How to Apply for Long term residence permit

To participate in the UNESCO/IUPAC Postgraduate Course in Polymer Science in the beautiful city of Prague, you will need not visa but Long term residence permit for the purpose of scientific research. The average time the authorities need to issue the student visa is about 2 months.

In most countries, the Czech consulates ask the applicants to present a crime report. This certificate is issued by police of your country and it can take several weeks to get it. This might delay your application. The document shoud be translated into Czech language!

Please, contact Viktoria Bodnarova <bodnarova@ssc.cas.cz> from EURAXESS http://www.euraxess.cz/ before you visit the Embassy or if you have any doubts or questions. She is a person who can precisely guide you through the process.

Keep in mind – summer time is a time of vacations. This might delay your visa process since you need several institutions to proceed.

The details about application process you can find at http://www.mzv.cz/jnp/en/information_for_aliens/long_term_residence_permit/long_term_residence_permit_for_the_2.html

When you are accepted for the course, the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry in Prague will send you a package
of official documents (in Czech and English). These documents must accompany your visa application:

Application form for long term residence permit
Letter of invitation
Letter of the Czech UNESCO Office
Hosting Agreement
Commitment to cover all cost

To prepare these documents we need from you:

Correct spelling of your name as stated in your passport – please send us a scan of the title passport page as a digital file
Your date of birth
Number of your passport
Your nationality, permanent address and address of your institution/workplace