Změnu místa trvalého pobytu lze zaevidovat na základě souhlasu oprávněné osoby.

Lze means it is possible, one can, or in more natural English here, can be.

In this sentence, lze zaevidovat means something like:

• can be registered
• may be recorded
• is possible to register

This is a very common formal, impersonal construction in Czech. It avoids saying exactly who does the action.

Compare:

• Změnu lze zaevidovat. = The change can be registered.
• Úřad může změnu zaevidovat. = The office can register the change.

The version with lze sounds more official and bureaucratic.

Because změnu is the accusative singular of změna.

The verb zaevidovat takes a direct object — the thing being registered. That direct object must be in the accusative:

• změna = change (nominative, dictionary form)
• změnu = change (accusative singular)

So:

• zaevidovat změnu = to register a change

If you used změna, it would sound like the change is the subject, which is not what is happening here.

This part is built as a chain of nouns in which the later nouns specify the earlier one.

The core phrase is:

• změna místa = change of place
• místo trvalého pobytu = place of permanent residence

So altogether:

• změna místa trvalého pobytu = change of the place of permanent residence

Grammar:

• místa is the genitive singular of místo
• trvalého pobytu is also in the genitive, because it depends on místo

This is very common in Czech: English often uses of, while Czech often uses the genitive case.

Because they belong to the phrase trvalý pobyt and, in this sentence, that phrase appears in the genitive singular.

Dictionary form:

• trvalý pobyt = permanent residence

But after místo in the phrase místo trvalého pobytu, you need the genitive:

• trvalý → trvalého
• pobyt → pobytu

So:

• místo trvalého pobytu = place of permanent residence

The adjective must match the noun it describes, so both shift into the genitive.

Na základě means on the basis of or based on.

This expression requires the genitive case, so the words after it must be in the genitive:

• souhlas → souhlasu
• oprávněná osoba → oprávněné osoby

So:

• na základě souhlasu oprávněné osoby = on the basis of the consent of an authorized person

This is another very common feature of formal Czech: certain prepositions or fixed expressions require specific cases.

Oprávněná osoba means an authorized person, a person entitled to act, or a legally entitled person, depending on context.

The adjective oprávněný / oprávněná comes from the idea of having legal authority, entitlement, or authorization.

In administrative language, this often refers to someone who has the right to give permission or act in the matter — for example:

• a property owner
• a legal representative
• someone officially entitled to approve the registration

So this is not just any person; it means a person with the proper legal standing.

Both are related to recording something in a register or official system, but they are different in aspect.

• evidovat = imperfective
• zaevidovat = perfective

Very roughly:

• evidovat focuses on the process or repeated activity of keeping records
• zaevidovat focuses on completing the act of entering something into the record

Here, zaevidovat is used because the sentence is about a completed administrative act: entering the change into the system.

Examples:

• Úřad eviduje občany. = The office keeps records of citizens.
• Úřad zaevidoval změnu. = The office registered the change.

Czech word order is more flexible than English word order. The object is often moved forward for topic, emphasis, or simply because that sounds natural in official style.

So:

• Změnu místa trvalého pobytu lze zaevidovat...
• Lze zaevidovat změnu místa trvalého pobytu...

Both are possible.

The version in your sentence puts the thing being discussed first:

• As for the change of permanent residence, it can be registered...

That kind of fronting is very normal in formal Czech.

Not exactly, but it feels similar to the passive in English.

Czech is using an impersonal modal construction:

• lze + infinitive

So instead of saying:

• The office registers the change
• or The change is registered

it says something more like:

• It is possible to register the change

In English, the most natural translation may still be passive:

• The change can be registered...

So it is not a grammatical passive in Czech, but it often translates like one.

Yes, in many contexts you could say:

• Změnu místa trvalého pobytu může být... — no, that would not work here.
• A more natural alternative would be Změnu místa trvalého pobytu je možné zaevidovat
• or Změnu místa trvalého pobytu lze zaevidovat
• or sometimes Změnu místa trvalého pobytu můžete zaevidovat, if speaking directly to someone

You may also see:

• je možné = it is possible
• lze = it is possible / one can

Lze is especially common in official writing and sounds concise and formal.

A reflexive form like může se zaevidovat is usually less natural here unless the whole sentence is restructured.

This is clearly formal administrative Czech.

Signs of that include:

• lze instead of more conversational wording
• na základě
• oprávněná osoba
• zaevidovat
• the long noun phrase změnu místa trvalého pobytu

In everyday speech, people would usually say something simpler, for example:

• Změnu trvalého pobytu můžete nahlásit se souhlasem oprávněné osoby.
• Změnu adresy trvalého pobytu jde nahlásit se souhlasem oprávněné osoby.

The original sentence sounds like something from a government website or legal instruction.

Because na základě requires the genitive.

So the noun souhlas must change to:

• souhlasu

And since oprávněné osoby depends on souhlasu, it stays in the genitive too:

• souhlas oprávněné osoby = the consent of an authorized person (nominative + genitive)
• na základě souhlasu oprávněné osoby = on the basis of the consent of an authorized person (genitive after the prepositional expression)

This is one of the most important things to notice in Czech: the preposition or fixed expression controls the case.

Literally, the pieces are close to that:

• trvalý = lasting, permanent
• pobyt = stay, residence

But in actual Czech usage, trvalý pobyt is a fixed legal/administrative term meaning permanent residence.

So although the literal meaning helps you understand the parts, the correct translation in context is:

• permanent residence
• sometimes registered permanent address, depending on context

It is best to learn trvalý pobyt as one unit rather than translating each word separately every time.