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# Working as a nurse in Czechia

To work as a nurse in Czechia on an EU Blue Card, the salary must be at least 36,266 € a year (current). Nurse is a regulated profession in Czechia. Foreign qualifications go through: For non-EU-trained applicants: recognition application, written tests, supervised practice (40 days general nurse/midwife; 30 days practical nurse), then oral exam. Eligible EU/EEA/Swiss cases use the separate recognition route. In Czechia, nurses are listed on the EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.

- Regulation: Regulated
- Recognition route: For non-EU-trained applicants: recognition application, written tests, supervised practice (40 days general nurse/midwife; 30 days practical nurse), then oral exam. Eligible EU/EEA/Swiss cases use the separate recognition route.; General system of recognition - primary application; General care nurse
- Recognition authority: Ministry of Health (MZ ČR) handles non-medical healthcare qualification recognition; procedure depends on qualification origin and exact title.
- Language requirement: Non-medical written tests may be Czech, English, French, German or Russian; oral test is only in Czech. This is the exam language rule, not a generic CEFR certificate.
- Shortage list: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission
- EU Blue Card threshold: 36,266 €/year (current)

## Sources

Unit 303; responsible authority Ministry of Health; Act 96/2004 Coll., Section 5. — https://uok.msmt.cz/uok/ru_detail.php?dl=en&flet=&forg=&fpg=1&ftxt=sestra&ftype=&id=303&lang=en
JSON list[].id=658421; list[].name; list[].country; list[].directive; list[].qualification; list[].qualification_level — https://api.tech.ec.europa.eu/regprof20/prodmigration/regprofs?lang=EN&id_country=16&pagenum=1&maxrows=100&sort_col=1&sort_dir=ASC
NCO.json key=1; A=AT; B=2025; C=2143; D=Environmental engineers; E=Shortage; F=Low — https://eures.europa.eu/living-and-working/labour-shortages-and-surpluses-europe_en
Country work-route threshold — https://e-sbirka.gov.cz/sb/2026/44

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Nurse in Czechia: recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 61a3ee26529477e2860245e94edec7f0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/czechia/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

### BibTeX

```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_nurse-in-czechia-recognition-and-shortage-status_10a59787b1f5,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nurse in Czechia: recognition and shortage status},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {61a3ee26529477e2860245e94edec7f0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/nurse/czechia/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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