Proof of accommodation
New requirements for the proof of securing accommodation
A foreign national is obliged to prove securing accommodation by any of the following documents:
a legal document proving that he/she is an owner of the respective flat or house
a document proving that he/she is entitled to use the respective flat or house (rent agreement)
an officially authenticated confirmation of a person who is the owner or authorized user of the respective flat or house that he/she agrees with accommodating the foreign national.
(notarized doklad u bytovani)
In other words the new rules for most people are the the latter from the landlord needs to be notarized!)
Then there are new "rules" for the rip off agents.
Requirements for accommodation providers are also newly increased. An accommodation provider is not only a person providing accommodation for compensation, but also a person who accommodates more than 5 foreign nationals (except for accommodating close persons).
It newly applies to adequacy of accommodation that the accommodation provider is obliged to ensure to a foreign national that the floor area of a room for accommodation must be at least 8 m2, if a single person is accommodated, 12.6 m2 if two persons are accommodated; 5 m2 are added to the floor area per every further accommodated person.