Czechia business visa
Required documents, fees and processing time for a Czechia business Schengen visa when you apply from United Kingdom.
SCHENGEN · VISA C✈ DOCUMENTS
🇨🇿 Czechia·····✈·····🇬🇧 from United Kingdom
To
Czechia
Type
C · BUSINESS
Apply at
UK
Centre
VAC
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Action neededBusiness — short stay (Type C) · applying from United Kingdom.
Documents ready00 / 11
Competent authority
Embassy of the Czech Republic in London.
Application centre
VFS Global (London, Manchester, Edinburgh centres).
Recommended — commonly expected even when not on the official list
Cover letterA letter of introduction stating who you are and why you are travelling.
Fees
Consular (Type C)
€90
Service fee
£26.2
Est. total (adult)
£107.2
Long stay (Type D)
—
The short-stay (Type C) consular fee is harmonised at €90 for adults across all Schengen states; collected in GBP · centre: VFS Global.
Fee notes
VFS Global (approximate).
Timeline
medium confidenceProcessing
15–45 days
End-to-end
3–9 weeks
Centre
VAC
Appointment wait
Roughly 1-3 weeks; longer in peak periods (July-August, December-January).
Application centre
VFS Global (one Czech Visa Application Centre in the UK, primarily London).
Timeline notes
Most UK applications decided within the 15-day baseline; peak-period processing can extend to ~30-45 days.
Funds to show
high confidenceThe amount you must be able to prove, per the Schengen Borders Code reference amount. It depends only on the destination — not on your nationality or where you apply.
Per day
CZK 1565
Minimum
CZK 46950
In EUR ≈
€62 / day
stays not exceeding 30 days (per day)
CZK 1565 / day
under-18 third-country nationals (half the amount)
CZK 782.5 / day
Floor
stays exceeding 30 days: CZK 46,950 (15x subsistence minimum) plus CZK 6,260 for each whole month of intended stay
Notes
CZK 1,565/day = 0.5x the statutory subsistence minimum (CZK 3,130, as of 1 Jan 2023) per Section 13 Act 326/1999 + Act 110/2006. Indexed to the subsistence minimum, so can change. Minors under 18 prove half. EUR equivalent approx at ~25.2 CZK/EUR.
Consulates apply discretion and may expect a buffer above this figure — treat it as a floor, not a guarantee.
Funds source ↗⚠ Special cases & caveats
- Visa-exempt nationals resident in the UKNo short-stay Schengen visa required for business trips up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
- Applicants holding only a UK short-stay (Type C) visaMust apply from their country of residence, not the UK.