Information about the Czech Republic

• How do I do this? Welcome to the website of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy of the Czech Ministry of the Interior!
• A set of videos created with the support of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic called “Next stop the Czech Republic“
• Publication “Next stop the Czech Republic” (also in Czech, Russian, Ukrainian, Arabic, French, Mongolian, Serbian, Spanish and Vietnamese)
• Constitution of the Czech Republic (Only in Czech) 
• Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms  
• Public Administration Portal of the Czech Republic – Section “Invitation to visit the Czech Republic” 
• Guide for foreign nationals in Brno (MMB)

Residence in the Czech Republic

• Website of the Ministry of the Interior – You will find current information on residence permits, visas, rights and obligations of foreigners, and others here.   
• Act on the Residence of Foreigners (https://www.zakonyprolidi.cz/cs/1999-326) (Only in Czech)
• Information on the integration of foreigners in the Czech Republic not only for foreigners, but also for the professional public -> www.imigracniportal.cz
• Website of the Integration Centers in the Czech Republic -> www.integracnicentra.cz
• General information for foreigners living in the Czech Republic -> www.cizinci.cz
• Introduction to the individual types of residence 

Department of Residence of Foreigners South Moravian Region (“OAMP MOI“)

Department Brno: districts Brno-město, Brno-venkov, Vyškov, Blansko, Břeclav, Znojmo and Hodonín
address: Tuřanka 1554/115b, 627 00 Brno
Tel .: Tel.: 974 801 801 (incl. Telephone appointment)
Office Hours:
Mon, Wed: 8.00 – 17.00
Tue, Thu: 8.00 – 14.00

Foreign Police (South Moravian Region)

Foreign Police Department
Kounicova 24 611 32 Brno
tel .: 974 621 829 fax: 974 621 828
e-mail: krpb.ocp.sekret@pcr.cz

Department of Residential Agendas Brno
Cejl 62 b 602 00 Brno
tel .: 974 628 131 fax: 974 628 140
e-mail: krpb.ocp.opa.bm.sekret@pcr.cz

Department of Residential Agendas – workplace Znojmo
Pražská 59 669 02 Znojmo
tel .: 974 641 821 fax: 974 641 825
e-mail: krpb.ocp.opa.zn.sekret@pcr.cz

Department of Residential Agendas – workplace Břeclav
Under the castle 922 691 42 Valtice
tel .: 974 632 831 fax: 974 633 858
e-mail: krpb.ocp.opa.bv.sekret@pcr.cz

Important contacts in the regions of South Moravia

Employment, business

• Search for vacancies – Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
• Online job search guide for foreigners
• You can verify whether the employment agency that is interested in you is accredited in the Czech Republic here

Education and the educational system in the Czech Republic

• The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
• Publication Education in the Czech Republic
• Nostrification and education recognition
• Department of Education (South Moravian Region) (Only in Czech)
• META, o.p.s. – A non-profit organization that supports foreigners in education and work integration
• Masaryk University and Recognition of Education at MU 
• Brno University of Technology and Recognition of Education at BUT
• Mendel University and Recognition of Education at MENDELU
• University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Recognition of Education at VFU
• Enrolment in Kindergarten Brno (CZ, ENG) + Info sheet Mš EN (1)
• Enrolment in primary school Brno (CZ, ENG) + Info sheet ZŠ EN

Healthcare and health insurance

• Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
• Project MyHealth – The main aim of MyHealth is to improve access to healthcare for newly arrived vulnerable immigrants and refugees (VMR).
  • Healthtcare user guide for non-EU foreigners in Brno
• List of health insurance companies providing public health insurance
  1. Všeobecná zdravotní pojišťovna
  2. Vojenská zdravotní pojišťovna (Only in Czech)
  3. Česká průmyslová pojišťovna (Only in Czech)
  4. Oborová zdravotní pojišťovna zaměstnanců bank, pojišťoven a stavebnictví  (Only in Czech)
  5. Zaměstnanecká pojišťovna škoda (Only in Czech)
  6. Zdravotní pojišťovna ministerstva vnitra (Only in Czech)
  7. Revírní bratrská pokladna, zdravotní pojišťovna (Only in Czech)
• Health insurance office – counselling

How to find a commercial health insurance company that also ensures foreigners from third countries? Official health insurance calculator for foreigners 2020: online.infocizinci.cz

Social system and social security

• Czech Social Security Administration + Contacts for individual workplaces in the South Moravian Region
• Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
• Handbook of the European Commission „Your social security rights in the Czech Republic“
• EURAXESS
• Labor Office Brno city: www.uradprace.cz/brno-mesto
• Labor Office Brno countryside: www.uradprace.cz/brno-venkov
• Forum about changes in the law Lex Ukraine V

Housing

Apartments and houses for rent and sale can be found on related websites. Many offers can be found on Facebook, or contact a real estate agent or other commercial entities.

You will find basic information on housing in the Czech Republic here.

Presentation from sociocourse “Bydlení v Brně”

www.bezrealitky.cz, www.reality.bazos.cz, www.ulovdomov.cz, www.annonce.cz …

How to learn Czech

• Ministry of the Interior – current information for foreigners
• Website of the MOI and the MLSA about the integration of foreigners in the Czech Republic
• Portal for discussion about migration in the Czech Republic and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe
• Information on migration and integration in the Czech Republic – Immigration portal
• European Union website on integration
• Association for Intercultural Work

Asylum, subsidiary protection

• Information about the Czech Republic, the procedure for granting international protection
• State_integration_programme_for beneficiaries of international protection
• Administration of Refugee Facilities of the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic -> www.suz.cz 
• Asylum Act (Only in Czech)
• State integration program – www.integracniprogram.cz

Organizations helping foreigners in the South Moravian Region

• Organizace pro pomoc uprchlíkům (Organization for aid to refugees) + contact and opening hours of Brno’s office.
• Charita ČR + website of Diecézní charita Brno (Centrum Celsuz)
• Diakonie
• In Iustitia Legal help for victims of prejudiced violence. Office in Brno
• BRNO EXPAT Centre 
• Vicinis 
• Other commercial entities …

NGOs operating in the country

• Poradna pro integraci (Integration counselling)
• Sdružení pro integraci a migraci  (Association for Integration and Migration)
• Portál pro kritickou diskuzi o migraci  (Portal for critical discussion about migration)
• Centrum pro integraci cizinců Praha (Center for Integration of Foreigners Prague)
• Meta o.ps. – An organization for young migrants
• InBáze – An organization helping migrants and their families
• Konsorcium nevládních organizací zabývajících se migranty (Consortium of non-governmental organizations dealing with migrants)
• and many others…

Facebook groups – you can find information for foreigners in the city of Brno and the South Moravian Region here:

• Centrum pro cizince JMK www.facebook.com/CentrumprocizinceJMK
• Life in Brno www.facebook.com/Life.in.Brno
• Living in Brno www.facebook.com/groups/livinginbrno
• Brno Daily www.facebook.com/brnodaily
• Brno expat women www.facebook.com/groups/brnoexpatwomen
• Foreigners in Brno www.facebook.com/Foreigners in Brno
• Brno Expats Group www.facebook.com/groups/BrnoExpatsGroup
• English speaking mums in Brno and Kuřim www.facebook.com/groups
• Czech for foreigners in Brno www.facebook.com/Czech for foreigners in Brno
• Foreign mothers and mothers to be in Brno