clear that, during your stay in the country, you have the necessary amount of funds at your disposal.
  • If it is not clear, you may be requested to provide a valid internationally recognised payment card issued for the given account.
• Another proof of funds from which it will be clear that you have the required amount of funds at your disposal, or that the payment of the costs related with your stay in the Czech Republic is covered.
• Valid internationally recognised payment card the use of which in the Czech Republic is not excluded. Upon the administrative authority’s request, you must further provide a bank account statement.
• If you want to study in the Czech Republic (that is, if you are applying for a residence permit for the purpose that is considered as studies within the meaning of Section 64 of the Foreigners Act, not for a long-term visa for the purpose of “other”), as a proof you can provide a commitment issued by a public authority or a legal entity confirming that they will cover your stay in the Czech Republic by providing you with the funds in the amount of the subsistence minimum for 1 month of the expected stay. Alternatively, you can provide a proof that all the costs related with your studies will be covered by the receiving organisation (the school). If such a sum does not reach the required amount, you must provide a proof that you own funds in the amount of the difference between the amount of the subsistence minimum and the commitment for the length of the expected stay, but at most in the amount of 6 times the subsistence minimum. A proof of funds can also be substituted with a decision or an agreement to award a grant on the basis of an international agreement which is binding for the Czech Republic.
• A proof of funds can be substituted with a proof of payment for the services related with your stay in the country or a confirmation that the services will be provided free of charge.

Long-term residence permit applicants must prove that they have funds in the amount of 15 times the subsistence minimum, and at the same time of also twice the subsistence minimum for every whole month (except for the first month) of their expected stay in the country.

Since January 1st 2023 the subsistence minimum is 3,130 CZK a month.

For example, if you want to study in the Czech Republic at a university for one semester, then for a stay from September 1st to February 28th you would have to prove funds in the amount of: (15 × 3 130) + (5 × 2 × 3 130) = 46,950 + 31,300 = 78,250 CZK.

If you wanted to study for one year, for a stay from September 1st to August 31st you would have to prove funds in the amount of: (15 × 3 130) + (11 × 2 × 3 130) = 46 950 + 68 860 = 115 810 CZK.

If you are under 18 years of age, you must prove half the amount of the funds.

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You can prove the amount of funds with:

• Statement from an account held in a bank or another financial institution in your name from which it is clear that, during your stay in the country, you have the necessary amount of funds at your disposal.
  • If it is not clear, you may be requested to provide a valid internationally recognised payment card issued for the given account.
• In the case of the employment income, it is sufficient to provide a confirmation by the employer of the exact average net monthly salary for the previous calendar quarter. The confirmation can be substituted with payslips (originals) for at least three months. Along with the confirmation, provide an original or a certified copy of a valid work contract, or a confirmation by the employer that you are not in your notice period and that your work contract is in force. If you are a so-called transferred employee, you can substitute a work contract with a letter of transfer from the “parent employer”.

• If you are an entrepreneur, provide a revenue tax assessment notice issued by a tax authority for the past tax period as well as a confirmation by the District Social Security Administration of the amount of social security contributions paid for the correspondent tax period. If you are covered by the public health insurance, provide also a confirmation of the paid amount of public medical insurance contributions. If you are a starting entrepreneur who has not submitted a tax declaration yet and, therefore, you are not able to provide a revenue tax assessment notice, provide, for example, a special financial statement.

• If you are an entrepreneur paying tax under the flat-rate scheme, you can prove your monthly income by submitting the following documents:
  • financial statement or tax records for the current or previous tax period,
  • statement from the account where income and expenses of your business activities are recorded (statement for the period according to the financial statement or tax records,
  • a document proving that you pay taxes under the flat-rate scheme (e.g. a flat-rate scheme entry form).

• Another proof of funds from which it will be clear that you have the required amount of funds at your disposal, or that the payment of the costs related with your stay in the Czech Republic is covered.

