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