Czech Republic Visa Center in Moscow - overview of the institution

How to get there: map

The closest metro station to the Sirius Park business center on Kashirka is Nagatinskaya. Those who arrive at this station can take advantage of a free shuttle that departs every 10 minutes from the Nizhnye Kotly Platform stop. It is very easy to recognize the bus; on the windshield there is a sign “SIRIUS PARK Business Quarter”. The transport stop in the business district is located to the left of the Sirius Park business center, which, in fact, houses the Czech visa center.

Car owners can use the large parking lot opposite the business center completely free of charge.

What kind of visa can I get?

The following types of documents can be issued for travel to the Czech Republic:

• short-term – suitable for tourism, treatment, business trips;
• long-term (type D) - these are issued to those who plan to stay in the country for a longer time. The reason may be contract work, entrepreneurial activity, long-term study or family reunification.

What documents are needed to apply for a visa?

In order to obtain permission to enter the Czech Republic, you will need the following set of papers:

• application form filled out in Latin letters;
• International passport with two blank pages and a copy of its double page;
• two photos measuring 35 by 45 millimeters;
• passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation and its photocopies;
• valid insurance;
• a certificate from the place of employment indicating the position and official salary;
• statement from the bank;
• photocopies of tickets;
• hotel reservation;
• Receipt of payment of the consular fee.

How to apply for a visa

A potential applicant has two options:

• prepare the documents yourself - for this you need to contact the consular department of the embassy in Moscow in advance (residents of other cities will have to submit an application in the capital) and have a ready-made package of documentation in hand;
• contact the visa center, whose employees will take care of all the bureaucratic red tape. There are often cases of negligence among intermediary companies when clients receive nothing but wasted money and lost time, so it is extremely important to take the choice of specialists seriously.

Opening hours of the Czech Visa Application Center in Moscow

Applicants can contact the visa center every day except Saturday and Sunday, from 9 am to 4 pm. If documents are processed urgently, they will need to be submitted on the specified day before 11.00. Ready documents are issued on any working day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Monday Friday:

• Submission of documents : Standard applications: from 9:00 to 16:00 Express applications: from 9:00 to 11:00 Prime Time: from 18:00 to 22:00 (for an additional fee)
• Passport issuance : from 11:00 to 16:00

What documents are needed to obtain an entry permit?

If you want to apply for a visa to visit the Czech Republic in 2020, you will need to submit the following documents:

• application form for a visa to the Czech Republic, signed by the recipient;
• a foreign passport with a validity period of at least 90 days upon completion of the trip, issued no later than 10 years ago (an indispensable condition is the presence of two blank pages);
• consent to the processing of personal data;
• studio quality photo size 3.5*4.5 cm;
• photocopy of the first page of the foreign passport;
• photocopy of the first page and registration mark of the Russian passport;
• health insurance documents with a minimum amount of 30,000 euros;
• confirmation of the tourist’s solvency (certificates from work with an established income; letter of sponsorship in case another person takes over the financing; certificate of registration of individual entrepreneurs and 3-NDFL certificate for entrepreneurs; statements from your bank account for the last 3 months).
• justification for the purpose of the visit (tourist trip, work meeting, visiting friends or relatives, language courses, treatment, student exchange, etc.).

If you do not have any documents from the list or they are difficult to obtain, we will do them for you. You can consult a package of documents for free by phone

Sign up for submission of documents

You can submit documents to the Czech visa center in Moscow either on a first-come, first-served basis or by making an appointment in advance. The last option will be relevant for those who value their time and are not ready to stand in a long line. Registration for submitting documents is carried out on the website of the visa center. However, only those who are officially Russian citizens can submit documents to this institution. By law, foreigners apply directly to the embassy, ​​bypassing visa centers.

When submitting documents by appointment, it is better to arrive at the institution no later than 15 minutes before the specified time. It is allowed to submit documents no earlier than 90 days before the expected departure.

Both the applicant himself and his authorized representative (representative or relative) can apply for a visa to the Czech Republic. A pre-printed and completed application form must be submitted along with the main package of documents. Entries in it must be made only in printed Latin letters. The form must include the signature of the applicant and the date of completion.

The applicant's main package of documents must contain:

• Russian and foreign passports.
• Photos of certain sizes (special for documents).
• A certificate that confirms the financial solvency of the applicant (availability of a certain amount for living in the Czech Republic).
• Provide copies of plane, train or bus tickets or their reservation. Sometimes you can indicate a hotel where you have already booked a room.

