THE ULTIMATE CITIZENSHIP TEST (Czech Republic)
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2023
- Finally! This is the ultimate test to become a citizen in the Czech Republic!
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My guess is, they want you to go through all the unnecessary bureaucracy, tons of paperwork and months of waiting to create a true frustrated czech Citizen 🤣🤣🤣
Also gratulations!! Good job 👍 passing the exams.
🤣🤣🤣
Lol u might be right 🤣👍
@@petrnovak6379 Yes, he is 100% right ;-) And Jen hint that detail couple times.
KANTRÝ FOR DA FJÚČUR!
Gratuluju, jste dobrá. Držím palce do dalšího kola.
Ohledně jednání na úřadě existuje krásný vtip. Zvířátka si chtějí v lese postavit altánek a potřebují na to stavební povolení. I vydá se na úřad medvěd, že to zvládne medovou pláství a silou. Vrátí se za čtrnáct dní naprosto zničený, hlava mu jde kolem, razítka samozřejmě nikde, jen papírů dvojnásobek. Zaleze si do nory, dá si na čenich mokrý ručník a jenom naříká. Věci se ujme liška, že to zvládne uchytračit. Vrátí se za čtrnáct dní úplně zničená, lejster má s sebou trojnásobek a razítko ani jedno, hlava jí třeští, nožičky má uběhané k samým ramenům. Zaleze si do nory, strčí tlapky do škopku studené vody, na hlavu si dá mokrý hadr a jenom naříká. Do třetice všeho dobrého, žádosti se ujme vůl. Vrátí se za tři hodiny, všechna razítka na správných místech, a zvířátka se ho ptají: "Vole, jak jsi to dokázal? Medvěd nezvládl nic silou, liška chytrostí, a ty?" Vůl povídá: "Ono to bylo vlastně jednoduché. Otevřu první dveře - spolužák. Druhé dveře - spolužák. Třetí dveře - spolužák..."
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🤣😂. Tak ten se povedl! 😃😁🦊
@@kexcz8276 Akurát to nie je vtip 🥲
@@PhonoDirect já vím 😪
Třeba bude mít Jen štěstí a na tom úřadě bude sedět někdo, kdo ji po léta sleduje a fandí jí...
Jen, Vy už jste stejně naše. Na tom žádný úřad nic nezmění! Mnoho štěstí ve všem.
Austro-Hungarian Empire: My dear girl Czechia, I know we had our differences at time but I am so proud of your byrocratic achievements right now...
Austro-Hungary would be so proud if it wouldn't be rotting on a graveyard of history.
Tak hodně trpělivosti a štěstí s obstaráním všech dokumentů a s vstřícností úřadů.
No vidíte, kdybych měl tu moc, tak po třech minutách konverzace vám to dám jen za úsměv a ještě přidám láhev slivovice ☺️.
to by nebylo objektivní
Big tip, once you get all your docs with apostille and translation, get a notarised copy of those and submit those. Do not submit the precious originals, stuff gets lost and they keep it. They may make their own copies of vital records though.
Oh and do not worry about the trips too much. They have no way to check that anyway.
Aa far as some apostilles needed or not that depends on bilateral agreements with certain countries, where they can be waived
Máte můj hluboký obdiv, že jste to ještě nevzdala. Držím vám palce, aby celé to martyrium bylo brzy (6 měsíců?) A úspěšně za vámi! 🤞🤞🤞
Gratuluji ke složení testu. Tvá videa jsou skvělá a proto držím palce aby jsi se stala českou. Osobně si myslím že většina rodičích Čechů by test na získání občanství neudělala.
Když už, tak aby ses stala......V tomto dělá mnoho lidí chybu.
Jen, máš můj hluboký obdiv. Jako kovaný Čech bych buď tím papírováním neprošel, nebo to vzdal na dvacáté překážce. Takže ti nadále držím pěsti. V.
