This page is for temporary protection holders who are moving within Czechia or want to check that their address is recorded correctly. Your address affects your protection itself, the humanitarian benefit and which tax office handles your case.
Who reports the address, to whom and by when?
A temporary protection holder reports to the Ministry of the Interior within 3 working days, and a holder of special long-term residence within 30 days. Report the change only after you have actually moved.
| Who | To whom | Deadline | When the duty arises | Who it does not apply to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temporary protection holder | Ministry of the Interior | 3 working days from the move | If you will live at the new address for more than 15 days | No exceptions |
| Holder of special long-term residence or another long-term visa or permit | Ministry of the Interior | 30 days from the change | If the change will last more than 30 days | No exceptions |
| A foreigner who has just arrived (general rule) | Police | 3 working days after entry | After entering Czechia | Children under 15 and people housed by the Ministry of the Interior; if you signed a registration form with the person who provides your accommodation, you have already met this duty |
What should the housing document look like?
The document must meet the requirements of the law, or the notification does not count. A written confirmation from the owner or lawful user of the home with an officially certified signature is suitable, and so is a lease or sublease agreement without a certified signature; the Ministry of the Interior may also ask for a confirmation with a certified signature. People who live in state humanitarian housing do not need the document.
Your first address is set the same way: it is the home named in the document submitted with the protection application.
If the document does not meet the requirements, the law treats the notification as not made, and your address becomes the address of a public office. After 90 days at such an address, temporary protection ends.
How do you report a new address?
Fill in the notification form, sign it and file it together with your passport and the housing document. The steps are:
- Prepare the documents: your passport, a document about your new home and the form for reporting changes.
- Fill in the form. You can fill it in online on the Ministry of the Interior’s portal for foreigners, then print and sign it. You can also print a blank form and fill it in by hand in Latin block capitals; Ministry of the Interior offices and the regional assistance centers for Ukraine (KACPU) give it out free of charge.
- File the notification in one of these ways:
- in person at a KACPU or a Ministry of the Interior office;
- by post;
- through the state electronic mailbox (datová schránka);
- by email with a recognized electronic signature;
- through an authorized representative.
There is no administrative fee for this. If you miss the deadline, you can be fined. The ministry advises checking that your address is recorded correctly on Portál občana (obcan.portal.gov.cz).
What happens if the Ministry of the Interior cancels your address?
Your address becomes the address of a public office, and after 90 days there your temporary protection ends. The ministry cancels an address for several separate reasons:
- you have not lived at the address for more than 15 days. The basis is information from the police, from the state institution or state enterprise in whose premises you were housed, or from the municipality;
- your right to use the home has ended, and you do not live there. The basis is a statement from the owner of the home or from the person entitled to use it;
- the address was recorded on the basis of false or inaccurate data, or the building has been demolished or has ceased to exist.
Because of these rules, protection can also end when you leave for a long time or move without reporting it. Together with protection, the right to work without a permit also ends. So the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MPSV) advises employers to get a signed confirmation from workers with protection at least once every three months that they have checked their address on Portál občana and the email linked to the Ministry of the Interior’s portal for foreigners.
What could change in these rules?
Nothing yet: the government bill (sněmovní tisk 213) has not been passed. It proposes:
- reporting a new address if you will live there for more than 30 days (currently 15);
- canceling the address if the person has not lived there for more than 30 days (currently 15);
- for people registered at the address of a public office, reporting a new address only in person, because other ways would not count.
These changes are to come into force on 1 January 2027; Amendment No. 1989 of 12 October 2026 proposes moving this date to the fifth day after the law is published. More about the bill on the page about temporary protection.
What else do you need a correct address for?
- Extending protection. In the yearly online registration, you give your registered address.
- Humanitarian benefit. The address in your application must match the address in the state population register; otherwise you are treated as not being in Czechia, and you will not get the benefit.
- Taxes. The tax office that handles your case is determined by a foreigner’s registered address.
- Special long-term residence. The registered address cannot be the address of a public office.
What mistakes should you avoid?
- Moving and not telling the Ministry of the Interior within 3 working days if you will live there for more than 15 days.
- Attaching a housing document that does not meet the requirements: the notification then does not count.
- Filling in the form online and not filing the signed copy.
- Not living at your registered address for a long time: the ministry may cancel it.
- Mixing up the deadlines: 3 working days for protection holders, 30 days for holders of special long-term residence.