When to apply?
Make proposalif you intend to stay in Poland for more than 3 months and if the main purpose of your stay is to work in profession requiring high professional qualifications.
Complete the application correctly in Polish for granting temporary residence permit. Add completed and signed by the employer Appendix 1 and completed and signed by you Appendix 2. Print the documents and submit them in person, no later than on the last day of your stay legal stay on the territory of Poland.
If you submit the application within the indicated period and it will not be in it formal deficiencies or you complete formal deficiencies within the time limit indicated by us, your stay will be legal from the date of submitting the application to the date on which decision will become final in your case.
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:
ul. Marszałkowska 3/5, line X,
pl. Bankowy 3/5, entrance "G", queue G,
Al. Jerozolimskie 28.
To book a visit to submit an application for a temporary stay, please use the booking calendar in the system inPOL.
Remember that in addition to the application generated in the inPOL system, it is still necessary to complete the application in the system MOS and deliver the completed forms by the agreed date for submitting the application in person at the Office.
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.
New appointment times will become available between 8am-10am each day, so if there are no more appointment times available, please try again the next day.
The number of people registered for a given day depends on the staff and premises capacity of the office.
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.
It is worth submitting a completely completed application in person, as it will significantly streamline the procedure for legalizing your stay. If you do not have such an opportunity by the last day of your legal stay, to meet the deadline, send a complete and correctly completed application in paper version post office.
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. Then, after receiving the summons, you will be obliged to appear in person on the indicated date, in order to, among other things, assemblies 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 to submit fingerprints
What documents?
Documents needed to initiate the procedure (so-called formal requirements).
- proposal in 2 copies, completed in accordance with the instructions;
- 4 Photos;
- photocopy a valid travel document (original available for inspection). In particularly justified cases, when you do not have a valid travel document and you are unable to obtain it, you can present another one a document confirming your identity;
- Annex No. 1 to the application, completely completed by the employer, signed by a person authorized to represent the company;
- Annex No. 2 to the application, completely completed and signed by you;
- to start the procedure, you will also need confirmation that you have applied stamp duty in the amount of PLN 440, yours personal appearance and submission fingerprints.
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.
Attachment No. 1 to the application for a temporary residence permit is completed and signed by your employer. If the work is entrusted to you by an organizational unit without legal personality or a company, Attachment No. 1 should be signed by a person authorized to represent this unit or company or a proxy designated by this person. In such a case, attach an appropriate power of attorney to the application. In the case of companies, Attachment No. 1 should be signed by a person designated to represent the company indicated in the National Court Register (KRS).
Documents needed to grant the permit:
- information from the staroste or a document confirming the exemption from the obligation to submit it;
Check if you need information from the mayor; - if the starost's information contains requirements for candidates to take up work on the offered position, attach documents confirming that you meet these requirements;
- current documents confirming possession health insurance;
- if you work in regulated profession – also complete documents confirming formal qualifications or meeting the conditions that are required. Check if your profession is on the list of regulated professions in Poland;
- employment contract, outwork contract, civil law contract on the basis of which you perform work, provide services or remain in a business relationship concluded for a period of at least 1 year;
- a document confirming possession higher professional qualificationse.g. a university degree in the original with a translation into Polish by a sworn translator.
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?
You submit all documents in original/certified copy.
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.
A temporary residence permit for the purpose of work in a profession requiring high qualifications, for the period of its validity, entitles you to stay in Poland and work on the terms set out therein. This permit is granted for a period longer by 3 months than the period of performing work, but not longer than 3 years, with the possibility of applying for another permit.
On its basis, you will receive a residence card with the annotation "Blue EU Card".
It is your duty to inform the Voivode who issued your permit about the termination of work within 15 working days of losing employment. If you want to work for another employer, submit an application for a change of your permit or a new application. If you do not submit a new application or an application for a change in the permit, we will start the procedure of withdrawing your permit because the purpose of your stay declared when submitting the application for temporary residence has expired. If you fail to do so, we may refuse to grant another temporary residence permit. During the first 2 years of your stay in Poland on the basis of a permit, you cannot start working for an entity other than the one specified in the permit without changing the permit.
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