Milá Jen, pokud se týká té pracovní činnosti, předložil bych Potvrzení OSVČ, tedy o tom, že jste Osoba samostatně výdělečně činná a možná i daňová přiznání. Mnoho štěstí a ať to všechno vyjde.
tomu se říká úřednický šiml :D Jinak ti blahopřeji
Wow. It is incredible how many hurdles there are. I would never expect the process to be so complicated. Crazy. Brutal. I have five times more respect for foreigners who acquire Czech citizenship now. And I admire you! Your desire to become a Czech citizen must be really strong, which flatters me. Your Czech citizenship will be so deserved.
I love that you did "držím palce". 🙂
👍for the baby photo. 😊
And thank you for this whole update!
Gratuluji. Myslím, že ten test je tak těžký, že by jej neudělalo mnoho samotných Čechů.
Ano a stavim sa ze ho urobilo tisice cinanov ktori by si ani listok na nadrazi nevedeli s ich cestinou kupit. Ako aj u nas. Ale Jen si to obcianstvo zasluzi, siri uz roky dobre meno Historickych krajin Českych.
@@josselenovese3639 Ano, máte pravdu a Jen je skvělá. Moc jí gratuluji, že překoná i tu byrokracii tady v Česku.
Však to je jen logické. To přece platí pro každý stát. Když už si můžeme vybrat, koho přijmout, tak si budeme vybírat. Kdybyste chtěla být občanem Kanady, tak byste musela podstoupit i biopsii jater, aby si mohli přesně proklepnout váš zdravotní stav. Takže Česko je ještě ok.
Cílem není ztížit žvot Čechům, ale udělat to tak obtížné, aby jenom ti cizinci, kteří opravdu celým srdcem a myslí chtějí dosáhnout tak vytoužené, vzdálené a vznešené mety, jakou je české občanství, se po spoustě práce, krve, potu a slz zařadili mezi vyvolené a občanství získali...
...nebo se to dá nějak koupit?
@@jankucera8180 Uprimne, co sa u nas a u vas neda kupit?
True Kafka's Process. Anybody who's willing and able to go through all this should become a member of an Elite Czech Citizen club. I don't know anyone who' d deserve to become a Czech citizen more. So when (not if) you are finally "awarded" with this highly desirable document, I think we should organize a big party for you!
Congratulations! Glad you passed the test. And good luck for the rest of citizenship journey :-)
Thank you, for challenging me to get czech citizenship after 12 years in Prague!
Very informative video, especially for non-European viewers. I wish you sincerely the best of luck! 🙂I just don't agree with the final message about leaving one's foreign expectations behind and being prepared for the Czech bureaucratic "ordeal", especially when you also said: "You have to leave your Colombian self behind" etc. Anybody who has visited South America can confirm that those are probably the most corrupted countries in the world. The Czech citizenship process might be difficult and complicated, but everything goes on a legal basis. And if you think that dealing with the U. S. authorities as a foreigner is always a quick and pleasant experience, you are very naive (no offence). American and British immigration officers are one of the rudest I've met. And I come from a mixed Italian/Austrian/Czech family, so I can compare. 🙂
I have experienced snobbishness and rudeness with British immigration officials, but Czech immigration officials have this very naked racism towards anyone not a white person. Happens over and over again. It’s nothing like what you experience in English speaking countries where being openly racist is not accepted.
Czech bureaucrats want a lot, but are usually helpful if you are polite.
This is terrible. I really admire you for going through this.
Congratulations Jen! You are amazing. I know all about the super legalized documents and what you are going through, coming from the US , establishing my own Czech citizenship, getting married here, establishing citizenship for my kids, etc…. Yes, the úředník is King 👑 Your videos have me laughing out loud 😂
Pretty much nailed it at the end. To become a Czech, you must think like a Czech, feel like a Czech and comply like a Czech. And the best thing is, you can still be denied citizenship. Even if all check boxes are green. This is the ultimate "giving in" to the mercy of bureaucracy.
Hello Jen, get this. I was born in Brno , after university I moved to the USA, when I became a US citizen. For some reason I automatically lost my Czech citizenship gaining the US one. Now I retired and like to get my Czech citizenship back . Well guess what, ... I am going through a similar process as you do ....
