seasonal work

When to apply?

Apply if purpose of your stay is performing seasonal work in Poland.

A printed and correctly completed application for a permit temporary stay you submit in person, no later than on the last day of your 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.

If you perform seasonal work and apply for uniform permit for temporary residence and work instead of o temporary stay in order to perform seasonal work Your application will not be considered.

Where to submit the application?

Completely and correctly completed application submit in person at the Department for Foreigners in Warsaw. 
Applications for temporary stay are accepted in 3 locations in Warsaw:
1. ul. Marszałkowska 3/5, line X,
2. pl. Bankowy 3/5, entrance "G", queue G,
3. 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 are unable to submit the application in person by the last day of your legal stay, please send a complete and correctly completed application in paper version to meet the deadline. 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 when you receive the summons, you will be obligated show up in person within the specified period, in order to 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 to submit?

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

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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.

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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

What should I know?

Read our guide

Temporary residence permits we provide for the period of validity seasonal work permits, but not longer than 9 months, calculated from the date of the first entry on the basis of visas 05b or under visa-free travel in order to perform seasonal workjfollowing in a given calendar year.

The temporary residence permit does not specify the conditions for performing seasonal work. The permit is the basis for staying on the territory of the Republic of Poland in order to perform seasonal work, and the basis for performing work results from the seasonal work permit or the extension of the seasonal work permit, issued by the competent staroste.

You are obliged to inform the Voivode who issued your permit within 15 working days of the cessation of the reason for granting the permit. If your main purpose of staying in Poland has changed, you must submit a new application for temporary residence. If you do not submit a new application, 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.

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

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