A foreigner with at least a professional title corresponding in the Republic of Poland to the professional title of a master's degree or equivalent, enabling him to apply for a doctoral degree.
Dictionary of concepts
The colloquial name of a residence permit for the purpose of performing work in a profession requiring higher qualifications.
The stay is uninterrupted if a single stay outside Poland was not longer than 6 months at a time and all stays outside Poland did not exceed 10 months in total. This means that your trips outside Poland at the indicated time should not be longer than those described above. However, there are exceptions to this rule. If you are employed in a company based in Poland and your trip is related to work (business delegation) or the need to leave spouse/ a parent who works in Poland, such absence in Poland is justified. Similarly, if you study in Poland, but some classes are conducted, for example, at another university, outside of Poland. Also, if the absence in Poland is caused by illness, e.g. hospital stay or other important circumstances, which in total did not exceed 6 months, write about it in your application. If you properly document the described circumstances, your stay may be considered uninterrupted, despite stays abroad longer than 10 months.
The foreigner's stay in Poland is uninterrupted if none of the breaks was longer than 6 months and all breaks did not exceed 10 months in total in the period under review, unless the break was caused by the foreigner's performance of professional duties or work outside Poland on the basis of an agreement concluded with an employer whose registered office is in the Republic of Poland; or accompanying the foreigner referred to above by his spouse or minor child; or a special personal situation requiring presence outside the territory of Poland and it lasted no longer than 6 months; or the break resulted from a trip outside Poland in order to complete an internship or participate in classes provided for in the course of studies at a Polish university. The period of uninterrupted stay is determined depending on the legal provision which is the basis for acquiring Polish citizenship by way of being recognized as a Polish citizen, e.g.
- in the case of recognition as a Polish citizen pursuant to art. 30 sec. 1 point 1 of the Act, the period of uninterrupted stay is 3 years, so in this case all stays that took place outside the Republic of Poland in the last 3 years (including the Schengen area countries) are given;
- in the case of recognition as a Polish citizen pursuant to art. 30 sec. 1 point 2 a) and b) the period of uninterrupted stay is 2 years, therefore the stays that took place outside the Republic of Poland in the last 2 years (including Schengen area countries) are given;
- in the case of recognition as a Polish citizen pursuant to art. 30 sec. 1 point 7, the period of uninterrupted stay is 1 year, so then all stays that took place outside the Republic of Poland in the last year (including Schengen area countries) are given, etc.
The stay is uninterrupted if all stays outside Poland did not exceed 6 months in total. This means that your trips outside Poland at the indicated time should not be longer than those described above. However, there are exceptions to this rule. If you are on duty or your trip is related to an exceptional personal situation, e.g. pregnancy, childbirth, illness or other important circumstances related to a business trip, studies or vocational training, which in total did not exceed 12 months, write about it in your application. If you properly document the described circumstances, your stay may be considered uninterrupted, despite stays abroad longer than 6 months.
A form of university studies, taking place in the weekend system, i.e. from Friday to Sunday.
He is a lawyer appointed by the Polish Minister of Justice who runs his own office, a person of public trust and a public official. Notarial acts performed by a notary public are official documents. A notary may draw up notarial deeds, officially confirm the authenticity of a signature, certify the compliance of a presented copy of a document with its original, write down protocols, prepare extracts, copies and excerpts of documents, draft acts, statements and other documents. A Polish notary performs actions in Polish. The notary charges appropriate fees for performing certain notarial acts.
Documents to be issued from January 1.01.2021, XNUMX citizens of the UK/family members of UK citizens, after the end of the transitional period provided for in Withdrawal Agreement.
They will confirm the use of the rights beneficiary of the Withdrawal Agreement when crossing borders and while staying in Poland.
The documents will contain a note referring to the Withdrawal Agreement: "Art. 50 TEU, Art. 18 par. 4 of the Withdrawal Agreement”.
Applications for the issuance of documents can be submitted from January 1.01.2021, XNUMX.
New documents will also be issued in the case of proceedings not completed by December 31.12.2020, XNUMX. However, it will be necessary to submit fingerprints in order to issue these documents.
The new residence documents that will be available to the beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement, entitling them to travel around the Schengen area without a visa, are:
– certificate of registration of residence (for a citizen of the UK in the case of having the right of residence, which will not apply to the certificate of registration of the stay of a frontier worker);
- a document confirming the right of permanent residence (for a UK citizen in the case of having the right of permanent residence);
- residence card (for a family member who is not a citizen of the UK, in the case of having the right of residence);
- permanent residence card (for a family member who is not a citizen of the UK in the case of having the right of permanent residence).
In addition, for the duration of proceedings for the issuance of new documents, the voivode will issue them certificate of submission of the application.
No longer than until the end of 2021, documents issued before the end of the transition period will be valid, i.e.:
- a document confirming the right of permanent residence;
- residence card of a family member of an EU citizen;
- permanent residence card of a family member of an EU citizen.
