Health Insurance
All foreign students (non-EU nationals) must have health insurance coverage for illness, accidents, etc. (“comprehensive health insurance”) for the entire period of their stay in the Czech Republic. You will be asked to submit proof of Czech health insurance when you apply for your visa. You can choose any insurance company that offers comprehensive health insurance with the coverage limit EUR 400,000. The insurance contract and information on insurance conditions must be translated by a certified translator into Czech (if the document is not in Czech in original). For detailed information please refer to the website of the Czech Ministry of the Interior.
If a foreign national submits the application abroad, the travel health insurance can be taken out not only at an insurance company authorized to provide such insurance in the territory of the Czech Republic, but also at an insurance company that is entitled to provide such insurance in the other member states of the European Union and / or in a state which is bound by the Treaty on the European Economic Area (Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway), or in a state where the foreign national is a citizen or where they have a permitted residence. In such cases, the foreign national is obliged to submit an officially authenticated translation of the insurance policy and general insurance terms and conditions into Czech together with the proof of travel health insurance. Upon request, they shall also submit a proof of the payment of insurance premium for the whole term of the required stay in the territory.
A foreign national is not required to submit proof of travel health insurance if they participate in the Czech public health insurance system (have a Czech blue insurance card or a green employee health insurance card) or if the payment of costs of healthcare is paid on the basis of an international treaty, or if the foreign national proves that healthcare is paid in a different manner (i.e. on the basis of a written undertaking of a legal entity if the foreign national’s stay in the territory of the Czech Republic is beneficial for the development of spiritual values, protection of human rights and / or other humanitarian values, protection of the environment, cultural monuments and traditions, the development of science, education, sport or on the basis of a written undertaking of state authority and / or on the basis of an undertaking contained in an invitation authenticated by the police).