You can apply for a temporary residence and work permit.
For tempoprary residence permit as a university graduate looking for a job you can apply directly after graduation, when you are looking for a job in Poland.
FAQ
Studia/nauka/badania naukowe
Created on: 31.10.2021
Yes, graduates of full-time studies in Poland have full access to the labor market and can work without a work permit in Poland.
Created on: 31.10.2021
No. The documents that confirm having sufficient funds can be found here.
Created on: 31.10.2021
No. Only as a post-secondary school graduate you will have full access to the labor market in Poland.
Created on: 31.10.2021
No. Documents confirming the place of residence are e.g.: a lease agreement or a declaration of providing a place of residence. If you apply for a temporary residence permit for studying purpose (full-time studies), it is enough to submit a declaration of housing costs.
Created on: 12.10.2021
An application for temporary residence should be submitted for each family member separately: for a person studying in Poland it will be an application for temporary residence due to studies, for family members an application for temporary residence in order to reunite with the family (the same application form only indicated another purpose of stay). A complete set of separate documents must be submitted for each application, fees for each application separately.
Created on: 12.10.2021
Decission letter legalize the stay in Poland but it not a document authorizing to cross the border. With the decision, you can legally leave Poland straight to your country of permanent residence, there will be no possibility of transit, e.g. from Poland via Germany to your country of permanent residence. A residence card with a passport entitles you to cross borders.
Created on: 12.10.2021
If your current main purpose of stay in Poland is full-time studies, you can apply for temporary residence permit for students. We might though ask you for additional documents regarding explanation of change of purpose of stay.
Created on: 12.02.2020
It depends. If you are planning to stay in Poland for less than 3 months period, you do not have to apply for temporary residence permit.
If you are planning to stay in Poland for more than 3 months period, but less than 360 days and you were granted temporary residence permit or long term visa bearing the term “STUDENT” and issued by other EU country (except Great Britain, Ireland or Denmark), your university here in Poland should inform the Head of the Office for Foreigners in Warsaw that you are taking part in student mobility, but you do not have to apply for temporary residence permit.
More information (in Polish language) about documents regarding student mobility you will find at:
https://udsc.gov.pl/poradnik-dla-uczelni-i-studentow-zagranicznych-aktua...
If you are planning to stay in Poland for more than 360 days or there is no “STUDENT” inscription on your residence permit or long term visa, you should apply for temporary residence permit.
Created on: 12.02.2020
To calculate accommodation costs correctly you need to sum:
- Rent – fixed charges associated with maintenance of the apartment/room/dormitory per person
- Utility fees – electricity, gas, water, sewage, waste bills
