Moving plan

A move in Prague has two kinds of deadline. Some are practical: a moving firm books up weeks ahead, a district takes time to approve a parking space for the van, and a new internet connection can take weeks. Others are set by law: reporting your new address, telling your health insurer, changing the address for your car and, for a Czech citizen, getting a new ID card. The moving plan puts both on a calendar from your moving day, and lets you ask for the help you need in one request.

How to use the plan

1. Moving day. Pick the day your things move. Every task's date counts from it, so a later day moves the whole plan.
2. Where from. From abroad, from elsewhere in Czechia, or within Prague. The address deadlines differ by status and by where you come from.
3. Rented or bought. A rented home adds giving notice on the old flat and getting the deposit back; a bought one adds a talk with a mortgage adviser.
4. Rooms. How big the new home is, for the firms that quote for the move.

The plan then lists each stretch, from giving notice to the month after, and every task in it with its date. A date already past is marked: do that task as soon as you can.

Reading the deadlines

Under a task the law dates, “Deadline in law” lists whose deadline it is and the day it falls on. Working days leave out weekends and Czech public holidays.

Your address. A foreigner from outside the EU reports where they live within three working days of arriving, unless the accommodation provider reports them.¹ Moving within Czechia, a foreigner with a long-term visa or permit reports the new address within 30 days.² A Czech citizen reports a new permanent address at the registration office, with no deadline.³ The register your address page explains where to go for each status.

Your health insurer. A foreigner tells their health insurer about a new address within 30 days.⁴ Everyone else gives the insurer an address for post if they don't live at their permanent address.

Your car. A change in a car's registered data, such as its keeper's address, is applied for within ten working days, with the registration certificate.⁵

An ID card. A Czech citizen's card stops being valid 45 days after a new permanent address is reported, and its holder applies for a new one within 15 days after that.⁶ The plan counts from a move reported on moving day.

Asking for help

Under the plan, tick the services you'd like: a moving firm is ticked from the start. Tell us about the move if you like, the floors, the lifts and any large items, then leave your name and email once. Each service becomes its own request, and one email asks you to confirm them all. A mortgage adviser only ever gets your contact details, never the facts of your move.

Bytky is choosing a few firms for each service. Nobody gets your details without your say, naming who it is, and a link in the email deletes the requests whenever you like.

What to do next

Our guide to moving house in Prague explains what to agree with a moving firm, how to reserve a space for the van and where bulky waste goes. On both handover days, the handover record writes down each room, the meters and the keys. Leaving a rented flat? End of lease works out the last day to give notice, and the deposit return tool counts what your landlord owes you afterwards. New to Czechia? The moving checklist puts your first weeks in order.

Sources

1. Foreigners Act (Act 326/1999 Coll.) §93. ↩

2. Foreigners Act (Act 326/1999 Coll.) §98. ↩

3. Population Register Act (Act 133/2000 Coll.) §10. ↩

4. Public Health Insurance Act (Act 48/1997 Coll.) §12. ↩

5. Road Vehicles Act (Act 56/2001 Coll.) §11. ↩

6. Identity Cards Act (Act 269/2021 Coll.) §34 and §11. ↩