When should I apply?
Citizens of the following countries may apply for an extension of the period of stay under the visa-free regime: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Singapore, Uruguay.
You submit the application in person, at the latest on the last day of validity of your legal stay within the framework of visa-free travel along with its justification.
Where to submit the application?
Proposal in Polish, submit in person at the Department for Foreigners in Warsaw, ul. Marszałkowska 3/5, stand 21 (take a ticket with the letter "W").
If you are unable to submit the application in person, please send a complete and correctly completed application in paper form by post. You can also submit an application via our office at ul. Marszałkowska 3/5 Warsaw. Documents submitted to the Registration Office are not verified and are not confirmed to be true copies of the originals. The service is available after prior reservation of the date and time e-service portal. By booking an appointment, you accept at the same time registration regulations.
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.
What documents do I need to attach to the application?
Documents needed to initiate the procedure (so-called formal requirements):
- proposalin the case of a minor child, signed by one of the parents or a court-appointed guardian;
- photocopy a valid travel document (original available for inspection),
- documents confirming the purpose and conditions of extending the visa-free stay.
The legislator did not provide for a template of the application form for extending the visa-free regime, use ours pattern.
If you do not complete the formal deficiencies, your application will remain left unrecognized and proceedings will not be conducted.
All documents must be submitted in original or certified copy. You can complete the missing documents at our Department, ul. Marszałkowska 3/5 Warsaw, stand 21, ticket with the letter "W". Use the cover letter when sending documents to the Department of Foreign Affairs.
What should I know?
A foreigner who stays on the territory of the Republic of Poland on the basis of an international agreement on the waiver of the visa requirement or who is subject to a partial or complete waiver of the visa requirement may, in justified cases, extend the period of stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland by another 90 days, if such a possibility is provided for in visa waiver agreement (currently for Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Singapore and Uruguay).
The decision will be issued within 30 days of receipt of the complete set of documents. If it is necessary to conduct additional explanatory proceedings, you will be notified in writing of the expected date of issuing the document and the reasons for the delays.
To get a stamp, please bring your passport with you.
No fees are charged in the above case.
He serves the party from the negative decision appeal to the Head of the Office for Foreigners via the Mazowieckie Voivode within 14 days of its delivery.
During the period for lodging an appeal, the party may waive the right to appeal against the public administration authority 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.
