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Does Czechia have a digital nomad visa?

Not a general one. What exists is the official Digital Nomad Program: citizens of 12 countries working remotely as IT or marketing specialists, either for their foreign employer or as freelancers on a Czech trade licence, admitted via the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Everyone else remote-working their way here uses the ordinary business route: trade licence plus a long-stay visa for business.

Who this is for: Remote employees of foreign companies and freelancers considering a Czech base, and people comparing “nomad visa” marketing against what officially exists.

Not for: EU citizens, who simply move, see EU registration, and short stays within visa-free or Schengen limits, which need no program at all.

The program, as officially stated

CzechInvest’s official program page, read on 14 October 2026, defines the scope: citizens of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States, working remotely as IT specialists or marketing specialists. Two tracks: the employee of a foreign company, whose visa is a long-stay visa “for the purpose of other”, and the freelancer who holds or will hold a Czech trade licence, on a long-stay visa for business. Immediate family can apply alongside. Admission requests go to the Ministry of Industry and Trade at digitalnomad@mpo.gov.cz.

Third-party guides quote income thresholds for this program that differ from each other, and the official program page we read states none. Treat any specific nomad-program income figure as that site’s own, and confirm current conditions with MPO before building plans on them.

Everyone else: the route that actually exists

Outside the program’s nationality list, remote workers settle in Czechia the way freelancers always have: a trade licence (živnostenský list) and a long-stay visa for business, filed at a Czech embassy. That route has real conditions, proof of funds among them, computed by formula rather than a flat number.

Long-stay visa for BUSINESS purposes (živnostenské oprávnění / podnikání) — fee at an embassy

5,000 CZK

Third-country nationals applying at a Czech embassy for a long-stay visa for the purpose of business. Every other purpose is 2,500 Kč at an embassy.

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The wording the rule above was read from. It is the authoritative text, and it is in Czech.

“Act 634/2004, Sazebník, Položka 144A: "b) Přijetí žádosti o udělení dlouhodobého víza za účelem podnikání Kč 5 000"”

Read from e-sbirka.gov.cz on 13 September 2026Check it yourself

Proof of funds — how much money you must show, and how it is calculated

A multiple of the subsistence minimum (existenční minimum), not a fixed sum: 0.5x per day for a stay up to 30 days; 15x for a stay over 30 days, plus a further 2x for every full month of the intended stay; 50x for a business stay over 90 days. The subsistence minimum is 3,130 CZK, so the amount moves whenever that figure moves.

Third-country nationals, as the general rule under § 13(1)(a) for any residence purpose where a residence permit or long-stay visa requires proof of funds, including study, family reunification and business. It does not apply where a specific provision sets something else, and it is NOT the income test for permanent residence or family reunification, which uses the LIVING minimum plus a housing component under § 46(7)(b) — check which test your own purpose falls under before working out a figure.

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The wording the rule above was read from. It is the authoritative text, and it is in Czech.

“§ 13 odst. 1 písm. a) bod 2: "2. 15násobku částky existenčního minima, jestliže má pobyt na území přesáhnout dobu 30 dnů, s tím, že tato částka se za každý celý měsíc předpokládaného pobytu na území zvyšuje o 2násobek částky existenčního minima," The day-rate and business variants are separate fragments of the same item: bod 1 reads "1. 0,5násobku částky existenčního minima stanovené zvláštním právním předpisem 6) (dále jen „částka existenčního minima“) na 1 den pobytu, jestliže tento pobyt nemá vcelku přesáhnout dobu 30 dnů," and bod 3 reads "3. 50násobku částky existenčního minima, jestliže se jedná o pobyt za účelem podnikání, který má vcelku přesáhnout 90 dnů, nebo"”

Read from e-sbirka.gov.cz on 13 September 2026Check it yourself

  1. 1Read the trade licence guide: what the licence is, who needs a responsible representative, what it costs.
  2. 2Prepare the embassy filing: the business-purpose visa, with the documents pipeline for your foreign papers.
  3. 3Once here, the first-weeks duties apply like anyone’s, see arrival and biometrics.

Tax reality check

Living here while working for clients elsewhere makes you interesting to the Czech tax system regardless of what your visa is called: residence, permanent establishment and social insurance questions arrive with the lease. That is tax advice territory, and worth one professional hour before the move rather than after.

Quick questions

I’m a designer, not IT or marketing. Can I use the program?
The official scope is IT and marketing specialist roles. Outside it, the trade-licence route is the honest answer, and it does not care about your field.
How long does the program visa last?
The official page we read does not state a duration, and secondary sources vary. Confirm with MPO at the program address; the underlying long-stay visas have their own standard terms.
Can I switch from the nomad program to a normal permit later?
The program rides on ordinary long-stay visas, so the ordinary continuations apply: extensions, long-term residence, eventually permanent residence, with time counted under the usual rules, see what counts toward the 5 years.

Official sources, and when we read them

A summary to help you act in time, not legal advice. Rules change; the dates above say when each source was actually read, and the fact boxes carry their own.

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