EU citizens
Every EU citizen staying in Poland for over 90 days is legally obliged to register their residence. The time is counted from the date of entry into the Polish territory. To complete the procedure you need to fill out the Application for registering the residence available here. If you do not have an option to print it out, it can also be obtained at the Welcome Point.
Registering the residence is not done by the student houses of University of Wroclaw and will NOT give you a PESEL number. Our student houses register your address which is a different process.
The application has to be completed in Polish so feel free to use that presentation with instructions on the whole process:
The attachments that you will need along with the application are:
- 4 photos 35mm x 45mm
- Copy of the ID/passport (original for view)
- Copy of the health insurance (original for view)
- Confirmation of the student status and receiving Erasmus+ scholarship (from the International Office or Welcome Point)
You have to personally go to the regional office and give out your documents. You don’t need an appointment to do that.
This is the addres of the regional office :
Dolnośląski Urząd Wojewódzki
pl. Powstańców Warszawy 1
50-153 Wrocław
You will need to go to a Service Room A (Sala Obsługi Klienta A) from 8:15 to 15:00.
At the ticket/number machine choose option: Cudzoziemcy -> UE/rejestracja/zaproszenia
NON-EU citizens and owners of TRC from EU countries
In aim to enter the territory of Poland, the non-EU citizens have to obtain a visa from a Polish Embassy or a Consulate located in their country of nationality. The short-term visa entitles a holder to stay in Poland for up to 3 months, the long-term visa up to 1 year.
Before your legal stay in Poland ends you have to submit the application for the temporary residence permit (TRC). The permit is issued for the period of your stay in Poland, but not longer than two years. From the date of application until the date of decision on granting the TRC, your stay in Poland is still legal, even without a valid visa. The period of considering the application cases at the Voivodeship Office depends on many factors, including the number of applications under consideration and the complexity of your case.
If you own a TRC from any other EU country, it allows you to stay in Poland for 3 months. Before that period ends, you have to apply for the permit here.
Please use the presentation below as it contains the information on the whole process of applying (along with translations, making reservations for the visit at the office, the address where you have to show up, etc.)
The attachments that you will need along with the application are:
- 2 copies of a filled out application + original
- Four photos 35mm x 45mm
- Photocopy of a valid travel document (original for view)
- Confirmation of stamp duty payment (from your bank)
- Certificate from the university on acceptance for the course (from your Dean's Office)
- Proof of payment of the tuition fee (from your Dean's Office)
- Confirmation of owning sufficient funds
- A photocopy of your health insurance
- Information on the number of persons who are dependent on you (translation of the document here)
- Additionally, if you are in Poland with the temporary residence permit from another country: a photocopy of temporary residence permit (original for inspection)
Remember that all the documents have to be in Polish or translated to Polish by a sworn translated (that is a paid service).