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You should apply for a temporary residence permit if you wish to stay in Poland for a period exceeding 3 months and your primary purpose of stay is work for a foreign employer who has posted you to work on the territory of the Republic of Poland.

If you submit your application on time and it does not contain any formal deficiencies — or if you correct any deficiencies within the deadline indicated by us — your stay in Poland will remain legal from the date of effective submission via MOS until the decision in your case becomes final.

Before you apply, read our tips on how to fill in an application form.

1. Go to mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl via login.gov.pl and create an account.
2. Read the requirements for the specific type of permit and purpose of stay, and gather all documents needed to complete the application in MOS.

3. Complete the application for a temporary residence permit by following the instructions displayed on the screen.
4. In the application, provide an email address where you will receive an access code to check the status of your case once your application has been registered by the Office.
5. You must attach a digital biometric photograph, scans/photos of all pages of your travel document, and confirmation of payment of the stamp duty fee.
6. Sign the application using a Trusted Profile and submit it in the MOS system.
7. After submitting the application, download the Official Acknowledgement of Receipt (UPO), which confirms that your application has been submitted. Keep this document safe.

The next step will be an in-person appointment to submit your fingerprints. During the visit, you will also complete other documents required to obtain a stamp in your passport.

Learn how to submit fingerprints.
Learn how to track the status of your case.

• Online application completed in the Case Handling Module,

• Scans/photos of all pages of a valid travel document (original available for inspection). In particularly justified cases, if you do not possess a valid travel document and are unable to obtain one, you may scan another document confirming your identity,

• 1 digital photograph,

• confirmation of the payment of stamp duty. 

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  Documents required to be granted the permit:

  Work permit in connection with the posting (secondment) of a foreigner by a foreign entity to the territory of the Republic of Poland must be valid for at least three months at the time of the temporary residence decision.
  It must be clear from the posting letter and the work ontract that you have been posted to work for at least three months at the time we consider your application. The documents shall be submitted together with its translation into Polish by a sworn translator.
  • Work permit in connection with the posting (secondment) of a foreigner by a foreign entity to the territory of the Republic of Poland – this permit is issued if you perform work for a foreign employer and if you are delegated to the territory of the Republic of Poland for a period exceeding 30 days in a calendar year to a branch or plant of a foreign subject or to an affiliated subject, within the meaning of the Act of 26 July 1991 on Personal Income Tax, with a foreign employer.  Competent Governor is one of the region within which the seat of the subject to which you are delegated is placed.
  • Evidence of a source of stable and regular income, e.g. a letter of posting, work contract.
  • a current document confirming the place of residence in the territory of the Republic of Poland 

Read our guide

The permit is granted for a period not longer than 3 years.

A temporary residence permit does not entitle a foreigner to work without a work permit.

It is your responsibility to inform the Governor who issued your permit about the cessation of the reason for granting the permit within 15 days. If you do not submit a new application indicating new circumstances of your stay in Poland, we will start the procedure of revoking your permit, because the purpose of the stay which you declared when submitting the application for temporary stay has ceased. If you do not do this, we may refuse to renew your temporary residence permit.

The residence card is issued after you have been granted the permit. Read more