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The requirement to hold a valid reliability certificate depends on the activity performed. In general, it is required for persons who need unescorted access to a security restricted area.
Under the conditions laid down by law, certain persons are considered reliable by virtue of law, for example persons serving or employed by the Ministry of Defence or selected security forces, or holders of a valid document certifying security eligibility or a valid personnel security clearance certificate. These persons are not subject to a separate reliability verification.
The application is completed using an online form. You may choose one of the following two methods:
Completing the online form without signing in through Citizen Identity does not constitute submission of the application.
The signed application must be delivered to the Civil Aviation Authority within 3 months of the date on which the form was created. After this period, the record will be automatically deleted from the application and a new form must be created.
No. No administrative fee is charged for submitting the application or for the reliability verification.
The applicant must meet the requirements of integrity and trustworthiness.
The required supporting documents depend on the applicant’s individual circumstances. Additional documents are required in particular from foreign nationals and persons with a relevant long-term stay abroad.
If you are a foreign national, you must provide such a document from the country of which you are a national.
You must also provide such a document if, during the 5 years preceding the submission of the application, you stayed outside the Czech Republic continuously for more than 6 months. In such a case, the document must be issued by the country in which you stayed.
For Czech nationals, this requirement applies only to stays outside the European Union or the United Kingdom.
No. Holding an additional nationality does not in itself create this requirement. The obligation may, however, arise for another reason, for example due to a long-term stay abroad.
The document must not be more than 3 months old on the date the application is submitted.
When submitting a new application while the current reliability certificate is still valid, it is possible, under the conditions laid down by law, to refer to criminal record extracts submitted with the previous application, provided that you have not since stayed abroad continuously for more than 6 months.
Depending on the country of origin, authentication by means of an apostille or superlegalisation may be required. Authentication is not required where otherwise provided for by an international agreement or a directly applicable European Union regulation.
Documents that are not in Czech or Slovak must be accompanied by an official translation into Czech. Certain public documents issued in European Union Member States may be subject to exemptions under Regulation (EU) 2016/1191.
The document may be replaced by a statutory declaration concerning the applicant’s integrity made before a notary or a competent authority of the country of which the applicant is a national, or, where applicable, of the country of the applicant’s last residence.
No. A Ukrainian criminal record extract can be obtained through the competent Ukrainian authorities. The Civil Aviation Authority therefore does not accept a statutory declaration as a substitute.
Additional documents may be delivered:
Documents must be submitted in a form that allows their authenticity to be verified. A foreign criminal record extract therefore cannot be submitted merely as a scanned copy; it must be provided as an electronic original or as a document created by means of an authorised conversion.
If you submitted your application through Citizen Identity and are required to provide additional supporting documents, these documents must be submitted without undue delay.
A foreign national must provide an employment permit with the application for a security clearance if an employment permit is required for their employment in the Czech Republic under Act No. 435/2004 Coll., on Employment.
An employment permit is required in cases specified by the Employment Act, including certain cases referred to in Section 97 of the Act. These include, for example, certain internships, occasional and time-limited work as part of school exchanges or youth programmes, certain cases of residence for the purpose of tolerating residence, or cases involving applicants for international protection.
If a foreign national is required to hold an employment permit, the permit must be submitted with the application for a security clearance. Whether a particular foreign national is required to obtain an employment permit depends on their specific residence and employment status and on the current wording of the Employment Act.
The Civil Aviation Authority checks whether the application and supporting documents are complete and assesses compliance with the integrity requirement. Trustworthiness is assessed by the Police of the Czech Republic, which issues a binding opinion.
If the application contains deficiencies or further supporting documents are required, the Civil Aviation Authority will contact the applicant. Once all necessary documents have been collected, the Civil Aviation Authority will process the application.
A reliability verification is usually completed within 30 days of the application being received by the Civil Aviation Authority. In more complex cases, the period may be extended to up to 60 days. These periods are calculated in calendar days.
It is recommended that the application be submitted sufficiently in advance of the date from which the certificate will be required.
A reliability certificate is valid for 1 year from the date of issue.
The validity of a reliability certificate cannot be extended. If you continue to require reliability verification, you must submit a new application.
As a general rule, a new reliability verification may be applied for no earlier than 3 months before the expiry of the current certificate.
You should apply for a duplicate if the certificate is lost, destroyed or stolen, or if any information stated on the certificate changes, for example your surname.
The application must be submitted using the form for the issuance of a duplicate certificate.
Apply for a duplicate certificate using the duplicate certificate application form. The duplicate will be issued within 5 working days.
Yes, if the certificate was issued to you in paper form, i.e. sent by post or collected in person.
A certificate delivered electronically, for example by e-mail or via a Data Box, does not need to be returned.
Reliability verification is governed in particular by Section 85e et seq. of Act No. 49/1997 Coll., on Civil Aviation, as amended.
The procedural aspects are governed by Act No. 500/2004 Coll., the Administrative Procedure Code, as amended.
At European Union level, the relevant rules are laid down in particular by Regulation (EC) No 300/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1998, as amended.
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