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Basic information about the Czech Republic:
Area: 78 864 sq. km (30 450 sq miles)
Capital: Prague (Praha)
Length of state border: 2,303 km
Population: 10 900 555 (2023)
Population density: 134 inhabitants/sq. km
Time zone: Central European Time (C.E.T.)
Political system: Parliamentary democracy
European Union and Schengen member
Currency: Koruna (Kc) - Czech crown (CZK)
President: Petr Pavel
Interesting sites about the Czech Republic:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
- Visit Czechia
- The Tourist Server of the Czech Republic
- Lonely Planet
- Discover Czech
Interesting sites about Pardubice:
- Official pages of the Pardubice city
- Official pages of the Pardubice region
- Visit Pardubice
- Eastern Bohemia
- Pardubicko
Legislative:
All people who ask the invitation for getting visa are obliged to be accommodated through the organizer.
If someone needs a police verified invitation for getting visa to the Czech Republic, it is necessary to keep following instructions:
Complete an application form on https://czechopen.net/en/information/applications/applications-individuals.
Send us an application form with one’s name (according to passport), date and place of birth, passport number, chosen tournaments (all players must have FIDE ID), accommodation request, date of arrival in and departure from the Czech Republic, postal address (no P.O. Box), telephone number for getting package from DHL.
After receiving the participation confirmation you will be asked to send us an advance on visa arrangement (usually in the amount of 100 EUR for each person) on our account. The organizer will pay verification and DHL service from this payment. Each participant will pay the rest of his starting fee and accommodation after his arrival.
Before asking visa it is necessary to arrange the travel health insurance for period of stay in the Czech Republic.
Visa arranging takes abt. 30 days, so it is necessary to ask for it in time.
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