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A government programme for highly qualified IT and marketing professionals from a defined list of countries to live in Czechia while working remotely for a foreign employer or as a freelancer. The underlying permit is a long-term visa or residence permit, granted at the ministry's discretion.
Czechia's main combined work-and-residence permit and its national implementation of the EU Single Permit. A single document authorises both stay and employment, usually tied to a specific job and employer (dual mode), or as residence only for those with free labour-market access (non-dual mode).
A long-term residence permit with work authorisation for highly qualified third-country professionals, requiring a university-level degree and a salary of at least 1.5 times the Czech average wage. It offers wider intra-EU mobility than the Employee Card.
Employer-sponsored government programmes (Highly Qualified Workers, Qualified Workers, and Key and Research Staff) that give applicants guaranteed embassy slots, simplified documents and — for the key-staff programme — faster processing. Workers still receive a standard permit such as the Employee Card or Blue Card.