Got accepted !! What next?

As a student from a non-European country, you would require to apply for visa to be able to come to the Czech Republic.

Although, information about the documents needed is available on the embassy website, it can be confusing.

This post will mainly shed light on the document preparation for visa application.

1. Visa application form - One requires to fill the the long-term stay form (Type D). It can be downloaded from the website. Or if you are feeling lazy, click here
2. Obtaining PCC (Police Clearance Certificate) - One can obtain the PCC from the Passport office in the city. Make sure to take an appointment before you go there to avoid standing in long queue.
3.  Apostille PCC - For any document to be valid outside the country, it needs an apostille. For this, you must take the PCC so obtained to the office of Ministry of External affairs. The fee for the process is Rs 50 (in India). Or, you can talk to one of the agents offering their services. But be wary of their fee. Negotiate!
   Usually the process of getting PCC apostille takes a day. You are required to submit your document in the morning and you get it back in the evening around 1600 hrs.
4. Funds in the bank account - As you must have read on the embassy's website, one requires to present evidence of funds which will help the person to take care of expenses for one year. That usually amounts to around INR 300000 .
5. Translating documents to Czech - All the documents which need to be submitted at the embassy must be in Czech language. While the proof of studies and accommodation contract are already in Czech, you would require to get Apostilled PCC and proof of funds translated to Czech language.
   
   This contact might help you out -
   Sharda Yadav
   Ph: +91 9818375256
   email: dd87yadav@gmail.com 
6. Visa application fee - For the students coming to CTU, there is no visa application fee. But, you will have to pay for some stamping fee and verification of translated documents (around Rs 750 per page).
7. Medical Insurance - It is not necessary to provide this document when you file for an application. After your request is processed, the embassy sends you some links from which you can buy the insurance as it is mandatory to purchase the insurance from a Czech company. Purchase the extensive medical insurance after comparing prices. (Slavia usually is the cheapest). Also, it would be preferable and cheaper to buy the insurance for the total duration of your stay (10 months) rather than 6 months. 

Visa application process for the Czech Republic is different than most of the other countries. For the Czech visa application you need to present only the four documents which are mentioned on the website of the Czech Embassy.

Also, the processing time for the visa is much longer than other countries. Although they mention on the website that it takes two months, from what me and my colleagues have experienced, it can take anywhere from 20 days to 1.5 months.

So the last advice for this section would be get the appointment asap.