Along with the application, you must submit:

1. a valid travel document(original)
2. a document on the purpose of your staylist or record
3. proof of funds
4. proof of accommodation
5. 1 photograph showing your current appearance
6. if a minor. expressed written consent of parents

If your application is approved, prior to affixing the visa, you are obliged to submit proof of medical travel insurance that corresponds to the specified conditions.

An employee card is a new type of permit for long-time residence in the territory of the Czech Republic (CR) where the purpose of the foreign national’s stay (longer than 3 months) is employment.

However, the job vacancy for which an application for an employee card can be filed must come from the central register of job vacancies that can be filled by holders of employee cards. Subject to the consent of the employer, these vacant jobs can be published on the Internet Integrated Portal of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs where you can find them.

Therefore, an employee card always relates to the specific job (there can also be multiple job positions at the same time) for which it was issued or, if applicable, to a job for which the Ministry of the Interior’s consent was granted due to previous legislation or which was notified by foreign national as a new job position in connection with changing employer or job, and if he/ she fulfilled conditions established for making such change by the law.

You must submit an application for an employee card in person at the embassy of the CR with the appropriate territorial jurisdiction.

You must attach the following to an application for an employee card:

1. a valid travel document (original),
2. a document confirming availability of accommodation,
3. 1 photographshowing your current appearance,
4. a contract of employment, an agreement on work activity (or at least an agreement for a future contract where the parties agree to enter into a contract of employment or an agreement on work activity by an agreed deadline). The aforementioned documents must contain a stipulation which provides that regardless of the scope of work, the agreed monthly salary will not be lower than the basic monthly minimum wage and that weekly working hours will be at least 15 hours,
5. documents proving the professional qualifications for performance of the desired job, if this condition follows from the nature of the employment or an international agreement sets such a condition, particularly
   • a document proving the required education (such as a diploma); in justified cases, particularly if reasonable doubt exists as to whether you have the required education or whether your education is appropriate for the nature of employment, you will be obliged, at the request of an administrative authority, to prove and submit a document certifying that your foreign education has been recognised by the relevant authority of the CR,
   • a document proving the required professional qualifications, if such qualifications are required according to other legal regulations (for example, a fork-lift truck operator licence or the appropriate driving license for a tram/bus driver, etc.),
   • a document proving that you meet the requirements for performing an occupation referred to as “regulated occupation”, if your application concerns this kind of occupation; if you do not already hold such a document, you must apply to the relevant recognition authority of the CR for recognition of your professional qualifications, after filing the application for an employee card. Issuance of the employee card is contingent on your submission of an affirmative decision of the recognition authority,
6. upon request, a document similar to an extract from the Penal Register,
7. document proving the fulfilment of conditions set out in the measure of Ministry of Health on prevention of the spread of infectious illnesses (Medical report).

The statutory deadline for processing an application for an employee card is 60 days from the date of the filing of the application.

Source: www.mvcr.cz