• Valid internationally recognised payment card the use of which in the Czech Republic is not excluded. Upon the administrative authority’s request, you must further provide a bank account statement.

• If you want to study in the Czech Republic (that is, if you are applying for a residence permit for the purpose that is considered as studies within the meaning of Section 64 of the Foreigners Act, not for a long-term visa for the purpose of “other”), as a proof you can provide a commitment issued by a public authority or a legal entity confirming that they will cover your stay in the Czech Republic by providing you with the funds in the amount of the subsistence minimum for 1 month of the expected stay. Alternatively, you can provide a proof that all the costs related with your studies will be covered by the receiving organisation (the school). If such a sum does not reach the required amount, you must provide a proof that you own funds in the amount of the difference between the amount of the subsistence minimum and the commitment for the length of the expected stay, but at most in the amount of 6 times the subsistence minimum. A proof of funds can also be substituted with a decision or an agreement to award a grant on the basis of an international agreement which is binding for the Czech Republic.

• A proof of funds can be substituted with a proof of payment for the services related with your stay in the country or a confirmation that the services will be provided free of charge.

In the case of these applications, the applicants prove the necessary amount of funds for the residence by providing a proof of their total monthly income and the income of the other persons assessed together with them who reside in the Czech Republic. It is not necessary to provide the incomes of the other members of the family if the income already provided fully covers the amount stipulated by law.

The total monthly income must meet the requirement of regularity and constancy. For these reasons, it is not possible to prove the income with a one-off bank account statement. At the same time, child benefits, unemployment benefits, re-training benefits and material need benefits are not considered as income in these instances.

Persons assessed together are:

• parents and minor financially dependent children,
• spouses and partners under the Registered Partnership Act (including partnerships registered based on the law of another EU Member State),
• parents and
  • minor children that are financially independent,
  • children of full age that live in the same flat as their parents (this does apply if these children are assessed together with the husband, partner or another person with whom they live in the same flat unless they state in writing that they do not live permanently together and do not cover the costs of their needs together),
• other persons that live in a flat together (unless they state in writing that they do not live permanently together and do not cover the costs of their needs together).

If the applicant is a parent of a minor financially dependent child whose custody was awarded to the other parent by the decision of a competent authority, this child is not assessed together with the applicant.

If the applicant is a child that lives in a common household with only one parent, the other parent, in this case, is not assessed. The child support paid by the parent who does not live in the same household as the child can be included in the application as income.

Family members, in order to obtain a long-term residence permit, for the purpose of family reunification:

• spouses,
• parents and minor children,
• parents and adult dependent children (until 30.6.2023) and/or
• Single parent of a foreigner with a residence permit, or of a foreigner who cannot take care of himself/herself for health reasons

The overall amount that the provided total monthly income must meet cannot be lower than:

• the sum of your living minimums and the living minimums of the persons assessed together with you (family members),
• the highest amount of standardised housing costs stipulated by law, or the real housing costs.

You can prove your total monthly income in several ways:

