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)
• 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. 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 
     5. Zaměstnanecká pojišťovna škoda
     6. Zdravotní pojišťovna ministerstva vnitra
     7. Revírní bratrská pokladna, zdravotní pojišťovna
• 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
  • h Republic
  • Portal for discussion about migration in the Czech Republic and the countries of Central and Eastern Europe
  • 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)
• Website of the MOI and the MLSA about the integration of foreigners in the Czec

• 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
• 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