My permit expires soon
The window you may file in — at the earliest 120 days before expiry, at the latest the last day of validity — the extension fee, and how long the decision takes.
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Check whether you can file today
Enter the expiry date printed on your card. It is checked against the filing window in the rules below.The date printed on your card. We will work out whether you can file today.
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Pick the permit you hold. That decides your form
There is one form per permit, and it covers both getting the permit and extending it — so “renewing” and “extending” are the same thing here. What decides the form is which permit you hold, not which word you use.Not sure which you hold? It is printed on the card itself, and on the decision letter you were sent.
Gather the attachments, then file
Your form’s page lists what to attach, what it costs and where to file it. Free, no account.
The rules behind this, with sources
Each rule says who it applies to, the sentence it was read from, and the date someone opened the official page. Where we cannot confirm a figure, it says so.
The window you may file in
At the latest the last day of current validity; at the earliest 120 days before it expires
EXTENDING an existing Employee Card. The 120 days is the earliest you may file, not a minimum notice period — anywhere inside the window, right up to the last day of validity, is in time. Stated under the Extension section of the official page.
“At the latest the last day of your current residence’s validity, at the earliest 120 days before its expiration.”
Read from ipc.gov.cz on 9 September 2026Check it yourself(opens the official page in a new tab)
What the extension costs
2,500 CZK
Third-country nationals aged 15 or over extending in the Czech Republic. Under 15 it is 1,000 Kč. Extension for the purpose of tolerated stay is 1,000 Kč.
“Extension of validity of a long-term residence permit | 2,500”
Read from ipc.gov.cz on 10 September 2026Check it yourself(opens the official page in a new tab)
How long a decision takes
60 days; 90 days in especially complicated cases
Employee Card applications. Other permit types have their own limits, which we have not verified.
“60 days; 90 days in especially complicated cases, or if the Ministry of the Interior asked the Labour Office for a binding opinion.”
Read from ipc.gov.cz on 9 September 2026Check it yourself(opens the official page in a new tab)
If it expires while they are still deciding
Your existing visa or permit counts as still valid until the decision on your application becomes final
Anyone who has FILED IN TIME for a long-term residence permit or an extension of one, and whose current long-stay visa or long-term residence permit runs out before the decision arrives. It does NOT cover you if you filed late, or outside the conditions in §§ 47(1) to (3) — the protection comes from having applied properly, not from having applied at all.
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The wording the rule above was read from. It is the authoritative text, and it is in Czech.
“§ 47 odst. 4: "(4) Pokud doba platnosti víza k pobytu nad 90 dnů nebo povolení k dlouhodobému pobytu uplyne před rozhodnutím o žádosti o vydání povolení k dlouhodobému pobytu nebo prodloužení doby jeho platnosti, považuje se vízum nebo povolení k dlouhodobému pobytu za platné do doby nabytí právní moci rozhodnutí o podané žádosti. To neplatí, jestliže žádost podle věty první nebyla podána v souladu s podmínkami uvedenými v odstavcích 1 až 3, v § 45 nebo v době, kdy se tento zákon na cizince nevztahuje podle § 2."”
Read from e-sbirka.gov.cz on 19 September 2026Check it yourself(opens the official page in a new tab)
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