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Cape Verde passport holders need a visa for Czechia, issued by an embassy or consulate before travel.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 listing visa-required and visa-exempt nationalities, consolidated text — EUR-Lex · checked 13 Oct 2026
Czechia visa options for Cape Verde citizensThe EU–Cabo Verde visa facilitation agreement as amended (Article 5) sets the fee at 75 % of the amount charged under the applicable domestic legislation; children at least 12 but below 18 pay 50 % of it, and children under 12 pay nothing, among other listed categories. The Czech Foreign Ministry's fee list gives EUR 67.50 for Cape Verde.
Official application site →Cape Verde citizens need a visa issued in advance by an embassy or consulate of Czechia. Start the application several weeks before departure: you will typically need a passport valid for six months with blank pages, a completed application form, passport photos, a travel itinerary, proof of accommodation and of sufficient funds, and sometimes an invitation letter or bank statements.
The main option is the Schengen visa — European Union and Cabo Verde short-stay visa agreement, which costs 67.50 EUR with a processing time of —.
Whatever your visa status, Czechia applies the same entry conditions to every traveller:
Czechia lets 93 passports in without a visa and requires an embassy visa from 105. Cape Verde citizens are treated the same way as Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana and Burkina Faso. Overall the Cape Verde passport ranks #129 in the world with 37 visa-free destinations.
Planning a longer trip in Europe? With a Cape Verde passport you can also visit 1 country in the region without a visa, including Russia.
In the other direction, Czechia citizens can visit Cape Verde visa-free for up to 30 days.
Entry requirements for CzechiaThe Schengen Borders Code requires a third-country national's travel document to be valid at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States and to have been issued within the previous 10 years. The Czech Foreign Ministry also asks visa applicants for a passport with at least 2 empty pages.
Czech MFA — Supporting documents: Passport✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
Czech MFA — Supporting documents: Passport✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Schengen visa applicants need travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States for the entire intended stay, with minimum coverage of EUR 30,000 (Visa Code, Article 15).
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The Czech Foreign Ministry asks Schengen visa applicants for supporting documents on accommodation and a document proving intention to leave Schengen (mostly an air ticket reservation or other reservation, plus proof of ties and integration in the home country). The UK government tells British visitors that at Czech border control they may need to show a return or onward ticket.
Czech MFA — Schengen visas: Tourism✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The Schengen Borders Code requires third-country nationals to have sufficient means of subsistence for the intended stay and for the return or onward journey. The European Commission's table of reference amounts gives, for the Czech Republic, CZK 1,565 per day for stays not exceeding 30 days, and CZK 46,950 plus CZK 6,260 for each whole month for longer stays; third-country nationals under 18 prove half. The Czech Foreign Ministry gives the same amounts for Schengen visa applicants.
Czech MFA — Supporting documents: Financial Means✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The Czech Foreign Ministry says the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) registers the entry and exit of non-EU citizens travelling for short-term visits (up to 90 days) in and out of the Schengen Area. If you arrive at a border crossing point for the first time since the EES started, passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints; the EU says this can be quicker if you register some of your data in advance. The UK government's travel advice says there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Czech Republic travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU says ETIAS is the new travel authorisation for visa-exempt travellers to enter 30 European countries, Czechia among them. It is currently not in operation and no applications are being collected; the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
European Union — ETIAS: frequently asked questions✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
A foreigner must report their place of stay to the police within 3 working days of entering. This does not apply to foreigners under 15, to certain diplomatic and international-organisation staff and their registered family members, to foreigners housed by the ministry, or to a foreigner who has met the duty at the accommodation provider. An accommodation provider must notify the police of a foreigner's accommodation within 3 working days. Not reporting is an offence; the fine the Act sets for it is CZK 3,000.
e-Sbírka — Act No. 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The police issue an administrative expulsion decision against a foreigner staying temporarily. It sets a period during which the foreigner may not enter the EU member states, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, and the foreigner is entered in the contracting states' information system. The period is up to 5 years if the foreigner stays without a valid residence authorisation, and up to 3 years if the foreigner cannot prove that the stay is within the period allowed visa-free or on a short-stay visa.
e-Sbírka (Czech official Collection of Laws) — Act No. 326/1999 Coll. on the Residence of Foreign Nationals✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
If you enter or leave the EU with €10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies), you must declare it to customs in the EU country you are entering or leaving, according to the EU's Your Europe portal.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Data: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0). Entry rules can change — confirm with official sources before travel.
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