Egyptian nationals hoping to take up short-term jobs in Czechia have a narrow opportunity today, 20 November 2025: the Czech Embassy in Cairo is accepting online appointments for long-term visas for seasonal employment from 10:00 to 16:00 EET. Only five applications will be accepted for the entire month of November.
Seasonal-work visas permit non-EU citizens to live and work in Czechia for up to nine months in agriculture, food processing, hospitality and related sectors that face acute labour shortages. Holders may change employers only within the same sector and must leave the Schengen Area once the visa expires.
![Czech Embassy in Cairo opens six-hour booking window for November seasonal-work visas today]()
The Cairo mission’s micro-quota illustrates the pressure on Prague’s migration-management system since the government tightened rules in July 2025, eliminating most ‘walk-in’ employee-card submissions outside Targeted Economic Migration Programmes. Egyptian workers, once able to file 30 employee-card applications per month, are now funneled into the seasonal-work channel where demand outstrips supply by an estimated 20:1.
For Czech employers, especially agribusinesses that rely on seasonal pickers and packers, today’s window is one of the last chances to secure staff for the 2026 early-spring harvest. Immigration counsel advise companies to coordinate closely with recruiters and ensure that employment contracts, accommodation confirmations and health-insurance policies are uploaded in the exact format stipulated by the embassy, as incomplete files will be rejected without recourse until the December quota opens.
Labour-market economists warn that persistent administrative bottlenecks could push employers toward neighbouring Poland or Slovakia, which offer larger seasonal-work quotas. The Confederation of Industry has urged the Czech Interior Ministry to delegate initial screening to accredited agencies to increase throughput without sacrificing security checks.
Seasonal-work visas permit non-EU citizens to live and work in Czechia for up to nine months in agriculture, food processing, hospitality and related sectors that face acute labour shortages. Holders may change employers only within the same sector and must leave the Schengen Area once the visa expires.
The Cairo mission’s micro-quota illustrates the pressure on Prague’s migration-management system since the government tightened rules in July 2025, eliminating most ‘walk-in’ employee-card submissions outside Targeted Economic Migration Programmes. Egyptian workers, once able to file 30 employee-card applications per month, are now funneled into the seasonal-work channel where demand outstrips supply by an estimated 20:1.
For Czech employers, especially agribusinesses that rely on seasonal pickers and packers, today’s window is one of the last chances to secure staff for the 2026 early-spring harvest. Immigration counsel advise companies to coordinate closely with recruiters and ensure that employment contracts, accommodation confirmations and health-insurance policies are uploaded in the exact format stipulated by the embassy, as incomplete files will be rejected without recourse until the December quota opens.
Labour-market economists warn that persistent administrative bottlenecks could push employers toward neighbouring Poland or Slovakia, which offer larger seasonal-work quotas. The Confederation of Industry has urged the Czech Interior Ministry to delegate initial screening to accredited agencies to increase throughput without sacrificing security checks.
