The 60-day clock: OAMP and the baby's insurance

The word on every Czech official letter that matters. For a baby born here the lhůta for the residence application is sixty days from the birth, and the day of birth itself does not count. Miss it without a good reason and the child is staying unlawfully, so count the days on paper, not in your head.

Everyone says „OAMP“ and declines it like a noun: „na OAMPu“, „z OAMPu“. Since 2011 residence permits are the Interior Ministry's business, not the foreign police's, though older Czechs still say „cizinecká“. In 2026 the office for Praha 2, 4, 5 and 10 is at Cigánkova 1861/2 in Chodov ⓘ; other districts have their own, listed on mvcr.cz.

Only your own state can issue it, so the consulate is the first stop after the matrika, not the last. Consulates in Prague differ widely in 2026: some issue a baby's passport within days, others need weeks or a trip home, and some first want the birth registered with them ⓘ; whatever your passport, book the slot the week you have the rodný list. Ask the consulate whether it needs the rodný list translated first.

What Daniel applies for when a parent holds an employee card or another long-term permit: his own permit, usually for the purpose „společné soužití rodiny“, family reunification ⓘ. If a parent already has trvalý pobyt, the child applies for trvalý pobyt instead. The plastic card itself is the „průkaz o povolení k pobytu“, and everyone just calls it „karta“.

The lifeline of this lesson. If the passport is not ready by day sixty, you file anyway: the application counts as filed on time, and you hand in the missing document later, when OAMP sends you a written request with a deadline (výzva k odstranění vad) ⓘ. Filing late with everything is worse than filing on time with a gap.

For a child's long-term or permanent residence application the fee in 2026 is 1 000 Kč, paid by card at the office ⓘ. The paper form still has a box for a revenue stamp (kolková známka) from older days; ignore it unless the clerk says otherwise.

The parents' duty, not the hospital's: within 8 days of the birth you tell the insurer the mother was with on the day of birth (or the father's, if only he is insured; VZP if neither is) ⓘ. A phone call or a visit to the branch starts it; the rodný list follows once you have it. Nobody will remind you.

An adjective used as a noun, like „vstupné“ (entry fee) or „nájemné“ (rent). For a child of parents on dlouhodobý pobyt the legal guardian pays it; in 2026 it is 3 024 Kč a month, due by the 8th of the following month, and for the newborn's first window it comes as one invoice ⓘ. Employment of a parent does not cover the child.

On every form about Daniel this is you. One parent is enough to sign the OAMP application, but bring both passports and permits so the clerk can see where the child's residence comes from. The insurer's invoice is addressed to the zákonný zástupce too.

The stretch between filing and the decision, which can run for months. It matters for insurance: if the application went in within sixty days, the child stays in public insurance for the whole řízení ⓘ. The same word means „driving“ (řidičák is a driving licence), so do not be thrown.

Ten digits built from the date of birth, asked for by every doctor, bank and school. A Czech baby gets it on the rodný list; Daniel gets his from the Interior Ministry once his residence permit is granted ⓘ. Until then the insurer gives him a temporary insurance number, so do not panic when the pediatr's form has an odd number in that box.

The status that changes the arithmetic. If a parent holds trvalý pobyt, the baby applies for trvalý pobyt too, and as a resident child he is insured at the state's expense, with no monthly invoice ⓘ. Without it, you pay the premium until the child turns 18 or the family's status changes; commercial insurance with PVZP is now the fallback for gaps, such as a missed deadline, not the rule ⓘ.