FAQ

Registration of stay of the EU Citizen

Created on: 15.02.2020

Yes. You should submit an application for the replacement of certificate of an EU citizen's residence registration. Remember to submit the application in person and present a valid travel document or other valid document confirming your identity (e.g. passport, national ID card).

Created on: 15.02.2020

If you intend to stay in the territory of Poland for period exceeding 3 months you are required to register your residence. You should submit application together with proper documents for your purpose of stay at the Office of Wielkopolska Province. If you fail to comply with the obligation to register your residence on the territory of the Republic of Poland you will be subjected to a fine.

Residence permit for a long-term resident of the EU

Created on: 15.04.2020

After 5 years of uninterrupted stay in Poland, you can apply for a permit of indefinite duration - the residence permit of a long-term EU resident. Details of the procedure and conditions for granting the permit can be found HERE.

Created on: 12.02.2020

No. Before your residence card expires, apply for a change of residence card. The residence permit for a long-term resident of the EU is not time limited.

Created on: 12.02.2020

If the child was born within the period of validity of the temporary residence permit, which the parent had before obtaining the long-term resident's residence permit or was born after the parent obtained the long-term resident's residence permit, then apply for permanent residence for the child. If the child was born before the parent received the temporary residence permit and the resident's residence permit, submit an application for temporary residence for the child.

Created on: 12.02.2020

Yes, apply for stamp duty refund to the President of the City of Poznan. You can also submit the application together with a request for discontinuance of the proceedings, then we will send it to the City Hall in Poznań. 

Created on: 12.02.2020

If you are in Poland:

illegally, or

  • for the purposes of study, vocational training or study, or
  • in connection with obtaining a residence permit for humanitarian reasons, a permit for tolerated stay, asylum or temporary protection, or in connection with applying for international protection or asylum, or
  • on the basis of a temporary residence permit due to circumstances requiring a short-term stay, or
  • on the basis of a local border traffic permit, or
  • if you are a worker posted by a service provider for the purpose of cross-border provision of services or a service provider providing cross-border services, or
  • if you are detained, placed in a guarded centre or in a detention centre for foreigners or you are subject to a preventive measure in the form of a prohibition on leaving the country, or you are serving a sentence of imprisonment or you are under temporary arrest, or
  • if you were obliged to return and the deadline for voluntary return specified in the decision obliging the foreigner to return has not expired yet or you are staying outside the territory of the Republic of Poland, or you did not provide fingerprints to issue a residence card, although you were obliged to do so.
Created on: 12.02.2020

No. This income will not be taken into account even if it has been taxed and the employer has paid health insurance contributions. During the examination of your application we will check whether you have worked legally for the last 3 years.

Created on: 12.02.2020

No. A stable and regular source of income is one that repeats at regular intervals, e.g. remuneration for work.

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