When to apply?
Make proposalif you are a Polish citizen under whose parental authority remains a minor foreigner.
If the child was born in Poland, submit the application immediately after obtaining it travel document for baby.
A permanent residence permit for a minor is granted to a child of a Polish citizen remaining under his parental authority.
A 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 during the legal stay of the child on the territory of the Republic of Poland 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.
A child residing illegally on the territory of the Republic of Poland on the day of submitting the application will not receive a stamp in the passport confirming the submission of the application.
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.
Permanent residence applications are accepted only in one location in Warsaw:
st. Krucza 5/11, funicular S
You can make an appointment only after completing the application on inPOL foreigner's portal.
Free slots are made available every day, so if there are no available slots today, try tomorrow. It is worth submitting a fully completed application in person, as it will greatly facilitate the procedure of legalizing your stay. 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?
The date of posting the correspondence at the post office is important. If you submit the application by post, you will have to wait for the Office's summons, and the process of legalizing your stay will be significantly longer. When you receive the summons, you will be obliged to appear on the indicated date with your child who has turned 6, in order to, among other things, submit fingerprints. Applications are considered in the order in which they were received.
During the visit, you can also submit other required documents.
Find out how submit fingerprints
What documents to submit?
Documents needed to initiate the procedure (so-called formal requirements):
- proposal in 1 copy, completed in accordance with the instructions 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 it, you can present it another 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 640, personal appearance a child who has reached the age of 6 and has submitted fingerprints.
If you do not complete the formal defects, your application will be left unprocessed and the proceedings will not be conducted.
Completion of the above-mentioned activities on time, while maintaining the condition of submitting the application during legal stay, will make it possible to place a child in the passport stamp confirming the submission of the application.
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:
- child's birth certificate;
- certified translation birth certificate into Polish made by a Polish sworn translator (if the birth certificate was issued outside Poland);
- parents' marriage certificate or a certificate of recognition of the child by a Polish citizen, if the child was born before the parents got married;
- a copy of the parent's ID card.
You submit all documents in original/certified copy. Use the cover letter when sending documents to the Department of Foreigners' Affairs.
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.
What should I know, what should I pay attention to?
If you submit the application during the legal stay of the child on the territory of the Republic of Poland and there are no formal defects in it or you complete the formal defects within the time limit indicated by us, the child's stay will be legal from the date of submitting the application to the date on which the decision in this matter becomes final.
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 to be considered in its entirety, he may issue a new decision within 7 days from the date of receipt of the appeal, in which he will repeal or amend 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
