PRAGUE – In an expected constitutional move, the cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Fiala formally submitted its resignation to President Petr Pavel at 16:00 on 6 November 2025, the day after the inaugural sitting of the newly-elected Chamber of Deputies. Although the step follows Czech constitutional practice, it ushers in a potentially prolonged caretaker period that could slow or derail a string of pending mobility-related measures, from a long-awaited overhaul of the Digital Nomad visa pilot to secondary legislation needed to implement June’s tougher asylum bill.
1. What happened? At its first post-election meeting, the outgoing cabinet adopted a single resolution—“Demise of the Government” – and authorised the prime minister to hand the document to the president. Fiala promised a “smooth hand-over” but offered no timetable for coalition negotiations, which are expected to be complex.
2. Background. During its four-year term, the Fiala government steered the country through the COVID-19 exit, the war-related influx of more than 385,000 Ukrainian refugees, and the 2023–25 inflation shock. Mobility professionals credit the cabinet with launching the Czech Digital Nomad Programme, expanding quotas at key embassies, and transposing the revised EU Blue Card directive six months ahead of deadline. Yet several secondary decrees—including a ministerial order that would let family members of digital nomads apply online—are still working their way through Parliament. The resignation puts them on hold until a new cabinet wins confidence.
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3. Practical implications. • Employers sponsoring non-EU talent should expect slower processing times as ministries run under acting ministers with restricted mandate. • The highly-anticipated 2026 economic-migration quota decree could now be issued late, complicating workforce planning for manufacturers and shared-service centres. • Firms planning to use the Digital Nomad stream in Q1 2026 should build extra time into start-date forecasts and consider alternative postings in neighbouring EU states. • Legal advisers recommend submitting any complex residence or work-permit amendments before the end-of-year holiday period, when backlogs typically spike.
4. What’s next? President Pavel is expected to ask the leader of the largest parliamentary party to form a government, but coalition bargaining could stretch into early 2026. If no majority emerges, a technocrat cabinet—or even a snap election—remains possible. Either scenario would extend uncertainty for mobility programmes that depend on new implementing regulations.
For global-mobility managers the message is clear: monitor political developments closely, budget for processing delays, and brief transferees about possible timeline slippage. In the interim, existing immigration rules remain in force and the ministries continue to accept applications, but discretionary policy improvements are effectively frozen until a new cabinet is confirmed.
1. What happened? At its first post-election meeting, the outgoing cabinet adopted a single resolution—“Demise of the Government” – and authorised the prime minister to hand the document to the president. Fiala promised a “smooth hand-over” but offered no timetable for coalition negotiations, which are expected to be complex.
2. Background. During its four-year term, the Fiala government steered the country through the COVID-19 exit, the war-related influx of more than 385,000 Ukrainian refugees, and the 2023–25 inflation shock. Mobility professionals credit the cabinet with launching the Czech Digital Nomad Programme, expanding quotas at key embassies, and transposing the revised EU Blue Card directive six months ahead of deadline. Yet several secondary decrees—including a ministerial order that would let family members of digital nomads apply online—are still working their way through Parliament. The resignation puts them on hold until a new cabinet wins confidence.
3. Practical implications. • Employers sponsoring non-EU talent should expect slower processing times as ministries run under acting ministers with restricted mandate. • The highly-anticipated 2026 economic-migration quota decree could now be issued late, complicating workforce planning for manufacturers and shared-service centres. • Firms planning to use the Digital Nomad stream in Q1 2026 should build extra time into start-date forecasts and consider alternative postings in neighbouring EU states. • Legal advisers recommend submitting any complex residence or work-permit amendments before the end-of-year holiday period, when backlogs typically spike.
4. What’s next? President Pavel is expected to ask the leader of the largest parliamentary party to form a government, but coalition bargaining could stretch into early 2026. If no majority emerges, a technocrat cabinet—or even a snap election—remains possible. Either scenario would extend uncertainty for mobility programmes that depend on new implementing regulations.
For global-mobility managers the message is clear: monitor political developments closely, budget for processing delays, and brief transferees about possible timeline slippage. In the interim, existing immigration rules remain in force and the ministries continue to accept applications, but discretionary policy improvements are effectively frozen until a new cabinet is confirmed.
