EU interior ministers meeting on 12 December set the 2026 ‘solidarity pool’ at 21 000 asylum-seeker relocations or €420 million in cash, but classified Czechia as a country under “significant migratory pressure” due to hosting more than 520 000 Ukrainian refugees.
Prague can therefore skip both relocations and the €20 000-per-migrant levy next year, removing fears that reception-centre capacity would be diverted from corporate immigration caseloads. Mobility programme managers expect more predictable processing times for employee and blue cards because staff won’t be reassigned to sudden asylum inflows.
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If your company needs help securing Czech work permits, employee cards or other travel documents during this window of relative administrative calm, VisaHQ can streamline the process with end-to-end support and real-time updates. Explore their Czech services here: https://www.visahq.com/czech-republic/.
The waiver is not permanent: the solidarity pool is recalculated annually, and if Ukrainian arrivals taper off Czechia could face quotas again in 2027. Companies are advised to factor this variable into workforce-housing and compliance budgets and to brief humanitarian-status employees about stricter return and ‘safe country’ rules embedded in the pact.
Diplomatically, the exemption strengthens Czech arguments against mandatory burden-sharing while keeping Prague engaged in EU migration governance—a balancing act the incoming Babiš government says it will scrutinise closely.
Prague can therefore skip both relocations and the €20 000-per-migrant levy next year, removing fears that reception-centre capacity would be diverted from corporate immigration caseloads. Mobility programme managers expect more predictable processing times for employee and blue cards because staff won’t be reassigned to sudden asylum inflows.
If your company needs help securing Czech work permits, employee cards or other travel documents during this window of relative administrative calm, VisaHQ can streamline the process with end-to-end support and real-time updates. Explore their Czech services here: https://www.visahq.com/czech-republic/.
The waiver is not permanent: the solidarity pool is recalculated annually, and if Ukrainian arrivals taper off Czechia could face quotas again in 2027. Companies are advised to factor this variable into workforce-housing and compliance budgets and to brief humanitarian-status employees about stricter return and ‘safe country’ rules embedded in the pact.
Diplomatically, the exemption strengthens Czech arguments against mandatory burden-sharing while keeping Prague engaged in EU migration governance—a balancing act the incoming Babiš government says it will scrutinise closely.
