When to apply?
Make proposalif you are a foreigner who has been granted permanent residence permits and/ or long-term resident's EU residence permit and you want to obtain a permanent residence permit for your minor child who was born:
- after you have been granted a permanent residence permit or a long-term resident's EU residence permit or
- during the period of validity of the temporary residence permit granted to you or during your stay on the basis of residence permit for humanitarian reasonsor permission for tolerated stay or in connection with the delivery refugee status or giving you subsidiary protection.
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.
The child will not receive a stamp in the passport confirming the submission of the application.
A child born in Poland will have legalized stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland only after granting a residence permit on the territory of the Republic of Poland.
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.
From January 2025, when submitting an application for a permanent residence permit at ul. Krucza 5 in Warsaw, the Office employee will ask you to submit a completed and printed application MOS system and so far with inPOL Foreigner Portal
Permanent residence applications are accepted only in one location in Warsaw:
st. Krucza 5/11, entrance "E", line S
You can make an appointment only after completing the application on inPOL foreigner's portal.
New appointment times are available every day, so if there are no appointments available today, try tomorrow. It is worth submitting a fully completed application in person, as this will significantly streamline the procedure for legalizing your stay.
If you do not have this possibility, please submit your application in another accessible way:
- by post to the address ul. Marszałkowska 3/5 in Warsaw, 00-624
- at the registration office at the headquarters of the Department of Foreigners' Affairs, street Marszałkowska 3/5, Warsaw (stand 8)
- reception hours:
Monday: 10:00-17:30,
Tuesday - Friday 8:00-15:00
Documents submitted to the Registry Office are not verified and are not certified as true copies of the original.
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.
- at the Customer Service Point of the Masovian Voivodeship Office in Warsaw, pl. Bankowy 3/5, entrance F from Al. Solidarności
- reception hours:
Monday - Friday 8:00 - 16:00
WSC customer service is provided solely on the basis of a number collected from a ticket machine or an online visit booking.
there is a daily limit - 100 numbers issued by the ticket machine for number C - correspondence submitted in person to the Department of Foreigners' Affairs. You can submit up to 8 cases per number.
Online reservations for visits are available on the website www.e-uslugi.mazowieckie.pl . Since September of this year, online visits for number C can be scheduled every 15 minutes. Up to 8 cases can be submitted during one visit.
- at the registry office of the Masovian Voivodeship Office delegation:
in Radom at ul. Żeromskiego 53, 293nd floor, room No. XNUMX
in Ciechanów at ul. January 17, 60
in Płock at ul. Kolegialna 15, room 109
in Siedlce at ul. Piłsudskiego 38, ground floor, room 12
in Ostrołęka at ul. General August Emil Fieldorf "Nila" 15, 66st floor, room XNUMX
Reception hours at delegations: Monday-Friday: 8:00 - 16:00.
Remember that an application submitted in another available way must also be completed and printed from the MOS system and the inPOL Foreigner Portal.
Free dates are available every day, so if there are no places available today, try tomorrow. It is worth submitting a completely 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.
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 to submit fingerprints
What documents to submit?
Documents necessary for initiation of proceedings (so-called formal requirements):
- proposal in 2 copies, completed in accordance with the instructions and signed by one of the parents or a guardian appointed by the court;
- 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 the identity of the 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.
Documents needed to grant the permit:
- documents confirming that the parent has a residence permit required by law;
- documents confirming kinship recognized by the law of the Republic of Poland - a complete copy of a birth certificate registered in the Polish Registry Office or a foreign birth certificate legalized or with an apostille clause along with translation into Polish by a Polish 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, what should I pay attention to?
When collecting a residence card issued to a minor who has reached the age of 13, their presence is required. If the residence card was issued to a minor who has not reached the age of 13 by the date of its collection, the card is collected by their legal representative or curator.
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
