Czech Republic: Rights and obligations attached to permanent residence status; procedures for removing aliens from the Czech Republic; information about trafficking in residence permits by Vietnamese underground groups in the Czech Republic; Czech documentation related to permanent residence
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 20 April 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CZE34136.E |
| Reference | 1 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Czech Republic: Rights and obligations attached to permanent residence status; procedures for removing aliens from the Czech Republic; information about trafficking in residence permits by Vietnamese underground groups in the Czech Republic; Czech documentation related to permanent residence, 20 April 2000, CZE34136.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad5638.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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Regarding the rights and obligations attached to permanent residence status and procedures for removing aliens from the Czech Republic, an official at the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Montreal stated on 11 April 2000 that a new Act on Residence of Aliens in the Territory of the Czech Republic came into force on 1 January 2000, and is accessible in English on the Czech Interior Ministry's Internet Website at < http://www.mvcr.cz >. Please find attached selections from that Act which provide information on the permanent residence of aliens in the Czech Republic and procedures for removing aliens from the Czech Republic.
Regarding the acquisition of Czech citizenship, the Czech News Agency (CTK) reported on 16 November 1997 that the Czech law which required a clean criminal record for five years had been amended so that exceptions could be made. Additional information on the acquisition of Czech citizenship can be found in the following documents, all available in REFLEG, accessible through the REFWORLD database: Act of the Czech National Council on Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship, Law No. 272 of 12 October 1993, which Changes and Amends the Law 40/1992 Concerning Getting and Losing the Czech Citizenship, Act No. 140 of 28 June 1995, which Amends and Supplements Czech National Council Act No. 4011993 Sb., on the Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship of the Republic, as Amended by Act No. 272/1993 Sb., and Law No. 139 of 26 April 1996, Amending and Extending Law of the Czech National Council on the Acquisition and Loss of the Citizenship of the Czech Republic, as Amended by Law No. 272/1993 Coll. and Law No. 140/1995 Coll. Information on Czech citizenship is also available in the European Bulletin on Nationality, available at Regional Documentation Centres.
Regarding trafficking in residence permits by Vietnamese underground groups in the Czech Republic, it was reported on 3 November 1999 that seven Vietnamese nationals had been arrested in the Czech Republic on suspicion of having organized the illegal immigration into that country of hundreds of aliens (AFP, AP 3 Nov. 1999). The seven also allegedly sold false passports, entry visas and "false police certificates on permanent residence in the Czech Republic" (ibid.; AFP 3 Nov. 1999).
The Research Directorate has been unable to obtain a copy of the Czech permanent residence permit; however, please find attached below a copy of the "application form for permanent residence in the Czech Republic which is to be submitted at diplomatic missions/consular posts of the Czech Republic abroad and which is processed, along with the supporting documents, by the Czech Aliens Police" (Consulate General of the Czech Republic, 11 Apr. 2000). The application form was provided to the Research Directorate by the Czech consulate in Montreal.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Agence France Presse (AFP). 3 November 1999. "Czech Bust Suspected Vietnamese Immigration Smuggling Ring." (NEXIS)
Associated Press (AP). 3 November 1999. "Seven Arrested for Smuggling Immigrants from Vietnam into the Czech Republic." (NEXIS)
Consulate General of the Czech Republic, Montreal. 11 April 2000. Correspondence.
Czech News Agency (CTK). 16 November 1997. "Romanies Don't Want Too Much Indulgence Pithart." (NEXIS)
Czech Republic. Act No. 326 of November 30, 1999
on Residence of Aliens in the Territory of the Czech Republic
and Amendment to Some Acts. (Sections 65-87, 118-155) < http://www.mvcr.cz/ > [Accessed 19 Apr. 2000]
Czech Republic. N.d. Application form for permanent residence.
