Status: temporary protection (Ukraine)

For people displaced from Ukraine; free access to work, but strict reporting deadlines and periodic extension rounds.

Temporary protection is an EU-wide status for people who fled the war in Ukraine. In Czechia it is shown by a visa sticker in your passport. The EU has extended protection until 4 March 2028, but Czechia runs its own extension rounds and you must take part in each one.

The 2026 round: people whose protection ran to 31 March 2026 had to register online by 15 March 2026, then attend the booked visit and get a new sticker by 30 September 2026. With the sticker, protection now runs to 31 March 2027. The online confirmation alone only kept you covered until 30 September 2026. Watch the Ministry's channels for the next round, which we expect early in 2027; check the exact dates when they are announced.

Work: you can take any job without a work permit. Your employer has to report you to the regional Labour Office.

Obligations: report a change of address, name, marital status or passport to the Interior Ministry within 3 working days. If your registered address is a Ministry office, protection ends after 90 days, so register a real address with proof of housing. Holding protection in another EU country ends it here.

Health insurance: you are in the public system. Adults aged 18 to 65 stop being covered by the state 150 days after protection is granted and must then be insured through a job, as a registered jobseeker or by paying themselves.

Long-term future: self-sufficient holders could apply for a special long-term residence permit; registration for it was open until 31 December 2026. Time on temporary protection counts half toward permanent residence.

In Brno

In Brno, temporary protection matters go to the Interior Ministry office at Tuřanka 1554/115b. The temporary protection information line is +420 974 801 802.

In Prague

In Prague, temporary protection matters go to the Kolbenova 942/38a office (Praha 9), appointment only. The information line is +420 974 801 802.

Step by step

1. Make sure your address with the Ministry is a real address with proof of housing.
2. Report any move within 3 working days.
3. Follow the Ministry's announcements for the next extension round and register as soon as it opens.
4. Attend the in-person visit and collect the new sticker; the online confirmation is not enough.
5. If you work and support yourself, look into the special long-term residence permit.

Last checked 2026-11-09. Open this guide in the app to add the dates to your calendar.