Your university
It is worth noting that all higher education institutions which accept foreigners as their students must be approved by the Minister of Interior and placed on the Minister’s accepted list of higher institutions, unless an institution is not subject to mandatory approval e.g. public universities. If you are not sure whether the institution in which you are planning to undertake your studies can accept foreigner, please contact the Rector’s or Dean’s office. We highly recommend you to avoid undertaking studies at higher education institutions that are not qualified to accept foreign students. Granting temporary residence permit for studying purpose will be denied if the higher education institution, that you study in, does not conform above mentioned requirements.
Repeating a year
Temporary residence permit might be denied if you are repeating a year of studies. It is caused by lack of progress in the course of study. During the proceedings for temporary residence permit we will examine what is the reason of repeating the year by checking the report on class attendance or taking exams. Please remember that each case is examined individually.
Work while studying
If you are a full-time student you can legally perform work in Poland. But if you apply for temporary residence permit for studying purpose and you work, the permit might be denied if there are doubts concerning your actual reason of your stay in Poland.
If you submitted your application before April 27th 2019 you are a first-year student and you perform work or you run a business activity, the temporary residence permit for studying purpose will be denied. If you are a subsequent-year student, you can perform work or run a business activity.
On your residence card issued for studying purpose will be placed annotation “student”
Learning Progress
Each semester of studies, our office will be checking on your learning progress also after the temporary resident permit is granted. In case of lack of progress in the course of study the residence permit will be revoked.
Please do remember that you are obliged to inform the appropriate province governor that granted your temporary residence permit, that the reasons for granting permit no longer apply e.g. resignation from studies. You must do so within 15 business days.
If your residence permit was granted by the Head of the Office for Foreigners so the second instance authority examining the temporary residence permit for studying purpose, the information should be sent to the province governor – the first instance authority examining the temporary residence permit. If you do not fulfil this obligation, you might be denied another residence permit.
