Any time, when you apply for a temporary residence permit/permanent resident permit/residence permit for EU long-term resident/replacement of residence card, your fingerprints will be recorded. Fingerprints are required from all applicants who have turned 6. If you send your application via post, your attendance will be required to provide fingerprints. Fingerprints are taken by electronic means of capturing fingerprints. Fingerprints are stored on your residence card to identify the holder of the card.
Permanent residence
A stay is uninterrupted if the one-time stay outside Poland was not longer than 6 months at a time and all stays outside Poland did not exceed 10 months in total. This means that your trips outside Poland during the indicated period should not be longer than those described above. However, there are exceptions to this rule. If you are employed by a company that is headquartered in Poland, and your trip is work-related (business trip) or a necessity to travel with a spouse/parent who works in Poland, such absence from Poland is justified.
It is a document confirming belonging to the Polish nation, issued by Polish consulates and provincial offices on Polish territory.
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.
There are documents without which the initiation of the proceeding is not possible, for example: completed and signed application form, photographs, a valid travel document (passport) etc.
The procedure of the application formal assessment is an initial stage during which your application form is being verified. All the required documents are being checked to enable the procedure of legalization of your stay. This stage of your procedure is the initial stage.