If parents take a child on a trip, they must have a Birth Certificate with them. If one of the parents takes the child with him, the other must have written permission to leave. If the parents already have a visa, but the child does not, then a copy of the valid visa of one of them must be attached to the package of documents of the minor applicant.

Each applicant, when submitting documents, signs an additional document. a questionnaire that allows the visa center to process your personal data.

You can track the status of processing applications on the official website of the visa center. The client of the center receives a notification that the passport with a visa is ready or the visa is refused (this happens very rarely).

Features of document submission

The applicant can submit documents independently or through relatives and representatives. Before submitting the package of documents, you need to fill out a visa application. The form must be filled out in block letters. They must be Latin. You can fill it out by hand or type and print it. On the printed version, you must indicate the date of completion and sign. The application is accompanied by accompanying documents:

1. passport of a Russian citizen;
2. international passport;
3. photo;
4. documentary evidence of availability of funds for living expenses during your stay in the country;
5. a copy of tickets or a reservation for round-trip tickets;
6. duty payment receipt.

If children are traveling, a Birth Certificate is attached to the package of documents. When a child travels with his mother (father), permission to leave the child must be obtained from the second parent. If a child is going on a trip without parents, a copy of the parents’ visa must be added to the listed documents.

Attention! Documents must be accompanied by written consent to the processing of personal data.

Close relatives or representatives can submit documentation on behalf of the applicant. Each of them must have the appropriate documents with them.

After submitting the full package of papers, the status of consideration of the application can be seen on the organization’s website. When a decision is made, the applicant is notified that a ready-made passport with an open visa can be obtained.

Cost of services: consular and service fee

Receipts for payment of fees are a required attribute of visa documentation. Each applicant pays 35 euros for submitting documents. If you want to obtain an entry document as soon as possible, you need to pay 70 euros.

If documents are processed not at the consulate, but through a visa center, an additional visa fee of 25 euros is required. There is no need to pay a fee for registration of documents for children (up to 6 years).

All fees (visa and service) are paid at the visa center cash desk on the day the documents are processed. Payment is only in rubles at the exchange rate valid on the day the documents are submitted. You can find out more about the conversion rate by calling the help desk of the Czech visa center.

Cost of services

If a standard type of visa is required, the applicant must pay a consular fee of 35 euros (will have to be paid in the equivalent of Russian currency). The service fee is 25 euros. This amount does not change, both when applying for a regular visa and during a quick review of the situation. When obtaining a visa using the express method, the consular fee must be paid in the amount of 70 euros. The state duty already includes VAT. Children under 6 years of age, disabled people and people accompanying them do not pay the consular fee. They only have to provide a receipt for a service fee of 12 euros.

How long will it take for the visa to be ready?

After the application has been received and all documents have been submitted, the visa in standard situations is issued within 6 working days. Express applications are processed within 3 days. In this case, the day of submission of documents is not taken into account in either the first or second case. Very rarely, the processing time for applications extends for a month (if not all documents have been submitted or personal communication with the applicant is required).

If documents are submitted to a visa center, then you need to take into account that its employees have nothing to do with the decision to issue a visa. Everything is decided at the Consulate.

Registration at the Czech Republic visa center in Moscow

To submit an application through the Czech Visa Application Center in Moscow, it is not necessary to make an appointment in advance. Documents can be submitted on a first-come, first-served basis. However, to save your own time, it is better to make an appointment in advance. You can sign up online. The VC accepts visa documentation only from Russian citizens; foreign citizens must apply directly to the Czech Embassy.

You must arrive at the visa center no later than fifteen minutes before your appointment time.

Citizens can contact the organization no earlier than three months before the scheduled date of departure from the country.

Additional services

In addition to the main range of services, the visa center is ready to offer additional services.

• After paying 100 rubles, the applicant will receive an SMS notification about the result of the paperwork.
• Photocopies – 15 rubles per 1 page.
• Courier services - cost depends on delivery location.
• You can take a photo for documents - for 200 rubles - a set of 4 photos. They must meet certain parameters: the head takes up no more than 75% of the entire photo, the dimensions of the photo are strictly 3.5 by 4.5 cm, the photo must be taken no later than 6 months before the intended trip.
• Acceptance of documents at the address specified by the applicant. The minimum cost of the service is 150 euros.
• Use of the premium hall for submitting documents. 1 applicant must pay 35 euros for the service. If several family members want to submit documents in the hall at the same time, the total cost is 100 euros.
• The center manager will help you fill out the form and complete the documents correctly and without errors for 300 rubles.
• Those who do not have time to travel to the center to submit biometric data can use the mobile biometrics service. The procedure will be carried out in conditions convenient for the applicant. The cost of the service will depend on the number of people wishing to undergo the procedure at the same time. If it is 1 applicant – 150 euros for the service, from 10 people – from 500 euros.

