Security eligibility

  • Why do I need to include information on healthcare and treatment in the questionnaire?

    In security proceedings, the NSA evaluates the fulfilment of various statutory conditions for the performance of sensitive activities. One of the conditions relates to a state of health, the quality of which, in certain situations, can affect the normal functioning of an individual, and also have an impact on his reliability. For the NSA issuing the document, it is therefore necessary to assess whether the state of health of individual natural persons is not an obstacle to the performance of a sensitive activity, or whether this state of health cannot pose a security risk and affect the reliability of the natural person. It is not a newly established practice, the NBÚ even before the amendment of the law, requested and assessed points related to health care, namely points related to psychiatric treatment and psychologist care, which were the content of the declaration of personality, statutory mandatory requirements of the supporting materials.

    I am being treated by a psychiatrist and/or other doctor, I am going to see a psychologist. Does this mean that I cannot be issued with a document or does this information lead to the invalidation of a document already issued by the NSA?

    No, I don't. No professional treatment or care provided by an individual in his/her questionnaire is, and cannot in itself, a priori be negatively assessed. However, this is one of many aspects that the NSA needs to verify and assess in the case of natural persons in certain circumstances. The issue of health status is a very complex fact and therefore it is not possible under any circumstances to determine in advance, on the basis of the information provided by the natural person in the questionnaire, whether the information is negative. In some cases, contact with a psychiatrist or psychologist, for example, can also prove to be a positive aspect. This is a very specific and diverse range of life circumstances of a natural person and if the NSA concludes that it is necessary to verify the data in this case by various steps in the procedure, it has specialised experts who are competent in the matter of valid assessment of information relating to health status and its impact on the reliability of a natural person. In some cases, the NSA may also decide on the necessity of appointing an expert in accordance with Section 106 of the Act.

    I'm being treated by a doctor, but I don't know my diagnosis. What should I do to complete the questionnaire?

    The questionnaire contains a box in the section focused on health care, through which the diagnosis is made. However, there are cases where a natural person does not know his diagnosis and/or is not sure about it, or some time has passed since receiving healthcare and the party to the proceedings does not remember his diagnosis. In this case, it is not necessary to complete the diagnosis and the difficulties encountered by the natural person or in the past can be described in detail. In certain circumstances, the NSA may then find it necessary to verify or refine that information, for which it uses various actions in the proceedings. The verification of that information relating to health and other professional care may also be carried out for the purpose of verifying the information provided by a party to the proceedings.

  • The most common shortcoming is that applicants do not declare and document income for a period of 10 years retrospectively. The requirements for the presentation of the receipts in the questionnaire and proof of receipts are as follows.

    Indication of receipts in the questionnaire for the last 10 years:

    1. In case you have filed a tax return in the last 10 years and you did not have income not declared in the tax return, please fill in the questionnaire every year and the option “Submitted a tax return“ tick YES and select the option ‘Submitted a tax return, I do not have income not included in the tax return’.

    2. If you have filed a tax return in the last 10 years and at the same time have received income that is not included in the tax return (e.g. a retirement allowance), please fill in the questionnaire every year and select ‘Submitted a tax return“ tick YES and select the option ‘Submitted a tax return, I also have income not included in the tax return’ and fill in the type of income, amount and currency.

    3. If you have not filed a tax return in the last 10 years, please fill in the questionnaire every year and select "Submitted a tax return“ tick NO and fill in the type of income, amount and currency.

    You do not include state social support benefits and contributions, sickness insurance benefits and unemployment benefits in the questionnaire.

    Proof of income over the last 10 years:

    1. You are documenting only income that is not part of your tax return to the relevant tax office, if this income in the case of one type exceeds CZK 100,000 per calendar year. This means that if the limit of CZK 100,000 per calendar year is exceeded, you can prove, for example, your salary (unless it is part of your tax return to the relevant tax office), service allowance, old-age pension, insurance benefits, scholarship, subsidies, etc.

    2. You do not substantiate benefits, social security contributions, sickness insurance benefits, unemployment benefits regardless of their amount, or any income that is part of your tax return to the relevant tax office.

    The NBÚ points out that the taxpayer's declaration that you fill in with your employer (pink form) is not a tax return.

