Czechia · Residency by investment
Long-Term Residence Permit for the Purpose of Investment
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Last verified July 2026
Open, but this is an industrial-investment permit, not a wealth-migration product. It does not compete with a golden visa.
Roughly EUR 3m plus 20 jobs buys a two-year renewable permit, with no shortcut to citizenship. The honest advice is that this is not a golden visa and should not be sold as one. Recommend it only where the client was already investing at this scale for commercial reasons.
Qualifying routes
75M CZK
Significant investment
At least CZK 75,000,000 invested and at least 20 new jobs created for EU citizens or their family members, sustained for at least 2 years. Up to 60% may be satisfied in tangible or intangible assets, including technology and know-how.
The facts
- Minimum investment
- 75M CZK
- Total landed cost
- CZK 75m (roughly EUR 3m), plus a 20-person payroll sustained for at least two years. Realistically, that means EUR 4m+ of committed capital and operating cost.
- Route type
- Residency by investment
- Timeline
- 3–9 months (Permit granted for 2 years, renewable.)
- Physical presence
- Genuine investment and business activity.
- Family
- SpouseMinor childrenVia family reunification
- Permanent residency
- 5 years of continuous residence
- Citizenship
- 10 years of lawful residence, or 5 years after obtaining permanent residence. There is no shortcut for investors.
- Language test
- B1 Czech, certified by a full ALTE member, plus a civics exam on the constitutional system, culture and history.
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Requirements
- at least CZK 75,000,000 investedat least 20 new jobs for EU citizens or family members, sustained 2 yearsinvestment plan approved
What can go wrong
- There is no citizenship shortcut whatsoever. The clock still runs 10 years, or 5 years after permanent residence.
- The 20-job requirement must be sustained for at least 2 years, and the jobs must go to EU citizens or their family members.
- A 2-year permit for a EUR 3m commitment compares poorly with every other route in this file.
- Specialist surveys of open European golden visas leave Czechia off the list, and rightly so. This is not a wealth-migration product.