The Schengen area countries include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, as well as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland (the last 4 are Schengen countries and are not part of the EU). Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania are EU Member States that are not part of the Schengen area.
Dictionary of concepts
A country that is not a member of the European Union, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation.
A country that is a member of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Hungary, Italy.
A travel document containing the holder's biometric data.
Management of the company, possible after the appointment of a member of the management board or the president of the management board by a resolution of the shareholders of a limited liability company. A proxy is a person to whom the partners of a limited liability company have granted a power of attorney to act on behalf of the company's management board. Information on persons appointed to manage the company and proxies can be found in National Court Register KRS.
A written statement authorizing a designated person to perform certain actions on your behalf, e.g. submitting applications and documents, receiving correspondence, etc. The scope of the authorization depends on you. Proxy will be able to act on your behalf only after the submission oryginalu powers of attorney in the office. The appointment of a proxy is subject to stamp duty.
A special power of attorney is a power of attorney concluded to perform a specific legal action, e.g. receiving an invitation. It should very clearly and unambiguously indicate the activity for which the proxy was appointed. A special power of attorney should contain the following elements:
- place marking and date of issue;
- the name of the letter, e.g. "special power of attorney";
- a precisely specified principal and proxy - first names, surnames, addresses of residence, as well as data from the ID card or PESEL number should be indicated. If the principal is an entrepreneur, full details of the company should be provided.
- if the proxy is a lawyer or legal adviser, the entry number on the list of advocates or legal advisers should be added;
- precise specification of the matter covered by the power of attorney;
- principal's signatures;
A person who has been authorized to perform certain activities on your behalf, e.g. submit applications and documents, receive correspondence, etc. The scope of the authorization depends on you. The proxy will be able to act on your behalf only after submitting oryginalu powers of attorney in the office. stamp duty for the power of attorney is PLN 17, you do not have to pay it, e.g. when he is an agent spouse, ascendants, descendants or siblings.
The national postal operator, i.e. the company selected to deliver official parcels in Poland.
If the proceedings have been suspended at your request, you can submit a request to resume them at any time. It does not require any particular justification. All you have to do is write that the suspended proceedings may be resumed. if you have changed your mailing address, please let us know. You have 3 years to submit an application to take proceedings. The term is counted from the date suspension of the proceedings. If you do not do this, we will assume that you withdraw your application and the proceedings will be terminated.
It is a signature under a letter, application or document whose authenticity does not raise any doubts. The authenticity of the signature is certified by a Polish notary, who attaches an appropriate clause to the letter, application or document to confirm the authenticity of the signature. Each notarized signature is an officially certified signature. Signature certification may be required in matters related to the acquisition or loss of Polish citizenship.
A copy of a birth certificate, marriage certificate or death certificate issued by the Polish Registry Office on the basis of Polish registry books. Birth, marriage or death records in the civil status register may contain other subsequent entries that affect the content or validity of such record, eg in the case of a birth certificate, it may be a subsequent formal change of personal data, and in the case of a marriage certificate, divorce or death of a spouse. Foreigners who have foreign civil status records and want to apply for Polish citizenship must transfer their foreign civil status records to the Polish registry by transcription (transcription of the act is its location).
Document issued to a foreigner who does not have a valid passport, e.g. lost passport, validity period passport has expired and he is unable to obtain a new passport, e.g. in Poland there is no embassy of the foreigner's country of origin. The condition for issuing a Polish travel document is to have a permit for permanent residence, long-term resident of the EU, subsidiary protection, residence permit for humanitarian reasons. The Polish travel document is issued for a period of 1 year and during this time it entitles you to cross the border.
A document issued to a person who does not have any citizenship and who resides in Poland without passport. The document is issued for a period of 1 year and during this time it confirms the identity of the holder. A Polish identity document does not confirm citizenship and does not entitle to cross the border.
He is a member of the Polish diplomatic and consular staff performing his tasks at a consular office outside Poland. The Polish consul protects the interests of Poland and its citizens abroad, strengthens the ties between Poland and its citizens and people of Polish origin who live outside the borders of the Republic of Poland. The consul accepts and submits to the competent office in Poland applications for granting and confirming the possession or loss of Polish citizenship or for consent to the renunciation of Polish citizenship, and also accepts declarations regarding Polish citizenship. It may also issue a visa, a decision on establishing Polish origin and a decision on qualifying for a national visa for repatriation, it may issue a Polish passport and a Polish temporary passport. The consul has the option of issuing the Pole's Card and extending its validity. The Polish consul – like a Polish notary public – may officially confirm the authenticity of the signature and certify the compliance of the presented copy of the document with its original. He also has the right to make translations of documents into Polish and from Polish into the official language of the country in which he performs the mission. The activities performed by the consul are subject to appropriate fees.
A person of Polish origin is a person declaring Polish nationality, who demonstrates his/her relationship with Polishness and at least one of his parents or grandparents or two great-grandparents were of Polish nationality or confirmed his belonging to the Polish Nation by cultivating Polish traditions and customs. Evidence confirming Polish origin are documents issued by Polish state or church authorities, as well as by the authorities of the former USSR regarding a foreigner or his parents, grandparents or great-grandparents, e.g. documents confirming the completion of military service in the Polish Army, containing an entry informing about Polish nationality, or documents confirming the fact of deportation or imprisonment, containing an entry informing about Polish nationality.
