Visa requirements
APPLYING FOR A STUDENT VISA
Students requiring a visa for the Czech Republic must apply at any Czech embassy outside of the Czech Republic. In order to apply, they usually need to submit the following documents which are required by the Foreign Police Office in the Czech Republic:
- An application form for issuing a student visa
- Passport
- 3 passport-size photographs
- Confirmation of accommodation in the Czech Republic
- Confirmation of acceptance to UNYP
- Bank account in your name with at least 82,000.00 CZK / confirmation from the school that tuition is covered for the given academic year
- Copy of the criminal record in the home country
- Health insurance (see details below)
Since January 2010 all international students with visa requirements (i.e. all students who must get student visa for a stay over 90 days /long-term residence permit in the Czech Republic) must conclude their Health/Medical Insurance Contracts with a Czech Insurance Company or a Foreign Insurance Co with branches that are officially registered in the CR.
Students are expected to present the Health/Medical Insurance contract before affixing the visa to their passport.
Students are expected to present the Health/Medical Insurance contract before affixing the visa to their passport.
None of the documents should be older than 180 days. The visa application is usually processed within 60 days but it can take up to 90 days. It is very important to apply for your visa immediately after acceptance to UNYP.
In the case of the visa denial, the tuition fee (excluding bank charges) is refunded based on the official document issued by the embassy. Students must inform the Admission Office as soon as they receive the final status of their visa application. If no official letter of refusal is received from the embassy, please inform us where you applied for the visa.
Please Note:
The University of New York in Prague is obliged by law to report to the Czech Foreign Police any international student granted a visa who does not commence their studies on the stipulated start date of their study program.