    The NBÚ also warns that if you submit tax return abroad, it is the duty to fill in the receipts included in the questionnaire and also to prove them.

  • The application can be submitted via the NBÚ Portal, when this method of administration is recommended by the NSA, As it is convenient and user-friendly for users, you can make the entire submission conveniently from anywhere, with no need to visit the NSA.

    The application can also be submitted by delivery to the NBÚ data box (NBÚ ID – h93aayw) or to the electronic mailroom This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a recognised electronic signature established for private purposes. In addition, the application can be submitted in person after ordering on tel. no. 257283225 in the filing office of the NBÚ headquarters or sent by post or by the holder of a special postal licence to the address of the National Security Office, P.O.BOX 49, 15006, Prague 56.

    Detailed information on how to apply can be found here.

  • 1. the application for the issue of a document,

    2. a justification for the performance of a sensitive activity, which will be completed and provided by the employer,

    3. a declaration of waiver of the obligation of confidentiality of the locally competent tax administration,

    Questionnaire 4,

    5. photo of the licence type,

    6. confirmation of income listed in the questionnaire with an indication of its amount (net income), and only if it is not part of the tax return, for the last 10 years and at the same time if it exceeded CZK 100000 in one calendar year.

    Detailed information on how to apply for a document can be found here

  • If there was a change of surname after 1.1.2025, you are not taking any action in relation to the issuance of a new document. When the NBÚ receives information from the basic registers, it will issue you with a new document without delay and send it to your contact address. Upon receipt of the new document, you are obliged to return the original issued document to the NSA within 15 days from the date on which the new document was delivered to you.

  • 1. If you are a flat-rate taxpayer and you are obliged to keep records of income from self-employment for the purpose of proving the amount of decisive income for the selected flat-rate band, then when applying for the issue of a document, you will document the income from business with these records.

    2. If you are a flat-rate taxpayer and you are not obliged to keep the above records, then when applying for the issue of a document, you will provide proof of business income with statements of account or invoices (income documents) and at the same time inform in writing what flat-rate scheme you are in. 

  • Virtual assets are electronically storeable or transferable units that can fulfil a payment, exchange or investment function. In practice, these are so-called cryptocurrencies, e.g. bitcoin. By the notion of irreplaceable token it is possible to imagine digitized collector's goods (e.g. A paper original of the drawing, from which its owner creates only one authentic digital copy and then decides to offer it on one of the online marketplaces where NFTs are traded. It is then possible to buy the work at a specified price or at the highest bid in the auction. After the purchase, you will become the unique owner of the product. Until you sell the work to someone else, you are the only original owner with a digitized certificate and an irreplaceable token.

  • No, as of 1 July 2022, it is always the duty to comment on these points, i.e. even if, for example, you have never played a game of chance, tried drugs or are abstinent. There is a section Detailed statement, where you enter:

    1. for alcohol - the frequency of ingestion in the past and in the present, the types and quantities ingested, the circumstances of ingestion, stays at an anti-alcohol collection station, etc. If you do not drink alcohol at all, indicate, for example, the abstinent,

    2. for gambling - past and present frequency, type of gambling, deposited/deposited/betted amounts per week/month, total balance, sources of funding, etc. If you do not play gambling, please indicate e.g.  I've never played gambling and I don't play,

    3. for narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances - the frequency and duration of use in the past and in the present, including one-off experience, the types and quantities of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances used, the circumstances of use/use, etc. If you do not use narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances, please indicate e.g. these substances have never been tried, used or used. 

  • In live play, bettors play against the croupier, or against each other at the tables, without predetermining the number of bettors and the amount of bets per game.  A live game is, for example, roulette, a card game, even in the form of a tournament, and a dice game.

    Technical game is a game of chance operated through a technical device directly operated by the bettor. Technical game is e.g. cylindrical game, electromechanical roulette and electromechanical dice. 

