Digital Nomad Program

1. Visa12 months
2. Renewrenewable, 12 mo cooldown
3. Permanent residencyafter 5 years

• Leads to residency 5 years
• Leads to citizenship

Country

Czech Republic

Visa name

Digital Nomad Program

Local name

Program digitální nomád

Program type

Formal dn visa

Status

Active

Initial duration

12 months

Max duration

—

Income requirement

$3,385/month ($40,616/year)

Application fee

$108

Tax status

Standard

Application method

online, embassy

Processing time

Up to 45 days

Can apply in-country

No

Multiple entry

Yes

Schengen access

Yes

Can open bank account

Yes

Renewable

Yes (12 mo cooldown)

There is no separate digital-nomad visa. The Ministry of Industry and Trade runs the Digital Nomad Program (Government Resolution No. 475 of 28 June 2023, under way since 1 July 2023). It fast-tracks an ordinary long-term visa for highly skilled IT and marketing specialists who are citizens of Australia, Brazil, India, Israel, Japan, Canada, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States or Taiwan. Inclusion is not a legal right and a refusal cannot be appealed. An employee of a foreign employer (at least 50 staff worldwide, remote work in the contract or an employer declaration, and no employment under Czech law) applies for a long-term visa for "other" purposes. A freelancer first declares a Czech free trade in IT or marketing and applies for a long-term visa for business. A spouse, registered partner or child, including an adult dependent child, can be included only if they apply at the same time. An adult dependent child uses a study or other educational visa, not family reunification. Later family joining is outside the program. From 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2027 the income floor is 1.5 times the average gross annual wage announced by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (CZK 590,580). That is CZK 885,870 a year and at least CZK 73,823 a month. About $3,385 a month and $40,616 a year use the Czech National Bank rate of 21.811 CZK per US dollar on 8 October 2026; the 9 October fixing was not in the daily file. Inclusion is free. The embassy fee is CZK 2,500 for the employee visa and CZK 5,000 for the freelancer's business visa. The stored $108 is the earlier conversion of the CZK 2,500 fee and is still within 10% of today's rate (about $115). A first trade notification is a separate CZK 1,000, or CZK 800 if it is filed electronically. The visa lasts at most one year. On a complete file the Ministry of the Interior decides within 45 days; program inclusion itself is usually about five working days and is not part of that clock. Employees can ask for the inclusion to be extended and then apply in the Czech Republic for a long-term residence permit for the same purpose. Freelancers do not extend through the program. They use the ordinary long-term residence permit for business, issued for at most two years at a time and renewable. A freelancer's minimum monthly social-security advance fell from CZK 5,720 to CZK 5,005 on 1 July 2026. Time on the long-term visa and a follow-on long-term residence counts toward permanent residence after five years of continuous residence. To join the program, the applicant must not hold, and must not in the previous year have held, a Czech long-term visa or long-term residence permit. IT specialists qualify with a STEM degree or three years of IT experience. Marketing specialists need at least three years of higher education in marketing or a related field, so a degree is not required of every applicant. Accommodation, a criminal-record extract and travel health insurance (shown before the visa is placed in the passport) are required. The visa is multiple-entry. Travel in the rest of Schengen for a non-gainful purpose is limited to 90 days in any 180. Tax residence is a permanent home in the Czech Republic or more than 183 days in the year. There is no nomad tax regime; residents pay ordinary income tax, 15% with 23% on the upper band.

• Czech Republic Investment Residenceinvestor visa
• Czech Republic Business Visafreelancer

1. Oct 10, 2026
   • Name Digital Nomad Visa Digital Nomad Program
   • Official page https://www.mvcr.cz/ https://mpo.gov.cz/en/foreign-trade/economic-migration/digital-nomad-program--275799
   • Max duration months 36 none
   • Renewable No Yes
   • Income monthly (USD) 2900 3385
   • Income annual (USD) 34800 40616
   • Income monthly (local currency) 69836 73823
   • Income annual (local currency) 838032 885870

   decision deadline stored as 45 days with no published minimum, replacing 45 to 90. Application is by email and then at an embassy. Five years of continuous residence can lead to permanent residence. Citizenship was not confirmed (https://ipc.gov.cz/en/visa-and-residence-permit-types/third-country-nationals/permanent-residence/permanent-residence-permit-after-5-years-of-temporary-residence-in-the-czech-republic/).