Centre for Integration of Foreigners, Kolín

The center provides all foreigners with free social, employment, and family counseling, Czech language courses, and leisure activities.

Counseling is provided, for example, in areas such as:

• Residence permits
• Employment and labor law issues
• School (applications, entrance exams, communication with the school)
• Social security
• Health insurance and healthcare
• Family (marriage, divorce, childbirth, family reunification, etc.)
• Housing (finding accommodation, negotiating with landlords, reviewing lease agreements)
• Communication with authorities
• Communication with the school, support in school adaptation.

Czech language courses for foreigners:

• For children and adults
• Various levels
• Online and offline
• Specialized courses (grammar, preparatory courses for exams, Czech for school, for work, for doctors)

Volunteer programs and leisure activities:

• Conversation clubs (Czech language)
• Excursions, cultural and sports events
• Youth activities
• Mentoring (individual cooperation with a volunteer)
• Group tutoring for children

Languages:

• English
• Czech
• Ukrainian
• Russian

Opening hours:

• Consultations take place every day from 9:00 to 17:00 based on prior appointment by email.
• Without an appointment, it is possible to come only on Tuesdays from 09:00 to 16:00.

Accessibility and Additional Information:

• The service is available to everyone.
• Prior appointment is required.
• Closed on public holidays.
• Free of charge.
• The building is not wheelchair-friendly.
• The building does not have an elevator.
• This location has female staff.
• Separate and barrier-free toilets for men and women.

Contact:

• Phone: +420 774 866 838
• Phone (service for families with children): +420 737 293 359
• E-mail: kolin@cicops.cz
• Web: www.cicops.cz
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/centrumprointegracicizincu
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/cicops.cz/