  • Yes, I did. The obligation is to notify the incurrence of obligations concluded between natural persons or from a contract concluded with a legal entity that is not a consumer credit provider under the Consumer Credit Act (e.g. between you and an employer or municipality), the nominal value of which individually or collectively exceeds CZK 100 000 or five times your average monthly income minus taxes, fees and other similar monetary benefits, including social security and public health insurance premiums (net income), whichever is higher, i.e. if a loan of CZK 500000 meets the above value, you are notifying a loan from a friend (natural person) of CZK 500000.

  • Yes, if there was a lien on a property owned by your friend after 1.1.2014. According to the Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Coll.), the lien on real estate is a separate property. In the questionnaire, you will indicate the lien to the point:

    7.8 Immovable property
    7.8.1 Led by the cadastral office (in the case of property outside the Czech Republic, state the address) - cadastral office where the property owned by a friend for which a lien has been established is located, 7.8.2 Type of property and method of its use since acquisition - lien, 7.8.3 Method of acquisition and sources of financing - other, 7.8.4 Acquisition price - 0, 7.8.5 Currency - 0, 7.8.6 Year of acquisition of the property - indicates the year when the lien arose

  • Yes, if this fact, regardless of whether it is a cottage already built or not yet built, occurred after 1.1.2014. According to the Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Coll.), this is a building right, which is an independent property. In the questionnaire, you will indicate the right of construction to the point:

    7.8 Immovable property
    7.8.1 Led by the cadastral office (in the case of real estate outside the Czech Republic, state the address) - the cadastral office where your father-in-law's land is located, 7.8.2 Type of real estate and how it has been used since the acquisition – right of construction, 7.8.3 Method of acquisition and sources of financing – e.g. contract, financed from saved funds, 7.8.4 Acquisition price – e.g. 0; in the event that you paid for the right of construction, for example. CZK 50000, 7.8.5 Currency – 0, 7.8.6 Year of acquisition of the property – indicates the year in which the right of perpetual usufruct arose 

  • Yes, if you acquired a cooperative share after 1.1.2014. According to the Civil Code (Act No. 89/2012 Coll.), the cooperative share of objects is movable. In the questionnaire, you will indicate the cooperative share in the point:

    7.7 Movable property
    (by species whose value exceeds CZK 200,000 in the case of one species, e.g. cash, cooperative share, collection, art objects, precious metals, jewellery, motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft, antiques, technology, electronics, share in a business corporation, virtual assets - non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies)
    7.7.1 Type – cooperative share + percentage, 7.7.2 Number of units – 0, 7.7.3 Acquisition method and sources of financing – e.g. purchase, financed by sale of real estate, 7.7.4 Acquisition price – e.g. CZK 2800000, 7.7.5 Total value - e.g. CZK 2800000

  • A natural person is obliged to state and comment in detail on contacts that fulfil a summary of the following conditions:

    A.

    1. is a foreign national,

    2. the contact does not result from the performance of the professional or service duties of a natural person after 1990 (e.g. partnership, family, friendly relationship, contact based on common interests and hobbies); and

    3. the natural person evaluates the contact as significant primarily according to its intensity, circumstances, possible impacts on the behavior of the natural person (the impact of the contact on the natural person - e.g. emotional, financial).

    B.

    1. is a citizen of the Czech Republic who lives in a state that is not a member state of the EU or NATO,

    2. the contact does not result from the performance of the professional or service duties of a natural person after 1990 (e.g. partnership, family, friendly relationship, contact based on common interests and hobbies); and

    3. the natural person evaluates the contact as significant - mainly according to its intensity, circumstances and content, possible impacts on the behaviour of the natural person (the impact of the contact on the natural person - e.g. emotional, financial).

    The fulfilment of this point is primarily dependent on the subjective assessment of the natural person as to how he perceives his possible contact with the person fulfilling point 1, who fulfils the condition set out in point 2, with regard to the fulfilment of the condition under point 3, i.e. whether he considers this contact to be significant for him for a specific reason, i.e. that he influences or may influence him in some way.

    If the natural person (applicant) is long-term resident in the territory of a foreign state, he/she will always fill in this point, if the sending entity is not an authority of the state.

