Visa Information
- You need a valid passport.
- You may or may not need visa depending on your nationality. For instance, citizens of Canada and Australia do need visa.
- We arranged special conditions for those who need visa.
- In March 2004, the Czech Republic will not be the European Union member state yet.
Today, it is probably too late to get your visa on time. Anyway, if you want to try it, contact your local embassy.
In the case of any problems, feel free to ask us for a help. Let us know as soon as possible to have more time for solving a situation. Please do not contact ICPC Managers but e-mail to Prague directly.
Some Details
This page summarizes basic conditions that you have to fullfill to enter the Czech Republic. In any case, you will need a valid passport. Other travel IDs are not enough! If you do not have a passport, apply for it a.s.a.p., as it may take some time to get it. Please note that the validity of your passport (expiration date) should exceed your stay by at least several months.
Generally, all non-residents need visa to enter the Czech Republic, unless they are nationals of a country with Visa Waiver Regime. For example, the U.S. and E.U. citizens do not need visa, on the other hand, Canadians, Australians, and Russians do need them. The following table shows all Visa Waiver countries.
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Countries with Visa Waiver Regime (as of Nov 27, 2003) | ||||
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Andorra Argentina Austria Belgium Bulgaria Costa Rica Chile Croatia Cyprus Denmark |
Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy |
Japan Korea Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Malta Mexico Monaco |
Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Singapore Slovakia Slovenia |
Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom U.S.A. Uruguay Vatican |
If you are a national of one of the above coutries and if you have a passport issued there, you do not need visa. Otherwise, you need it.
Useful Links
- Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- List of Czech Embassies and other Offices (find the Embassy you belong to)
- Countries with Visa Waiver Regime (source of the table above)