Sufficient means describes the minimum of the financial means that you need to cover the costs of living in Poland. Their amount may be changed. Currently the minimum is 776PLN per month if you are in a single household or 600PLN per person in a family household.
The documents that confirm having sufficient funds are:
As a general rule, the procedure of the legalization of stay is initiated on the day when you apply. If your application is free from formal defects or if you supplement these defects, you will receive information about the initiation of the proceedings and about the estimated date for the examination of your case.
The Governor is the regional representative of the central government. The Governor acts as the head of central government institutions at the local level and as such has the authority to issue the decision granting you a permit to remain in Poland.
An applicant is a person who signs the application. In the case of a minor, the application signed their parent or statutory representative.
Depending on your place of residence, your application will be examined by a Governor from a given region (Province). The same local authority rule would apply to most applications and institutions you will need to contact. If your employer applies for a work permit, he needs to contact the local Governor based on the location of their registered office.
It is a residence title that together with a valid passport entitles you to enter and stay in the Schengen area ("Schengen States"). It might allow you to:
This visa is marked with a "C" symbol.
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.
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).