Well I was married and divorced 2x , now I am in the process of heaving to "apostille" all my documents , the problem is that I got married in Rio de Janeiro Brazil ..., so you can imagine what I am going through .... Anyway, congratulations on your successful language test. Good Luck ...
Ooof. Good luck. Hope you get the citizenship of your homeland and mine.
Dobry den pane Libore. To opravdu myslite vazne. To mi teda mozek nebere. Nestacim se podivovat co je v tehle nasi malinke zemicce vsechno mozne. Drzim palce abyste vse zvladnul. Lenka
Ahoj Lenko
Dekuji za podporu ...
Snad se nekdy sejdem v CZ
Preji krasny rok 2024
Na začátku desáté minuty jsem si všiml že "počítání" na prstech, které je pro Američany typecke začínánim u malíčku, jste nejspíš kvůli "zazrané" české mentalite, začala úplně z druhé strany 👍 takže super, gratuluji 😁
Blahopreji ke slozeni zkousky. Jsi sikovna a mila, proste nase. Drzim palce.
I just found completely new appreciation and respect for Czech citizens that weren’t born as ones. Everything you have to go through is even worse than my worst nightmare and I am used to Czech bureaucracy. That’s insane!
Congrats! I just got my Cz Citizenship by descent and boy oh boy the paperwork and Apostille’s. Wow, I do admire you and all the work you have done so far and continue to do. I give you 5 stars!
Gratuluji a držím palce do dalších bojů. :)
Hang in there Jen, one day you can tell your children about this nightmare !
Don't give up now, you are so close on your dream. Show them that you can handle their bureaucratic requirements. And after you get it....go celebrate, you earned it !
Gratuluji 😊
Gratuluji 👏👍🍀!!!
Hlavu vzhůru! Jsem na tom s mluvenou angličtinou podobně.
Veeeeelkaaa gratulacia. :-)
Congratulations! I was waiting to hear this good news. The process is the opposite in Slovakia. First you apply (with all the apostilles and super legalization of documents) and, when you have them all together, then they schedule you for a test. I had to have FBI clearance even though I've lived here 24 years with absolutely no problem. It requires fingerprinting on the form that you can download from the FBI. The U.S. embassy here told me there is no way to be fingerprinted by the police here. We called the Ministry of the Interior and they told us that writing a short letter and appearing at a local (bigger) police station would be fine. It was. There was no charge. The process was fast, I could pay by credit card online. Then it needed an apostille so it had to go back to the U.S. (with a money order an American friend sent me) and then back here. All be FedEx or DHL to save time. The Ministry has 24 months to make a decision.
Anyway, congratulations again and it'll all go fine from here on.
Thank you for this information! Very helpful.
congratulations!!!👍
Hello Jen, Gratuluji ke složení testu.A přeji mnoho úspěchů do budoucna
Big CONGRATS Jen, if anyone, you really, really deserve it!!!!👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
Blahopřeji k úspěšnému testu.Hezky to s Honzou oslavte.
I thought Japanese bureaucracy was tough...they invented it, after all. But what Jen is going through redefines perseverance. I know my Czech wife would not have the patience for this kind of bureaucratic fiddle-faddle if she were on the outside trying to get in...nor would I. Good luck, Jen, with the rest of the marathon!
Gratuluji k testu a držím palce na všechno to ostatní!
Well Done💪
Jen, very good, as always! Your videos could cure some people from being homesick.
Gratuluji !!! V mém rodném městě to mám s toho radost .
Congratulations on passing your language exam! From your review, I see we share the same Czech teacher on Italki. I just got my citizenship by birthright and even there, the bureaucracy is massive and overwhelming. You got this now, happy for you!
Gratuluji, udělat test je vždy povznášející
congrats, Jen, well deserved!
Excellent, many congratulations :-).
You got it too easy.....lol. love it!!
