Working as a nurse in Czechia
What official sources say about working as a nurse in Czechia: how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
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.
- Shortage list
- Listed
- EU Blue Card threshold
- 36,266 €/year
EU Blue Card salary threshold
Czechia publishes a current EU Blue Card threshold of 36,266 €/year. It is the minimum salary for that work route, not what nurses earn.
Regulation and recognition
Nurse is a regulated profession in Czechia.
- 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
An exact current shortage-list record is published for nurse in Czechia: EURES labour shortages and surpluses dashboard — National Coordination Office submission.
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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 citation
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