It is a type of residential document which, along with a valid passport, entitles you to stay within the territory of the issuing country. For instance, if you hold a visa issued by a Polish Consul, it entitles you to stay in Poland for the period of its validity. The validity of such a visa depends on the purpose of travel. This visa is marked with a “D” symbol.
Business activity
It is a type of residential document which, along with a valid passport, entitles you to stay within the territory of the Schengen Area member states. Visas are issued as Schengen or national visas by a consul. To obtain a visa, you should contact a proper diplomatic post or consular office in your country of origin.
It is the legal act regulating the conditions of foreigners' entry and residence in the territory of Poland and the criteria for issuing particular residence permits.
It means that the examination of your case is finished, and thus it will not be subjected to evidentiary proceedings with regard meeting the requirements for granting a residence permit. Your case can be discontinued at your request (for instance, when you would want to leave the territory of Poland, and you do not want the residence permit to be granted) or ex officio (when certain permanent and irremovable obstacles have appeared rendering the further processing of your case impossible).
It is an insurance that covers the costs of medical treatment in Poland. Health insurance allows you to receive medical assistance form your General Practitioner (family doctor) or to receive hospital care, excluding accident insurance (so-called NNW). Your health insurance entitles you to use the services of medical facilities (health care centres, hospitals, clinics). Documents confirming having health insurance:
The Schengen Area countries include: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, as well as Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland (the last four are non-EU Schengen countries).
Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Romania are EU-countries which do not belong to the Schengen area.
It is a company’s manager - President or a Member of Management Board, appointed by the shareholders' resolution of the limited liability company. A proxy has the authority given by shareholders of the limited liability company, to act on behalf of the Company’s Management Board. You can find information about proxies and persons authorized to represent the company on the National Court Register.
It is a national register of associations and companies existed as limited liability company, limited partnership, joint-stock partnership, unlimited partnership. In the registry, you can check the following: current company status, company headquarters, chairman of the board, proxy, business profile etc. The information from the registry you will find on the web site: https://ekrs.ms.gov.pl/web/wyszukiwarka-krs/strona-glowna/.
It is a form of pursuing a gainful activity on your own account, like running a company, any business activity. It can be performed by a natural person or a in a form of civil law partnership. This economic activity must be registered in the Central Register and Information on Economic Activity (CEIDG).
A formal request for entry and remain in Poland needs to be signed and submitted to the competent authorities on a valid application form. The form is specified by law. A current application form you will find on our website: files to download
An application submitted on not valid/current application form and/or not signed is considered as a formal error/formal deficiency.