• In the case of the employment income, it is sufficient to provide a confirmation by the employer of the exact average net monthly salary for the previous calendar quarter. The confirmation can be substituted with payslips (originals) for at least three months. Along with the confirmation, provide an original or a certified copy of a valid work contract, or a confirmation by the employer that you are not in your notice period and that your work contract is in force. If you are a so-called transferred employee, you can substitute a work contract with a letter of transfer from the “parent employer”.
• If you are an entrepreneur, provide a revenue tax assessment notice issued by a tax authority for the past tax period as well as a confirmation by the District Social Security Administration of the amount of social security contributions paid for the correspondent tax period. If you are covered by the public health insurance, provide also a confirmation of the paid amount of public medical insurance contributions. If you are a starting entrepreneur who has not submitted a tax declaration yet and, therefore, you are not able to provide a revenue tax assessment notice, provide, for example, a special financial statement.
• If you are an entrepreneur paying tax under the flat-rate scheme, you can prove your monthly income by submitting the following documents:
  • financial statement or tax records for the current or previous tax period,
  • statement from the account where income and expenses of your business activities are recorded (statement for the period according to the financial statement or tax records,
  • a document proving that you pay taxes under the flat-rate scheme (e.g. a flat-rate scheme entry form).
• If you have income from the revenue of a business company (business partners in limited liability companies, shareholders in joint-stock companies, limited partners in limited partnership companies) or from the revenue of a cooperative where you are a partner (you have income from the capital assets), provide minutes from a general meeting of such business company or from a members’ meeting of such cooperative from which the division of profits among the partners will be clear. You must also provide a proof of payment of the tax based on a special tax rate in line with Section 36 (2) of the Income Tax Act.
• If you are a statutory body, member of a statutory body or of another body of a legal entity and you have income only from exercising the function, provide the particular legal entity’s confirmation of your average net monthly income and a document from which a right to bonuses and their amount will be clear. In the case of business companies, such document is mainly a contract on the performance of duties according to Sections 59 and 60 of the Business Company Act – previously closed contracts on the performance of duties must be modified to be in line with this Act within 6 months from when it entered into effect (that is until July 1st 2014), otherwise the performance of duties is invalid. In cases where a contract on the performance of duties was not closed, you can provide a decision of the business company’s highest body or minutes from a meeting of such a body from which such a decision is clear.
• If you have income as a member of a cooperative, business partner in a limited liability company, limited partner in a limited partnership company, provide a confirmation of your average net monthly income and a document from which a right to bonuses and their amount will be clear.
• If you or persons assessed together with you receive financial benefits in another country which you are entitled to use in the Czech Republic, provide a confirmation of the country’s corresponding authority translated into Czech by a sworn translator.
• If you cannot document your income otherwise, you can provide statements from a bank account held in a bank or a financial institution in your name that prove your regular and constant monthly income for at least the past 6 months. Attention: this does not apply if you are applying for a permanent residence permit.

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Living minimum

Persons that are not financially dependent children are assessed first, then financially dependent children are assessed. In each of these categories, the order is given by the persons’ age from the eldest to the youngest.

For the person who is first to be assessed, the living minimum is 4,470 CZK a month.

For the second and following persons to be assessed the monthly living minimum is:

• 4,040 CZK for a person over 15 years of age who is not a financially dependent child,
• 3,490 CZK for a financially dependent child from 15 to 26 years of age,
• 3,050 CZK for a financially dependent child from 6 to 15 years of age,
• 2,480 CZK for a financially dependent child under 6 years of age.

The amount is calculated based on the person’s age that he/she reaches in the calendar month for which the amount is being calculated.

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Housing costs

The highest amount of the standardised housing costs is since January 1, 2024:

• 16,729 CZK in the case of one person and/or two people in a family,
• 19,212 CZK in the case of a three-member family,
• 23,195 CZK in the case of a four- and more-member family.

If you credibly demonstrate that you pay for housing a different amount than what is given by the standardised housing costs, it will be the really demonstrated housing costs that will be counted towards the necessary monthly income.

Housing costs consist of the payment for the provided accommodation, including the costs of gas and electricity, water and sewer charges, collection of waste and the costs of central heating or fossil fuels, but only in the cases when they are not already included in the rent or the payment for the provided accommodation.

Example: The household consists of a mother and two financially dependent children in the age of 16 and 7. The real and credibly demonstrated housing costs of this household are 10,000 CZK. For the child’s (7 years of age) long-term residence permit application for the purpose of family reunification, the mother must demonstrate an income of at least 21,010 CZK (4,470 CZK for the mother, 3,490 CZK for the child of 16 years of age, 3,050 CZK for the child of 7 years of age, 10,000 CZK for housing costs).

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Consent to disclosure for the Tax Office

Upon an administrative authority’s request, you must provide consent to full disclosure of data for the Tax Office. If you have attached to the application an income document of a family member, you must provide his/her consent to disclosure as well.