The Czech Embassy in Tashkent has told would-be labour migrants that the 10 September registration for employee-card appointments must be repeated due to technical issues. A new call—announced at 12:46 local time on 17 September 2026—will invite fresh e-mail submissions for October time-slots. The mission reiterated strict annual caps: 70 employee-card applications outside economic-migration programmes and 60 within government schemes such as ‘Highly Qualified Employee’ and ‘Key & Scientific Personnel’. Monthly allocations therefore average just 5-6 places, making the Uzbek queue one of Czechia’s tightest. Priority processing (30 days) applies only to blue-card and intra-company-transfer cases routed through the official programmes, a point that many IT outsourcers misunderstand when budgeting project start dates. For standard applicants the statutory decision time remains 60 days, but real-world cases often stretch longer owing to missing documents or security interviews. Employers should ensure that invitations reference the correct programme ID and that candidates have apostilled diplomas and Uzbek police-clearance certificates on hand; incomplete files are refused at the counter and lose their scarce quota slot. Failure to comply with the new registration will push applications to November, jeopardising onboarding for projects timed to the calendar year.
