Submitting application in person preceded by registration of the appointment is the best way to get the stamp in your passport. If application was sent via traditional post you will need to wait for the letter/call from our office in order to fullfill formal requirments and get the stamp. When meeting the police in the time between visa expiration and obtaing stamp in the passport, you can only tell the case number, when application was sent to our office and what kind of application it was. Police and Border Guard will be able to get confirmation of given information.
FAQ
General
By sendinng written statement to our office with information what will be changed in the application and adding documents to confirm that. Please remember to write case number on the documents in order to know that these are additional documents to the ongoing proceedins.
Unfortunately, no. It is not possible to collect a residence card without an online visit booking.
Currently, it is only possible to make an appointment via the online visit reservation panel to collect the residence card - book the appointment HERE.
The rule applies to all locations of the Office: Poznań, Kalisz. Konin, Leszno, Piła. Check the addresses HERE.
The application for a duplicate decision can be found HERE.
We recommend using the Search Tool and the Forms database.
The address of the Department can be found HERE.
No, unfortunately, copies are not enough. Copies of documents not confirmed as being true copies are not sufficient to issue a decision. Please, send original documents. If you want us to return the originals to you, please write to us which documents we should send back and to what address. We can also return them to you with a decision that we will send to you.
If your attorney is a legal advisor or lawyer, s/he can authenticate photocopies of the documents. In such a case the original is not needed. The public notary can also certify copies. You can read more about it here.
Remember, however, that documents such as the Annex No 1 to the application must be sent to us in the original. This document needed only for this procedure.
You can send us documents by post at all times. Please, send original documents. If you want us to return the originals to you, please write to us which documents we should send back and to what address. We can also return them to you with a decision that we will send to you.
If your attorney is a legal advisor or lawyer, s/he can authenticate photocopies of the documents. In such a case the original is not needed. The public notary can also certify copies. You can read more about it here.
Remember, however, that documents such as the Annex No 1 to the application must be sent to us in the original. This document needed only for this procedure.
You can also submit documents to Submission Point in the Customer Service Room „A” at Plac Wolności 17 in Poznan.
BUSINESS ACTIVITY
...permit in releation with business activity?
If you own shares in a company, you are on the management board, apply for a temporary permit for business purposes. If you own shares and are employed in the company in another position, such as a florist, you will additionally need to obtain a separate work permit for that position. However, if you are, for example, a graduate of a full-time university in Poland or a post-secondary school in Poland, you are exempt from having a work permit for an additional position, e.g. a florist, according to § 1 point 15 of the Ordinance of the Minister of Labor and Social Policy of April 21, 2015 on cases in which it is permissible to entrust work to a foreigner in the territory of the Republic of Poland without having to obtain a work permit.
If, in the situation of owning shares in a company and performing a statutory role, you would apply for a temporary residence and work permit, we will refuse to initiate the proceedings. However, if the information that you own shares in a company and perform a statutory function in it is disclosed after it has been initiated, the proceedings will be discontinued. You do, however, have the option to reclassify your application from a temporary residence and work permit to a business residence application.
You can work in a different position in the company in which you perform the function on the management board, after obtaining a type A work permit.
Yes, you must demonstrate that you have a stable and regular source of income. A confirmation document may be: a resolution appointing a member of the management board, an agreement based on which you perform work as a member of the management board.
If you employ at least 2 Polish citizens or foreigners entitled to work in Poland, for the period of time minimum 1 year preceding the submission of the application, the company does not have to meet the other financial conditions, but you must have a stable and regular income.