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The application for background check shall be made by means of electronic application via above mentioned link. There is no other form outside this portal.
The applicant may choose between an application submitted using the national electronic identification and authentication scheme (hereinafter referred to as ‘NIA’) and a standard electronic application. If the application is submitted using the NIA form, the application is delivered to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as ‘the CAA’) automatically after the application has been completed and confirmed as sent, so it is a faster way of submitting the application.
If the application is completed using a standard electronic form, the form must be printed, signed and delivered to the CAA together with all attachments by post, in person or by Czech data box. Contact details of the CAA can be found here. In this case, the completing of electronic form is not sufficient – proceedings are not initiated until the CAA receives the signed application.
Please note that the signed application must be delivered to the CAA CZ within 3 months. If the CAA does not receive the signed application within 3 months of creating the form, the record in the application is automatically deleted and the applicant must fill out a new application.
Background check usually takes 30 days from the date of receipt of the application (Section 71 of the Code of Administrative Procedure in conjunction with Section 85h of the Civil Aviation Act). In particularly complex cases, the time limit may be extended by a further 30 days (Article 71(3)(a) of the Code of Administrative Procedure). These limits are given in calendar days and are governed by the provisions of Sections 44(1) and 40 of the Code of Administrative Procedure.
It is advisable to apply for a background check well in advance of entering employment.
To obtain a background check, the applicant must meet the good repute requirement and credibility requirement.
a) a natural person shall be considered to be of good repute if he/she has not been effectively convicted of a crime committed out of negligence in connection with the performance of work of aviation personnel, airport operation, provision of air services or operation of aviation activities, unless he/she is considered not to have been convicted of the crime.
b) a credible person for the purposes of the background check is deemed a natural person whose unescorted entry to the security-restricted area is not connected with a specific risk. A specific risk is a reasonable suspicion that the hitherto conduct of the natural person, his/her business or social contacts give strong indication that he/she could expose civil aviation to the risk of an act of unlawful interference. Credibility is certified by a binding opinion of the Police of the Czech Republic, by which the CAA is bound.
No, there is no fee for the background check or application.
In addition to the application itself, you may need to attach the following:
The applicant must attach to the application an extract from the criminal record of a foreign country in which the applicant has resided continuously for more than 6 months in the 5 years preceding the date of application, or an extract from the criminal record in which the information is annexed.
If the applicant is not a Czech citizen, he or she shall also attach to the application a document similar to the extract from the criminal record of the State of which he or she is a national or an extract from the criminal record, which shall include this information. If such State does not issue a document similar to the extract from the criminal record, the applicant shall attach an affidavit of good repute made before a notary or authority of the State of which he is a national, or before a notary or authority of the State of his last residence.
These documents must not be older than 3 months.
If the applicant is a foreigner residing in the Czech Republic on the basis of a visa that does not in itself allow them to be employed in the Czech Republic (e.g., a tolerance visa under the Foreigners Residence Act), they must also attach a relevant document proving the authorization for employment in the Czech Republic. This document is necessary to determine whether the applicant can be considered credible.
In the case of EU Member States, in most cases, a criminal record extract can be obtained at Czech POINT contact points (more information on the Criminal Register website here).
In certain cases, documents issued by foreign states are required to be certified by an apostille or superlegalization, depending on whether the state in question has an international treaty with the Czech Republic. More information regarding the authentication of documents, including a list of contracting states to the Apostille Convention and a list of states with which the Czech Republic has concluded a bilateral legal aid treaty specifying public documents that are exempt from further authentication, is available on the website of the Ministry of the Interior here.
If you have any doubts or difficulties in obtaining a criminal record or similar document, we recommend contacting the relevant embassy.
For documents not written in the Czech or Slovak language, an officially certified translation into the Czech language is also required in accordance with Section 16(1) and (2) of the Code of Administrative Procedure. Documents written in English language are generally accepted as well (with exemptions such as extensive or elaborate documents).
Under the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/1191, selected public documents issued by EU institutions are exempt from legalisation and certified translation. This exemption also applies to the extract from the criminal record, but under the condition of no criminal record existence. If the applicant has a criminal record, Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 does not apply.
No. If you are the Czech citizen, it is irrelevant whether you have another citizenship.
No. Since the Ukrainian Embassy in the Czech Republic provides extracts from the Ukrainian criminal records (https://czechia.mfa.gov.ua/konsulski-pitannya/dovidka-pro-ne-prityagnennya-do-kriminalnoyi-vidpovidalnosti-nesudimist), the CAA ceased to accept affidavits of good character instead of extracts from the Ukrainian criminal records effective 15 June 2022.
The institution of background check is regulated by both national and EU legislation. The procedure is mainly regulated in § 85e et seq. of the Civil Aviation Act. The procedural procedure of the administrative procedure is based on the Code of Administrative Procedure. The European Union regulates the background check in the following Regulations:
According to the above-mentioned regulations, there are certain areas of activities for which it is necessary to have a background check. In general, however, any person entering a security-restricted area unescorted needs background check. It can therefore be summarised that if you are required to enter a security-restricted area unescorted as part of an activity not listed in the table above, you must have a valid Certificate.
This shall not apply if the person is in service with the Police of Czech Republic, the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic, the Prison Service of the Czech Republic, the General Inspection of Security Forces, the Security Information Service and the Office for Foreign Relations and Information, or who holds a valid proof of security qualification of a natural person or a valid certificate of a natural person under the act regulating the protection of classified information; such person is deemed reliable under Civil Aviation Act.
Validity of Certificate cannot be extended. The Certificate shall cease to be valid by law upon expiry and a new background check must be requested in accordance with the procedure set out above. A new background check may be applied for no earlier than 3 months before the expiry of the existing Certificate.
Holders of an expiring Certificate are notified of the obligation to return the Certificate after its expiry. This obligation applies only to Certificates issued in paper form (i.e. you received the Certificate in person or by post). This obligation does not apply to Certificates sent electronically (by e-mail or by the Czech data box).
Request a duplicate of your reliability certificate in the event of loss, destruction, theft of the document, or if your details (surname, etc.) change.
Background check certificate is valid for 1 year.
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