Držím palce, ať vše dobře dopadne.😁
Congratulations, Jen!👍
Držím palce!!
OMG, this is nuts. Congrats on the test, and goood luck in the process! :)
Ahoj Jen, gratuluji k úspěšnému složení zkoušky, máš toho papírování víc než dost. Tak ti alespoň zatím přeji hodně štěstí na dobré úředníky když máš trochu zkomplikovanou dopravu při objíždění úřadů uzavřenou stanicí metra .
Krásný den 🙂 Tom
Gratuluji.
Great video Jen! I have never been to Prague, but this makes me totally want to visit!! ❤
Congratulations! 🥳
Wooow, that's crazy process!!!
Congratzz, Jen! And don't worry, you'll make it at Úřad since you already understand all about Czech bureaucracy. 🙂
you have endured the worst of bureaucracy agility challenges out there ... be proud! SO PROUD! :) congrats
I see you learned our ř very well. Good job learning czech.
Tak doiufam ze zacnes delat vic videa v cestine jako driv :D
Excellent video. Very good to know these things. In about five years, I will be applying for my Czech citizenship, so all of this is spot on for things I need to hear. I wish you very well in your ongoing quest. I feel certain that you will overcome all obstacles, even if it takes a while. Good luck from Ostrava!
Congratulations!!! :)
After years of watching your videos, I have booked a trip! I'm so interested in seeing this beautiful city and country in person.
The hardest part is over. You're the best!
Gratuluji Jen, konečně to máte "černý na bílým!" :)
0:07 Yay! I smiled so much as if it was me who passed the test 😁😁 Big congrats! You worked so hard and totally deserve it 😊
Best of luck! I “just” went through the whole
process, prepare to wait around a year after you apply 🤞
Ty jo, to je šílenej proces :-) Jen, měla byste občanství získat odměnou za tenhle kanál :-)
Každopádně hodně štěstí a ať potkáte rozumné úředníky :-)
Rozunme uredniky?V Cesku na urade.?Na cem jedete?
Amen. Drzim palce.
You are unbelievable... cant imagine how hard this must be... good luck! 🙂
LOL, so many memories from my application for Czech citizenship. Be prepared, you may have to face the main boss even after receiving official confirmation of citizenship. That's how it was for me. There was a very solemn atmosphere, happy new citizens, elegantly dressed people in suits with flowers, smiling employees. The national anthem played and the main guy in the building came out to present you with citizenship and gives a speech that begins like this: "I see that many of you have gathered here today. And I'm not happy about it. I don't like that the Czech Republic easily gives citizenship to foreigners. I hope that in a couple of years, you will say the same thing..." Just smile, take your citizenship, and… run.
Congratulation !!!
Gratulace!
Congratulation, it's a big success! The first step is done, now the next one. You'll make it and be proud of yourself!
Dear congratulation for passing that mind (mine) field of Czech language ,it is amazing accomplishment
Congratulations! It is wonderful you passed the B1 test.
Gratz Jen! Keep going! I cannot imagine the level of bureaucratic hell and flaming hoops you need to jump through! It was an adventure for me just to get a simple passport renewal! 😳😋
Go Jen!
Congratulations!
Jen, congratulation, you are great! Who can to learrn czech lenguage is hero
gratuluji
Držím vám palce! The process sounds insane! By the way, you can only držet palce for someone else so when you said držím palce, you probably wanted to say držte mi palce ;)
Good Luck 👌
😀 Congrats!
Congratulations, you jumped over a huge hurdle! The rest will be easy, trust me! I delayed my citizenship application solely because of the language test and the pandemic gave me time and motivation to really hustle for it and I passed and then I went through with the application in 2021 and in five months I got approved and it was such a relief!
