Non-immigrant visas: Health Insurance

If you file an application for a Schengen visa and every time you enter the Schengen territory (Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Austrian, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland) you have to furnish proof that you have a valid health insurance.

Proof of a valid health insurance for business trips, visitor’s visas and tourist trips can be furnished in general by:

• Travel health insurance valid for all Schengen countries and for the complete duration of the stay. The insurance has to have a minimum coverage of 30.000 Euro, has to cover the costs of a of a necessary repatriation in case of sickness, the costs of medical emergency service and for an emergency hospitalisation. Generally the health insurance has to be effected in the Czech Republic.
  
  
• A valid credit card and the proof that the holder of this card has a valid health insurance until the card expires and that the insurance includes a minimum coverage of 30.000 Euro, covers the costs of a of a necessary repatriation in case of sickness, the costs of medical emergency service and for an emergency hospitalisation..
  For members of the Czech Health Insurance a valid European health Insurance Card can be submitted.

Proof of a valid health insurance has to be submitted as original and as one copy. Originals are handed back after evaluation. The proof of the valid health insurance has to be carried along for possible controls during every stay in the Schengen territory

In case of applications for long term Schengen visas which are valid for several entries, it is generally sufficient to furnish proof of sufficient health insurance for the complete duration of the first stay.

Family members (spouses, children under the age of 21) of nationals of a member state of the European Union or the European Economic Area, who travel together with the EU or EEA-citizen, generally do not have to furnish proof of a valid health insurance.