membership / business visa program

AmCham provides a program designed to facilitate business travel to the USA. In co-ordination with the US Embassy, the AmCham process’ business travel applications and reserve 30 set slots weekly for members to be interviewed. Once the interviewed is completed successfully, applicants will receive their visa by courier the next day. This shortens the physical process to 3 business days and offers members more certainty concerning interview times and document requirements.

• For more information contact Nikola Nagyová at  (+420) 733-389-373, email: nnagyova@amcham.cz.

Who can apply

• Employees of AmCham member companies and their immediate families.
• Employees must have specific business activities in the United States which have been approved by the leading representative of the company
  in the Czech Republic.

How the process works

Each week, the AmCham will collect the visa application documents of 30 applicants. AmCham will be responsible for delivering application
documents to the US Embassy prior to the interview.

• The AmCham will process 30 requests per week. A request can either be for an individual business traveller or for a business traveller and his/her family. Accompanying family members can apply for regular tourist visas and, if applying, must be present at the interview.
• Application requests will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Application deadlines for that week will be 10 am, Monday.
• Every applicant, regardless of age, must have his or her own application. Every applicant over 14 must appear in person.
• Interviews will take place on Tuesday between 2 - 3 pm.
• Applicants must pay for the delivery of their completed visa by courier when paying for visa application. The cost is CZK 185.

What documents are required

• Letter from HR Department, listing employee’s name, date of birth, nationality and passport number, start date, current position, net salary, nature of work contract, assurance of continued employment with the firm, and statement if company will be assuming all expenses of trip
• Statement of business plans signed by leading representative of company.
• If employee is expecting long-term assignment to the U.S., and would like spouse or children to visit, the same information as above, for dependents.
• Applicants going to US for contract repair work must bring a copy of the original service contract showing repair service clause.
• Applicants must have a signed, complete online application (including 3rd page, which contains barcode – after you will fill in the formular you must press the button continue to get the barcode and then you can printed out), form DS-157 for men between the ages of 16 and 46, one 5cm x 5cm photo, with white background, application fee receipt, and passport valid for at least 6 months after the arrival
• Forms may be found at: http://prague.usembassy.gov/application_forms.html All formulars you can find at www.usembassy.cz
• then continue on fomular ( you can choose czech or english language and start with formular number: DS – 156: Nonimigration Visa Application )