  • SJM - joint marital property is based on Section 708 et seq. of the Civil Code, the joint property includes what one or both spouses acquired together during the marriage (e.g. household equipment, finances) with the exception of what is referred to in Section 709(1)(a) to (e) of the Civil Code, as well as debts (e.g. loans) taken over during the marriage, with the exception of debts referred to in Section 710(1)(a) and (b) of the Civil Code)

  • No, I don't. You are required to provide information relating only to you. However, if, for example, he or she is a co-debtor of a loan entered into by a spouse, partner or, together with the spouse, partner, co-owner of immovable property or have immovable property in the SJM, i.e. this information also applies to you, you must provide it. It is also your responsibility to provide information regarding your right of disposal over another person's account.

  • If documents are submitted in a foreign language, they must be submitted in the original and at the same time in an officially certified translation into the Czech language. If a document is submitted in a foreign language on a so-called transferable document (e.g. A1,S1,S2,S3,DA1,P1,U1,U2,U3...) is accepted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council without an officially certified translation into Czech if it is submitted in an official language of a Member State of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland.

  • Submit the decomposition and at the same time add the necessary documents. The digestion must contain: 

    1. identification party – first name, surname and social security number; 

    2. address of permanent residence; where applicable, the address for service; 

    3. Date and signature a party to the proceedings; 

    4. Identification of the decisionagainst which the decomposition is filed (i.e. reference number and date of issue); 

    5. what the party is seeking (e.g. revocation of the order terminating the security procedure for issuing the document); 

    6. reasons, for which the contested decision is incorrect, or what the party considers to be contrary to the law (i.e. the party specifically describes the reasons why it does not agree with the contested decision). An appeal may be brought against the operative part of a decision, not against the grounds of that decision.

    You can file a decomposition with the NBÚ within 15 days from the date of service of the decision (Section 126(1) of the Act). If you miss the deadline for filing a decomposition due to serious reasons, you can apply to the NSA for its remission within 15 days from the day when the cause of the missed decomposition ceased to exist. The condition, however, is that the application for remission must be accompanied by the decomposition itself.

    You can submit the decomposition:

    1. through the NBÚ Portal (After logging in through the bank identity or data box of an individual, you select an option Dissolution (appeal against the decision of the NSA issued in the proceedings),

    2. by delivery to the NBÚ data box (NBÚ ID – h93aayw),

    3. by delivery to the Electronic Filing Office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a recognised electronic signature established for private purposes,

    4. by post or by the holder of a special postal licence the  address NBÚ.

  • In these cases, it is necessary to send a written notification to the NSA that you are withdrawing your application for the issuance of a document. It is necessary to specify the person (name, surname, birth number or date of birth, place of residence), the application (issuance of a security certificate) and sign the communication. On the basis of this communication, in accordance with the provisions of Section 113(1)(a) of the Act, The NSA shall discontinue the pending proceedings, issue and send an order terminating the proceedings. After this resolution has become final, the NBÚ will also send information about the discontinuation of the proceedings to your responsible person, who confirmed to you the justification of the request for the issuance of a security certificate.

    You can withdraw your security clearance request by:

    1. through the NBÚ Portal (After logging in through the bank identity or data box of an individual, you select an option General submission),

    2. a data box set up for a natural person,

    3. by delivery to the Electronic Filing Office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a recognised electronic signature established for private purposes,

    4. by post or by the holder of a special postal licence the address NBÚ.

  • Before taking a decision on an application for a security certificate, you have the right to consult: the Unclassified Part of the Security Volume (Section 89c of the Act). You have this right only until the decision on the application for a security certificate becomes final. It can be viewed on the basis of a written request addressed to the NSA, which is written in free form.

    You can request access to the unclassified part of the security file by:

    1. through the NBÚ Portal (After logging in through the bank identity or data box of an individual, you select an option General submission),

    2. a data box set up for a natural person,

    3. by delivery to the Electronic Filing Office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with a recognised electronic signature established for private purposes,

    4. by post or by the holder of a special postal licence the address NBÚ.

    The NBÚ employee will then notify you in writing (possibly by telephone) of the date when the volume can be consulted. The inspection takes place in the NBÚ building (Na Popelce 2/16, Prague 5 - Košíře). Before consulting, an NBÚ employee will acquaint you with the possibility to make extracts from the volume or to require copies from the volume to be made for a fee. A written record of the inspection shall always be made.