Charles Bridge and Prague Castle at dawn, Czech Republic

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🇨🇿 Czech Republic

Prague's fairy-tale city center, world-famous beer, and efficient infrastructure make it a perennial favorite, lower costs than Western Europe with excellent rail links across the continent.

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Czech Republic in short

We cover 1 city in Czech Republic. A mid-range solo month in Prague is about $1,750 (our planning estimate, method). The visa tracker has 1 record for Czech Republic, read on official pages and last checked 29 Sept 2026.

What the official sources say

Digital Nomad Program (Ministry of Industry and Trade fast-track) Open

Status note
Consular page updated 13.03.2026 describes the programme; no legal entitlement to participation
Income rule
Income threshold not stated on the consular page
Stay
Czech MFA long-term visa page for business purposes: a long-term visa can be issued for a maximum of one year. The programme page itself states no duration; this is the general long-term visa route the programme leads to
Government fee
General long-term (national, type D) visa fee per the Czech MFA fee schedule; the programme page does not state a fee and some nationalities are exempt or reduced
Processing
Applications processed within 45 days of submission
Insurance
Business-purpose long-term visa route: travel medical insurance required; an officially verified Czech translation of the policy and conditions is submitted when collecting the visa, not at application. Programme page itself silent
Checked

Guides for Czech Republic

How this page is built: visa rows are read from the audited tracker, which links each figure to an official page and dates the check; city figures are editorial planning estimates (method). Rules change, so confirm with the authority before you apply. Researched from official immigration pages and the site's cost dataset.

Earlier summary of the visa route

Scheme

Digital Nomad Program (IT/Marketing) / Živno

Maximum stay

1 year long-term visa/residence, renewable

Income or savings

~CZK 69,836/mo (~€2,800) for DN track; Živno varies

Difficulty

Moderate

These summary figures were carried over from the earlier site and are not individually dated. Where they differ from the official-source records above, the records win.

Cities in Czech Republic

Figures are planning estimates. Method