It should be taken into account that clients who used additional services do not have an advantage in obtaining a visa. Their applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Before using any of the additional services, be sure to pay attention to the agreement, which specifies the specifics of the provision of additional services.

Obtaining a visa to the Czech Republic may become almost impossible for Russians

Moscow expelled 20 Czech diplomats, leaving only five employees at the diplomatic mission. They will not physically be able to issue tourist visas to the same extent as before.

Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS

Russians will likely have difficulty obtaining a visa to the Czech Republic. The scandal surrounding the explosions at an ammunition depot in Vrbetice, Czech Republic, in 2014 could lead to such consequences.

In response to accusations of involvement in the incident and the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Prague, Russian authorities sharply reduced the number of the Czech diplomatic mission in Moscow. As reported in Prague, after the expulsion of 20 Czech diplomats from Russia, only five employees remained at the embassy.

Moreover, Moscow gave Czech diplomats only a day to leave the country and prohibited the embassy from hiring Russian citizens.

As a result, Russians may practically lose the opportunity to obtain a visa to the Czech Republic, notes Aleksan Mkrtchyan, member of the presidium of the Alliance of Travel Agencies and general director of the Pink Elephant travel network :

— The activities of the embassy will be paralyzed, because these five people who remained in the Czech embassy will perform purely technical functions. There is no longer any need to talk about any mass issuance of visas. Only those who urgently need to [leave] - for a funeral or to study - will receive visas. With the number of diplomatic workers being five people, you will have to forget about tourism to the Czech Republic for a long time.

— Will Russians be able to travel to the Czech Republic by applying for a visa to another state from the Schengen countries?

- This is always undesirable. Some countries turn a blind eye to this. We know of a case where people with a Portuguese visa entered Greece. And some countries, for example Germany, look extremely negatively when people with a Greek visa enter Germany - Greece is very far from Germany. Therefore, naturally, this is undesirable. It is clear that there are no borders and people will come to Austria, Germany or Poland - those countries that border the Czech Republic, and then come to the Czech Republic. But in any case, unfortunately, I don’t see anything good for the development of the exchange of tourists between us and the Czech Republic in the near future.

Other consequences of the scandal include the exclusion of Russia from the tender for the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic. As stated in the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade, Rosatom will leave the list of participants in the competition in the coming days and will not be able to participate in the project as a subcontractor. The size of the tender for the construction of a new power unit at the Dukovany NPP is at least 6 billion euros. Initially, the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade itself advocated for a wide list of applicants in order to increase competition.

Does Rosatom have the opportunity to challenge the decision? Leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov comments:

Igor Yushkov, a leading analyst at the Rosatom National Energy Security Foundation, of course, can still fight, file a lawsuit in the European courts, because de facto what the Czechs are doing is sanctions against both China and Russia. But formally, in general, Rosatom can fight through the antimonopoly legislation of the European Union: it guarantees access of any companies to the market, any companies to conduct such tenders. And you can take advantage of this and fight. Of course, there are not very many chances. Among the companies that remain: the American-Canadian Westinghouse, the French and the South Korean company, probably the American one is becoming the favorite.”

Amid the scandal, Prague authorities demanded that Russia return part of the Stromovka Park, which is occupied by the Russian embassy. As Novinky.cz writes, we are talking about half a hectare of land in Prague, where Soviet soldiers set up camp during the invasion of the Czech Republic by Warsaw Pact troops. After this, part of the park became de facto part of the embassy of first the Soviet Union and then Russia. As the mayor of the Prague 7 district, Jan Czyzinski, wrote on Twitter, the city authorities want to restore green spaces there.

An explosion at an ammunition depot in the village of Vrbetice occurred in 2014, killing two people. According to the Czech authorities, part of the contents of these warehouses belonged to the Bulgarian businessman Emelyan Gebrev, who was subsequently supposed to transfer weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. Two possible GRU employees have been put on the wanted list - Petrov and Boshirov, whom the UK accuses of poisoning the Skripals in Salisbury.

The day before, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic claimed that the government would disclose new data about the explosion, but today at the summit of EU foreign ministers, a representative of the republic denied this.

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