Permanent residence card of a family member of a UK citizen

Proposal you apply for a permanent residence card for a family member of a UK citizen after 5 years of uninterrupted stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland together with a UK citizen.

You submit the application personally. The requirement to submit an application in person does not apply a minor.

application on behalf of a minor are submitted by parents or court-appointed guardians or one of the parents or one of the court-appointed guardians.

If you apply without formal deficiencies or you complete the formal deficiencies within the time limit indicated by us, the proceedings will be initiated.

Correctly and completely filled out proposal deposit in Polish personally at the Department for Foreigners in Warsaw at ul. Marszałkowska 3/5, mezzanine, stand 21 (take a ticket with the letter "I").

If you are unable to submit your application in person, please send a complete and correctly completed paper application by post. You can also submit it through the registry office, ul. Marszałkowska 3/5 Warsaw, pl. Bankowy 3/5 Warsaw.

If you submit your application by post or through the application office, you will have to wait for the Office's summons. Then, after receiving the summons, you will be required to appear in person on the date indicated in the summons in order to present the original documents. During the visit, you can also submit other required documents.

Documents necessary to initiate the procedure (so-called formal requirements):

• proposal in three copies, completed in Polish, in accordance with the instruction and signed, in the case of a minor, an application signed by parents or legal guardians appointed by the court or one of the parents or legal guardian appointed by the court;
• 4 Photos;
• photocopy a valid travel document or other document confirming identity and citizenship (original available for inspection);
• fingerprinting (in case of minors Fingerprints are taken from children who are 6 years of age or older on the day the application is submitted).

Submission of fingerprints (in the case of minors, fingerprints are taken from children who have reached the age of 6 on the day of submitting the application).

Documents needed to grant permission to issue a permanent residence card:

• documents confirming 5 years uninterrupted period of stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland together with a citizen of the United Kingdom;
• documents stating the reasons for breaks in stay, if any, together with documents confirming the fulfillment of the conditions of stay during this period;
• documents confirming the fulfillment of the conditions of stay by a citizen of the UK during this period;

• documents confirming family ties together with a document confirming citizenship and identity of a citizen of the United Kingdom:

  • spouse – a document confirming the conclusion of a marriage recognized by Polish law (along with a sworn translation into Polish),

  • descendant (a child or a child of a spouse, up to 21 years of age or dependent on an EU citizen or his/her spouse) – a document confirming the existence of family ties and a document confirming age or being dependent on an EU citizen or his/her spouse (e.g. birth certificate, marriage certificate together with a sworn translation into Polish).

  • preliminary (parent or parent of his spouse, who is dependent on an EU citizen or his spouse) - a document confirming the existence of family ties and a document confirming being dependent on a European Union citizen or his spouse.

  • parents a minor citizen of the United Kingdom - a document confirming that the minor citizen of the United Kingdom is actually cared for and a document confirming that the minor citizen of the United Kingdom is dependent on him/her.

You collect your permanent residence card in person at the seat of our Department, stand 21, ul. Marszałkowska 3/5 Warszawa, you need to take a ticket with the letter "V".

If a residence card has been issued to a child who has not turned 13 by the date of its collection, the document is collected by a parent, legal guardian or custodian, respectively, upon presentation of a valid document confirming his/her identity.

When collecting the residence card, the presence of a child who is 6 years old by the date of submitting the application for the document is required.

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

In case of loss of the residence card, a new document is issued.

The party may appeal against the negative decision to the Head of the Office for Foreigners - through the Mazowieckie Voivode - within 14 days from the date of its delivery.
Before the deadline for filing an appeal expires, the party may waive the right to appeal against the public administration body that issued the decision.
On the day of delivery to the public administration body of the statement on the waiver of the right to appeal by the last party to the proceedings, the decision becomes final and binding.
If the right to appeal against the decision is waived, there is no right to appeal to the administrative court.

INSTRUCTIONS for citizens of the European Union, UK citizens and family members.

You should report to the voivode competent for the place of your residence in the case of:

• changes to the data contained in the document,
• document loss,
• damage or other circumstances that make it difficult to determine the identity of the holder.