The parent applies for the first residence permit

When to apply?

Make proposal if you are applying for the first temporary residence permit or you have a temporary residence permit for less than 2 years, you do not have a permanent residence permit or a long-term resident's EU residence permit and you want to obtain a temporary residence permit for your minor children who live with you in Poland.

When submitting an application for a temporary residence permit a minor, who has turned 6 years old on the date of submission of the application, his presence is required.

In the case of a foreigner who is a minor, the application for a temporary residence permit is submitted by the parents or guardians appointed by the court, or one of the parents or one of the guardians appointed by the court, no later than on the last day of the child's legal stay on the territory of Poland.

Printed and correctly completed application on behalf of a minor foreigner, the application is submitted by the parents or guardians appointed by the court or one of the parents or one of the guardians appointed by the court. When submitting the application by a minor who has reached the age of 6, his presence is required. 

If you submit proposal on time and will not be there formal deficiencies or formal deficiencies are completed within the time limit indicated by us, your child's stay will be legal from the date of submitting the application to the date on which decision on this matter will become final.

Please register before submitting your application inPOL foreigner's portal and read the directions for completing the application.

Where to submit the application?

Correctly and completely completed application submit in person at the Department for Foreigners in Warsaw. 

Applications for temporary stay are accepted in 3 locations in Warsaw:

  1. st. Marszałkowska 3/5, line X 
  2. pl. Bankowy 3/5, entrance "G", queue G 
  3. Al. Jerozolimskie 28, funicular F 

To book an appointment at the office, complete the form below application and point in it mandatory in accordance with the WSC registration regulations, the identification number of the application completed in the system MOS  and in the system inPOL 

To make a reservation, it is necessary to complete the application in the MOS and inPOL systems.

We will send the necessary information regarding the matter on an ongoing basis to the telephone number provided in the inPOL system, including an SMS with information on receipt of the residence card.

If you fill out the form correctly, you will receive automatic information regarding sent notification.

Then, within 5 business days you will receive information with the date and place of the visit to the e-mail address provided in the application. Registration will be determined by the order in which applications are received.

If you receive information that the registration limit has been reached due to lack of places or incorrect data, please register for the next session. Information about the next session will be available on our website.

The number of people registered for a given day depends on staffing and accommodation possibilities of the office.

A registered application does not mean signing up to submit an application in person. Registration is determined by the order of applications and the correctness of the indicated data (including numbers from the MOS and inPOL systems), which will be verified.

People who come for an appointment without completed applications in the inPOL and MOS systems will not be served.

The above solution is aimed at more efficient processing of cases related to the constantly increasing number of foreigners in Masovia.

FORM - Registration for submitting an application for temporary residence

It is worth submitting a completely completed application in person, as it will significantly streamline the procedure for legalizing your stay. Please remember that when submitting an application by a minor who is over 6 years old, his or her presence is required.

If you are unable to do so, please submit a complete and correctly completed application on paper post office. Read: Where to submit the application?

What counts is the date of posting the correspondence at the post office. If you submit the application by post, you will have to wait for the Office's call, and the process of legalizing your stay will be much longer. When you receive a summons, you will be required to appear with your child who has turned 6 years of age on a specified date, in order to, among other things, assemblies fingerprints.  

During the visit, you can also submit other required documents.

Find out, how to submit fingerprints

What documents to submit?

Documents needed to obtain a stamp in the passport (so-called formal requirements): 

  • proposal in one copy, completed in accordance with the instruction and signed by one of the parents or a court-appointed guardian; 
  • 4 Photos;
  • photocopy a valid travel document  child (original available for viewing). In particularly justified cases, when the child does not have a valid travel document and you are unable to obtain one, you can present another one a document confirming your identity  child;
  • to start the procedure, you will also need confirmation that you have applied stamp duty in the amount of PLN 340, personal appearance a child who has reached the age of 6 and has submitted fingerprints.

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Completion of the above-mentioned activities on time, while maintaining the condition of submitting the application during legal stay, will allow you to include in your passport stamp confirming the submission of the application.

If you do not complete the formal defects, your application will be left unprocessed and the proceedings will not be conducted.

However, in the event of removal of formal defects after the expiry of the deadline, and before the authority sends a notification that the application has not been considered, the date of submission of the application should be considered the date of supplementing all formal defects of the application. In the above situation, it is not possible to place a stamp in the passport confirming the submission of an application for a temporary residence permit.