7 hours, wow. Welcome among us Czechs 👍 Congratulations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐By the way, have you seen the USA movie "Green card" ... It's about the same issue 🤭
Congrats!! I 🎉
I went through the same thing. When I applied for my Czech citizenship.😊 I had to get my Naturalization ( American papers) translated. Then I had to get my marriage certificate ( from Connecticut) translated and appostilled. I also had to request and submit my Czech birth certificate. I remember every time I submitted the requested paperwork it seemed like they wanted something else translated and appostilled.Fianlly after one year I got my Czech citizenship. ( and I speak fluent Czech). 😊
Hezky od srdce jsem se zasmál. Opravdu přimně a z hloubi srdce. Nikdy mi nepřišlo na rozum, jak působí naše byrokracie na někoho, kdo se chce stát občanem České republiky. Jste úžasná a "držíme palce".
I laughed heartily. Really sincerely and from the bottom of my heart. It never occurred to me how our bureaucracy affects someone who wants to become a citizen of the Czech Republic. You are amazing and "držíme palce".
Thank you so much Pavel!
Doporučuji vám vzpomenout si na český vynález, kterému se říká "defenestrace". Když sem dáte termín, kdy a kde máte jednání s úředníky, přijdeme v hojném počtu pod okna vašeho jednání s českou byrokracií.
To by v tom byl čert, aby to nezabralo, neboť defenestrace se čeští úředníci opravdu bojí.
Congrats! :)
Congratulations 🎉
Něco podobného jsem zažívala v Německu před zhruba 30 lety. To jsme ještě nebyli ani v Šengenu ani rovnoprávným členem EU. Bylo to strašné a člověk je náladám úředníků vydán napospas. Já štěstí neměla.
Fingers crossed, hodně štěstí! Vydrž, fandíme ti!👍
I have been supporting expats with their immigration matters for over 7 years now, but everytime I got asked for help with citizenship, I was like nonono, that's a job for a lawyer, hahaha! This year finally I challenged myself to learn to process too, and girl, I am shocked! It is all the most difficult immigration documents from various applications put into one! I really admire everyone, who manages to do this all alone without losing it, haha! Good luck with your application! :)
Wow, that's crazy! Good luck on getting all your documents approved! I personally hate bureaucracy, so I feel for you. :D Especially, when we talk about Czech bureaucracy. :D
Dear Jane. A depressive story indeed. I do highly appreciate your stamina and courage to go through this bureaucratic hell. I keep my fingers crossed for you...... :-)
First of all, congratulations on your language test! And I mean, it's B1 in Czech so very good :D. It sounds similar to when I did English FCE (if you know what it is, cause I don't really remember :D), just a whole day of differente types of english tests.
The bureaucracy is terrible here, but it is, what it is. I remember about ten years ago, my grandma needed her final highscool score card, or whatever it's called (of course she already lost it) so my mum had to go to her school, they had to find it in their like 50 years old records, make a copy and give it to her... I'm studying in UK, and I needed evidence of me studying for insurance or social something or whatever (because apparently some foreign schools count for czech student insurance?) so I had to get my uni letter, signed by the uni, then also get the apostille and then send it to my mom so she could deal with it... So yes, it's definitely a part of the Czech citizenship :D
To the point of your trips outside the republic: I think it's meant for bigger and longer trips, e.g. if you lived 5 months in Spain, 6 in Italy and 3 in Germany, because then it's pretty much a year less living in Czechia - in UK, I'm currently under some pre-settlement scheme, and after five years of living here, I'll be eligible for applying for settlement scheme - but I can't have breaks longer than 6 months of living outside the UK. If you went shopping to Germany, or made a day trip to Poland - nobody will care about this, and they also don't really have a way of checking it.
Congratulations on B1 Czech exam. Hopefully you'll BE a Czech soon (poor pun intended).
You look so much like your mom, the smile, the hair ♥ thanks for sharing the family photo
You are hero, Jane.
Such A nice! Tnx
Well done!👍 I am czech myself and I am sure I would not be able to pass such a language test. You are good!
Always when I need to see any czech bureaucrat I get nervous and annoyed.
I do not live in czechia though, but I think there is still too much to improve. As in any other country.
Thank You for being part of this improvement process. Czech people are usually blind to those things and the kick from outside is needed.