Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

It is for third-country nationals temporarily transferred within a multinational company from a facility or branch outside the EU to a facility or branch in Czechia, to work as managers, specialists or employed interns.

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https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
An intra-company employee transfer card is a long-term residence permit that enables third countries nationals to be transferred from their country of origin to work as managers, specialists or employed interns in the Czech Republic.
https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
It is a temporary transfer of a multinational company’s employee from a facility or branch situated in a country that is not an EU Member State to a spin-off facility or branch in the Czech Republic.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The applicant needs a transfer within a multinational company. The application requires a letter of transfer, proof of at least six months' prior employment and proof of the relationship between the transferring and receiving entities.

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Letter of transfer
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Proof of employment in the business company for at least 6 months immediately before the intra-company transfer.
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Proof of a relation of the entities between which the foreigner shall be transferred

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The transferee must work as a manager (leads a company, spin-off or part of it and supervises staff), a specialist (specialised knowledge essential to the business plus required formal qualification and experience or professional-association membership where legislation requires) or an employed intern (completed university education, transferred for career development or training and paid). Proof of at least 6 months' employment in the company immediately before the transfer is required.

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https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
A manager manages a business company or a spin-off or a part thereof, supervises the work of other employees who carry out supervising, professional or managing activities and control thereof
https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
A specialist is a foreign national with specialised knowledge essential for the given field of work, processes or management of a business company or a spin-off, and who further has the necessary level of formal qualification and professional experience, or is a member of a professional association, if specific legislation stipulates these requirements.
https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
An employed intern is a foreign national with a completed university education who is transferred to a business company or a spin-off with a business address or location in the Czech Republic for the purpose of developing his/her career or training in the field of business techniques and methods, and who receives a salary or remuneration during such transfer.
https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
Proof of employment in the business company for at least 6 months immediately before the intra-company transfer.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The holder can stay and work legally in Czechia for the permit's duration and must fulfil the purpose of stay throughout; if conditions are met, the holder can also apply for an intra-company employee transfer card in another EU Member State. The official source does not state whether the holder may change employer, occupation or sector, or whether family members may accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record

The page does not state whether the holder may change employer, occupation or sector.
The page does not state whether family members may accompany the holder.

https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
You can stay and work legally in the Czech Republic for the duration of your residence permit. If you meet the given conditions, you can also apply for an intra-company employee transfer card in another EU Member State.
https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/long-term-residence-permits/intra-company-employee-transfer-card/
You must fulfil the purpose of your stay for the whole duration of your residence permit. You must also follow the obligations for foreigners stipulated by law.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

The permit is valid for the time of the transfer to the EU Member States, but for a maximum of 3 years for managers and specialists and 1 year for employed interns. It can be renewed repeatedly for the duration of the transfer, subject to the same maximum periods. The official source does not state any longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record

The source does not state any longer-term residence direction.

How long is an intra-company employee transfer card valid for?
For the time of the transfer to the EU Member States, but for a maximum of: 3 years for managers and specialists, 1 year for employed interns.
Under what conditions can you apply for an extension of the validity of your residence permit?
An intra-company employee transfer card can be renewed repeatedly for the duration of the transfer to the EU Member States, but for a maximum of 3 years for managers and specialists and for a maximum of 1 year for employed interns.

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Intra-Company Employee Transfer Card

What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

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