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Special Work Visa for Agriculture and Food Sectors

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

The pathway is designed for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldavia, Northern Macedonia and Ukraine who want to work temporarily in the Czech Republic in jobs falling into one of the following categories: crop and animal production, gamekeeping and associated activities; forestry and logging; manufacture of food products; or manufacture of beverages.

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  • Special Work Visa
    A long-term special work visa is a residence permit intended for the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldavia, Northern Macedonia and Ukraine, who want to work in the Czech Republic temporarily.
  • Who can apply for a long-term special work visa?
    The job you are planing to perform must fall into one of the following categories: Crop and animal production, gamekeeping and associated activities, forestry and logging, manufacture of food products, or manufacture of beverages.

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 an employer. The employer must participate in the government-approved programme managed by the Ministry of Agriculture and must not be a labour agency.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the decisive professional requirements of this route.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched 9893c8f380700321.txt for qualification, experience, salary, skill or shortage conditions; the sector list is R1's and the programme/labour-agency conditions are R2's (both certas). No other material.

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

During the validity of the permit, the holder can stay in the Czech Republic and work at the position for which the work visa was acquired. The holder can repeatedly leave and re-enter the Czech Republic for the whole duration of the long-term visa's validity. The official source does not state whether family members can accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not state whether family members can accompany the holder.
  • What does this residence permit enable you to do?
    During the validity of the permit, you can stay in the Czech Republic and work at the position for which you acquired the work visa legally. You can repeatedly leave and re-enter the Czech Republic for the whole duration of your long-term visa’s validity.

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

The long-term visa is valid for a maximum of 1 year with no possibility of extension. A residence with a special work visa does not count towards the 5-year continuous residence in the Czech Republic necessary for acquiring a permanent residence permit. During residence with this visa, it is not permitted to apply for any other residence permit.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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