Visa for a trade license
Changes in the rules for self employed visa
An applicant for a long-term visa for the purpose of conducting business (zivnostensky list or SRO) is obliged to attend an interview at the relevant embassy.
In the case a someone wishes to change their previous purpose of stay to becoming self employed,the person must have been legally resident in the Czech Republic for at least 2 years.
A foreign national must submit the following documents to the application for issuing/extending the long-term residence permit for the purpose of conducting business:
* a proof of the entry in the relevant register, list or records (e.g. the Trade Licensing Office or Commercial Register);
* a document proving that his/her monthly income and the income of people assessed together with him/her is not lower than the sum of the minimum subsistence and costs of housing;
* if he/she is a self-employed person: a confirmation of relevant authorities proving he/she has no tax arrears and social security insurance and contribution to the state employment policy arrears;
* if he/she stays in the Czech Republic as a statutory body or a member of the statutory body of a trade company or a coop: a confirmation that such company/coop has no tax arrears and social security insurance and contribution to the state employment policy arrears;
* upon request, an income tax payment assessment.
A residence permit for the purpose of a profit-making activity in the Territory of the Czech Republic will only be issued to foreign nationals for the purpose of "employment" or "conducting business"
(i.e. a residence permit is not issued for the purpose of “participation in a legal entity” any more).
An application for residence permit for the purpose of conducting business shall be submitted not only by a foreign national willing to conduct business in the Czech Republic as a self-employed person, but newly also by a foreign national willing to stay in the Territory as a statutory body or a member of the statutory body of a trade company or a coop.