Project Selection of Qualified Foreign Workers

What does the project offer?

• Selected qualified workers are given the opportunity to apply for permanent residence within a shorter period, after one and a half year (highly qualified workers category) or two and a half years (standard category of qualified workers) of uninterrupted stay and work (as compared to the current standard period of 5 years). Starting from July 1st 2007, highly qualified workers category includes the project participants with university level education who are working on the positions requiring university level education and corresponding to their qualification (education or practice).
• Together with project participants, their family members will also be allowed to settle in the Czech Republic and to obtain permanent residence there.
• Participants who in the first year of the project lose their job through no fault of their own are entitled to a 60 day grace period during which they do not lose their visa and their residence permit is not revoked. The above mentioned grace period should serve as time during which participants search for another job in the CR. In the course of following years of the project the participants are given the grace period also if they lose their job for other reasons.
• When looking for employment applicants may use the www.praceprocizince.cz web site,where Czech employers advertise free positions.

What requirements must be met?

• The project is open for:
  – citizens of these countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Barma, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Laos, Macedonia(FYROM), Malaya, Mexico, Moldova, Monte Negro, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Republic of South Africa, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation, Salvador, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tadzikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan;
  – graduates of Czech universities coming from all third countries (except those who studied in the CR as part of development assistance projects provided to their home country), who graduated in 1995 or later;
  – graduates of Czech secondary schools from all third countries, who finished their studies and passed the school leaving exam in 2000 or later.
• Applicants must be secondary school graduates .
• Applicants must find legal employment in the CR on their own.
• Applicants must obtain at least 25 points in the computerized selection procedure reflecting various criteria (qualification, practice, language skills, family situation etc.)

About the project:

The pilot stage of the project started in July 2003, and was planned for 5 years. Now after the pilot stage period the project is open for participants from 51 countries.

The project is implemented by the Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs in cooperation with the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Czech Ministry of Interior.

The project is implemented in accordance with the Resolutions of the Government of the Czech Republic No. 975 dated 26 September 2001, No. 720 dated 10 July 2002, No. 340 dated 14 April 2004, No. 394 dated 6 April 2005, No. 1374 dated 26 October 2005 and No.431 dated 19 April 2006, No. 538 dated 23 May 2007, No. 1316 dated 20 October 2008, No. 1236 dated 29 September 2009.

Contact Places – where to get more information about the project

The MoLSA Office

Working hours: Mon, Wed: 8.00 – 11.30 and 13.00 – 16.00
Tue, Thu: 8.00 – 11.30
Podskalská 23, 128 00 Prague 2
Tel.: +420 224 914 620, 224 914 623, 224 914 629
Fax: +420 224 914 630
E-mail: migrace@mpsv.cz
URL: www.imigracecz.org

Postal Address:

Na Poricnim pravu 1
128 00 Prague 2

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