If your application has not been dealt with on time or takes longer than necessary, you have the right to submit a written reminder. You address the reminder to the authority of the second instance, but you submit it to the office where your proceedings are conducted. We will send the reminder along with your application and documents to the authority of the second instance in order to resolve it.
A foreigner entering the territory of the Republic of Poland must have financial resources in the amount of at least PLN 300 if the period of the planned stay does not exceed 4 days, PLN 75 for each day of the planned stay if the period of the planned stay exceeds 4 days or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currencies. At the same time, the foreigner must have financial resources in the amount equivalent to the ticket on the basis of which he arrived on the territory of the Republic of Poland, but not less than PLN 200 if he came from a country neighboring the Republic of Poland, PLN 500 if he came from a Member State of the European Union, PLN 2500 zlotys, if he came from a country that is not a member of the European Union, or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currencies.
A document issued during the proceedings, relating to the various stages of the procedure - e.g. suspension of the proceedings. The decision does not determine the essence of the application - it does not end the proceedings. We send the decision to address provided by you in the application for legalization of stay or to the address proxyyou have designated. You can submit complaintif you do not agree with the decision.
Decisions made by the President of the Republic of Poland are made in the form of resolutions, not administrative decisions. The decisions of the President in matters relating to Polish citizenship are discretionary, do not require justification and are not subject to appeal, therefore decisions of the President of the Republic of Poland cannot be appealed against, nor can the same case be reconsidered. In the event of refusal to grant Polish citizenship, you can only re-submit an application for granting Polish citizenship together with a set of required documents.
Decisions made by the President of the Republic of Poland are made in the form of resolutions, not administrative decisions. The decisions of the President in matters relating to Polish citizenship are discretionary, do not require justification and are not subject to appeal, therefore decisions of the President of the Republic of Poland cannot be appealed against, nor can the same case be reconsidered. In the event of refusal to consent to the renunciation of Polish citizenship, one may only re-submit an application for the loss of Polish citizenship together with a set of required documents.
Document issued by city/municipality officein which you reported place of residence during his stay in Poland, pointing address, your personal data and the period for which you checked in. A submission will be required to complete the registration legal title to the premises and consent of the owner of the premises.
If you don't complete formal deficiencies application, your application will not be considered, we will leave it without consideration, the case will be closed.
In the case of formal deficiencies in the application for granting Polish citizenship by the President of the Republic of Poland, which are not supplemented within 30 days from the date of receipt of the summons, the case will not be continued. Then the case is closed and a notice of leaving the application without consideration is issued. In such a situation, a correctly completed application for granting Polish citizenship should be re-submitted along with a set of required documents.
A job that needs to be obtained seasonal work permits. Work most commonly performed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, and accommodation and food service activities. The list of activities considered as seasonal work is specified ordinance of the Minister of Family, Labor and Social Policy on the subclasses of activity according to the Polish Classification of Activities (PKD), in which seasonal work permits are issued for foreigners.
Anyone who employs at least one employee. Work in Poland can be performed on various terms, specified in the contract with the person who employs you. The employer signs an employment contract with you or, when he commissions you to perform certain tasks, a mandate contract. In special cases, e.g. when you have a specific service to perform. e.g. write a computer program - you can also be employed under a contract for specific work. Each contract should be signed by both parties, i.e. by you and the employer. It should also indicate the type of work or the subject of the order/work, specify the time and place of performance and your remuneration. If you do not understand the content of the document you are asked to sign, ask the person who wants to hire you to translate the document into your language. Remember that in addition to signing a contract, you must meet certain conditions in order to work legally in Poland.
A legal person or an organizational unit that is not a legal person, to which the act grants legal capacity, having its registered office outside the territory of the European Union Member States, European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Member States - parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation, which employs an employee transferred to the entity receiving party before and during his intra-corporate transfer.
The employer you were referred to by the temporary employment agency. Employer/Client user only if the provisions of the Act on the employment of temporary workers will be applied to the employment relationship, and the employer is the Employment Agency.
A document that proves that you are insured with a private company.
the amount of income determined on the basis of statistical data from a given year for the entire country or province, announced by the President of the Central Statistical Office. To check the amount of this amount for individual provinces, check here: LINK
You can extend a national visa while staying in Poland, if you meet the conditions set out in the regulations. A national visa can be extended once. The period of stay on the basis of an extended national visa may not exceed 1 year. You will find detailed information HERE.
A document that entitles you to execute legal work in Poland, provided that the foreigner has legal stay e.g. important visa, temporary residence permit. Extension work permits is issued at the request of the employer. The condition for its issuance is the prior possession of a work permit for the same employer. You will find detailed information HERE.
Representation representing the government of your country abroad, e.g. embassy, consulate.
Performing work as a managerial staff member, specialist in a branch or representative office of the parent employer, whose registered office is outside the European Union.
Periods in which you stayed outside of Poland. Their length is important if you want to obtain a long-term resident's EU residence permit or permanent residence due to marriage. The stay is interrupted by departure from Poland for a period exceeding 6 months or when all stays outside Poland exceed 10 months, unless the departure was related to the performance of professional duties or work for employerwhose seat is located in Poland or particular personal situation requiring presence outside of Poland, completing internships or participating in classes included in the study program at a Polish university.
Evidence activities in the proceedings, which serve to clarify the facts, evidence collected in the course of the procedure. The interview is conducted by an employee of the office in Polish. If you do not speak Polish, you can bring an interpreter to the hearing.
