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Czech Republic Announces Work Permit Changes

February 21, 2012—The Czech Republic has announced new changes to its immigration legislation for 2012. All non-EU foreign workers must submit their education achievements for certification before applying for a work permit, and all companies must now notify a labour office of the start date of a non-EU employee.

All foreign diplomas must be submitted to a specified Czech University prior to application for certification that the degree has a Czech equivalent. Authorities will consider a foreigner’s work permit request only if certification is submitted with the application. This will extend the already lengthy Czech immigration procedure, as the official processing time for this
certification is 30 days, with some universities expected to take up to three months. The time taken by an applicant to complete their submission must also increase as an outline of
subjects studied on the course will also need to be prepared and submitted.

The new requirement to notify local labour offices about non-EU foreign employee start dates also includes those employees who are already employed. Companies with any
employees on valid work permits are advised to alert the labour office as soon as possible, as all notices must be in before April 1 2012. All employees that start work on a permit from
January 1 2012 must be submitted to the appropriate office.

 

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