Documents needed to grant the permit:

You submit all documents in original/certified copy. Use the cover letter when sending documents to the Department of Foreigners' Affairs.

https://migrant.wsc.mazowieckie.pl/pl/komunikaty/korzystaj-z-pisma-przewodniego-wysylajac-dokumenty-do-wydzialu-spraw-cudzoziemcow

Attention! Attaching all the above-mentioned documents to the application when submitting it may reduce the amount of official correspondence and shorten the time of settling the case. In the event of the need to clarify or clarify the evidence held by the authority in the case during the proceedings, you may be called upon to provide other documents or to testify confirming the circumstances referred to in the application. Documents should be submitted in originals or in photocopies together with the originals for inspection. If documents drawn up in a foreign language are attached to the application, it is also required to submit a translation of this document into Polish, made by a sworn translator.

If your data (place of residence, number of dependents) has changed during the procedure, make the appropriate changes in your account on the InPOL foreigner portal and inform the Department of Foreigners' Affairs about the changes in writing by post or registry office. https://migrant.wsc.mazowieckie.pl/pl/komunikaty/jestes-cudzoziemcem-zmieniles-adres-zamieszkania-poinformuj-o-tym

We grant a temporary residence permit for a child for a period corresponding to the period of validity of the parent's temporary residence permit, but not longer than 3 years. If the parent has a permanent residence permit, we grant a temporary residence permit for the child for a period of 3 years.

What should I know, what should I pay attention to?

The requirement to have a source of stable and regular income is considered to be met also when the child's maintenance costs are covered by the parent residing in the territory of the Republic of Poland.

Have you received a decision inconsistent with your request?

The decision may be appealed against to the Head of the Office for Foreigners. You submit the appeal through the Mazowieckie Voivode within 14 days from the date of delivery of the decision. If the Mazowieckie Voivode decides that your appeal deserves Entire to be taken into account, may issue a new decision within 7 days from the date of receipt of the appeal in which it repeals or changes the contested decision. If, after receiving the appeal, the Voivode does not issue a new decision, then the files of your case together with the appeal will be transferred to the Head of the Office for Foreigners within 7 days from the date of receipt of the appeal by the authority.

You will find the rules for reviewing case files HERE.

I have received a decision - how to obtain a residence card?

We issue a residence card after obtaining a positive decision on granting a permit.

Wait for an SMS message with the date of receipt of the decision and the card. Remember to inform the Office of any change of residence and contact number.

If you are unable to collect your card on the scheduled date, please report this via the contact form available here. here.

Customer reception hours: Monday 10:00-17:30, Tuesday - Friday 8:00-15:00

Remember that to collect a card issued to a minor child who has reached the age of 13, you must come with the child. When a residence card has been issued to a minor who has not reached the age of 13 by the date of its collection, the card is collected by their legal representative or curator.

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FAQ

I have a residence card/applied for a residence card and I want to bring family members to Poland. How to legalize the stay of the wife and children in Poland?

Check the conditions for granting a temporary residence permit for family members: spouse, minor child.

I have had a temporary residence card for a year. My wife came to me and will apply for a temporary residence permit, referring to her stay with me. Will he get a residence card with "access to the labor market"?

If this is your first temporary residence card, your wife will not receive a card with "access to the labor market" while receiving a permit on the basis of staying with you. The card with "access to the labor market" can be obtained by your wife when you have already been staying in Poland for at least 2 years on the basis of...

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Does the office require a certificate from a kindergarten/school for foreigners' children?

As a rule, in order to grant a permit, the office does not require the presentation of certificates from a school or kindergarten. However, if there are circumstances that require clarification - then you will be asked to complete these documents. Remember that in Poland there is a school obligation for a child to...

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What documents confirming having a stable and regular source of income should be attached to the child's application if the application was submitted on behalf of the child by a mother who does not work and is supported by her husband who is not a guardian?

  • If the child's mother is a spouse of a Polish citizen, there is no need to present documents confirming having an income.
  • If the mother is not the spouse of a Polish citizen, in order to confirm having sufficient income to cover the cost of living, you can present...
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How to legalize the stay of a child of foreigners born on the territory of Poland?

If your child was born in Poland, first contact the embassy or consulate of your country in Poland to obtain travel document for the child. Then, during the validity of this document (they are often issued for a very short period...

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