Expat Life in Czechia — Visas, Residence, Work, Daily Life

Ukrainian refugees in Czechia will probably face a dilemma next year: stay under temporary protection with free access to the labour market, or apply for a work card in exchange for a longer right of residence. In early October, on a propos

One in four Prague residents is a foreigner, and their number grew from 61,000 to 354,000 between 2001 and 2024. By 2050 the number of residents without Czech citizenship could exceed 600,000, according to an analysis by the Prague Institut

On Monday the Czech government approved extending the so-called emergency work visas until 31 December 2028. The programme has run since 2019 and was due to expire this year; the proposal came from the Ministry of Agriculture, which is head

Czechia's ruling coalition has agreed to cut spending on benefits for Ukrainian refugees by four billion crowns, but who will put it into law and how is still in dispute. Chamber of Deputies Speaker Okamura said the amendment will be submit

A further 22,000 Ukrainian refugees in Czechia received the special long-term residence permit in 2025 — it guarantees at least five years of legal stay in the country and the right to apply for permanent residence. According to the Interio

Mariia and Mykola, a married couple who fled Ukraine as refugees, took jobs at a warehouse in the Czech town of Ústí nad Labem — and ended up at the centre of a story about “hidden” job-placement middlemen. For minimum wage, they spent 12-h

You need a doctor, but the first page of search results already gives you three different answers. What matters is not finding the best clinic but working out where to start.

According to statisticians' estimates, up to 1.52 million foreigners were living or working in Czechia at the end of December. The figure is based on national accounts — statistical data covering the state of the entire Czech economy."The e

A native of Tajikistan holding Uzbek citizenship, fighter Muradov, has avoided forced expulsion from Czechia, yet he still has not obtained official permission to stay in the country. As a citizen of a non-EU state, without such a permit he

Rental prices for students in Czechia have risen sharply ahead of the new academic year. According to data from Sreality.cz, the country's largest property portal, the steepest increase was recorded in Pardubice, where the median cost of a

Since 5 August 2024, dozens of Ukrainian refugees in Czechia have been denied temporary protection under a new EU requirement obliging men of conscription age to prove they have fulfilled their obligations to the Ukrainian armed forces. The

As of Wednesday, Czechia has stopped granting temporary protection to Ukrainian men of conscription and reserve age — from 23 to 60 years old. This was announced by Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar (ANO), who noted that the government has l