Due to the amendment to the Act of 2 April 2009 on Polish citizenship, as of 1 July, post-secondary school graduation certificates in Poland will no longer be accepted as official proof of knowledge of the Polish language for the purposes of proceedings on recognition as a Polish citizen.
As part of Project No. FAMI.02.01-IZ.00-0013/24 titled "Foreigner in Mazovia" co-financed by the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund for 2021-2027, the Department of Foreigners' Affairs of the Masovian Voivodeship Office in Warsaw invites you to the Information Saturday on June 14, 2025, which will take place at the headquarters of the Department at ul. Marszałkowska 3/5 in Warsaw, from 8:00 a.m. to 15:00 p.m.
The procedure of legalizing your stay in Poland may seem complicated. Contrary to appearances, it is not. Below we present 10 tips that will help you learn the order of all the activities and what you need to do step by step.
Parliamentary work on a package of laws regulating issues related to the stay of foreigners in Poland has been completed. New regulations have been passed and published. They aim, among other things, to limit the possibility of abuse and free migration to the country. The new regulations will generally enter into force on 1 June 2025, and some provisions will enter into force at later dates.
We are working on improving the service for foreigners and streamlining and optimizing processes related to the legalization of stay of third-country nationals, and we are improving our competences in serving foreigners. And we are implementing all these goals in the Department of Foreigners' Affairs thanks to the project "Foreigner in Mazovia", which is co-financed from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.
Many foreigners use the services of an intermediary in the process of legalizing their stay. You can complete all the formalities related to legalizing your stay at the Department of Foreigners' Affairs yourself, but if you are considering entrusting your case to a representative, be sure to read the tips below.
Registration for submitting an application for temporary residence will be conducted through the reservation calendar on the inPOL Foreigner Portal. These changes will be effective from April 14, 2025.
This is the last day to register for a temporary stay application as part of the Academic Information Saturday. The application form will be active today until 15:00 p.m. or until the limit of available places is reached. You can find the form at the link HERE.
Why is this so important?
You will get the case number and code faster, which will allow you to assign the case to your account in the inPOL system. Thanks to this, you will be able to track the status of the case. You will receive the code via SMS.
The inPOL system has been integrated with the MOS Portal to accelerate application registration.
If you are a foreigner and you apply for temporary, permanent or long-term EU residence for yourself and your immediate family members, i.e. husband, wife, son, daughter, father, mother with whom you are in Poland.
