Who does it concern?
Your stay in Poland is legal untill 30.06.2024 r. - if you are a citizen of Ukraine or the spouse of a citizen of Ukraine and have the citizenship of another country, and you came to Poland from Ukraine from 24.02.2022 and you want to stay in Poland
Children who were born in Poland also have legal stay in Poland if the mother is a citizen of Ukraine or the wife of a Ukrainian citizen, and who came to Poland from Ukraine from 24.02.2022 and wants to stay in Poland. The child's stay is considered to be legal during the period of the mother's legal stay.
Your stay in Poland is legal untill 30.06.2024 r. if:
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you are a citizen of Ukraine and you have a Pole's Card and you left Ukraine from 24.02.2022, and then you legally came to Poland and want to stay in Poland
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you are a member of the closest family of a Ukrainian citizen who has a Pole's Card and you left Ukraine from 24.02.2022, and then you legally came to Poland and want to stay in Poland
Additionally, if on 30.06. 2024:
- you will attend kindergarten, school or fulfill the obligation of education
- you will be attanding kindergarten or school operating in the Ukrainian education system using distance learning methods and techniques,
- no later than in the school year of 2022/2023 you have started your education at a second-level vocational school, post-secondary school or school for adults,
Your stay in Poland is legal until 31st August 2024. If you are under 18, the legal stay of your parents or guardians is also extended until 31st August 2024.
If you retake your school-leaving examination (matura exam), your stay in Poland is legal until 30th September 2024. If you are under 18, the legal stay of your parents or guardians is also extended until 30th September 2024.
What should you do?
You do not have to submit any applications for legalization of your stay or an application for refugee status.
Your legal stay is based on the regulations of the Act.
This is how you will receive a PESEL number (UA).
The protection is given from the date of arrival in Poland, not from the date of submitting the application for granting a PESEL number.
What are your privileges?
Access to the labor market - you can work without any additional permits if the employer notifies the labor office within 14 days of starting work. The employer should send the notification electronically.
Running a business - you can run a business like Polish citizens. The only condition is to have a PESEL number.
Access to cash benefits and others (if you have a PESEL number with the status "UKR")
- 500+,
- "dobry start" (good start),
- a one-time cash benefit in the amount of 300 zł per person, intended for maintenance, in particular to cover expenses for food, clothing, footwear, personal hygiene products and housing fees,
- family benefits,
- family care fund,
- co-financing the fee for the children's nursery, children's club or the fee for a day caretaker
- other
Access to medical care - you have guaranteed access to the public health care system, on the same terms as Polish citizens
Access to education and other public services.
How to extend your stay?
If you have a PESEL number (with the status "UKR") you may apply for a temporary residence permit if the purpose of your further stay in Poland is:
• performing work
• performing work in a profession requiring high qualifications
• running a business.
Who is not a subject to special regulations?
- holders of temporary residence permits,
- holders of permanent residence permits,
- holders of European Union long-term residence permits,
- holders of refugee status, subsidiary protection, tolerated stay permit, residence permit for humanitarian reasons
- persons who have submitted applications for international protection in the Republic of Poland or on behalf of whom such applications have been submitted
- persons who have declared their intention to submit an application for international protection in Poland or to whom such declarations of intention concern
- citizens of other countries coming from Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict
- persons with temporary protection on the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than the Republic of Poland granted due to military operations carried out on the territory of Ukraine
You lose your rights resulted from the Act on Assistance to Citizens of Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of that country:
- if you leave Poland for a period longer than 30 days
- if you are granted one of the listed permits:
- a permanent residence permit
- a residence permit for a long-term resident of the European Union
- a temporary residence permit
- a refugee status
- a subsidiary protection
- a tolerated stay permit
- a residence permit for humanitarian reasons
- you have submitted or intend to submit an application for international protection in Poland
- you benefit from a temporary protection in a Member State of the European Union other than the Republic of Poland granted due to military operations conducted in the territory of Ukraine
