EU citizens
As an EU citizen you may stay in Poland for up to 3 months without having to meet any conditions other than holding a valid travel document or other official document confirming your identity and EU citizenship. To stay in Poland longer you have to register your temporary stay.
Please, read the instructions fully before proceeding with registration.
What do you have to do:
- fill out the Application for registering the residence (the form is available here, the instruction is available here),
- gather the documents needed for the application,
- bring all the documents to the regional office.
What documents do you need:
- the completed application form,
- 4 up-to-date passport photos, 35mm x 45mm,
- copy of the ID/passport, all pages with annotations (original for view at the regional office),
- copy of the health insurance (original for view at the regional office),
- confirmation of the student status under the Erasmus+ programme (received from the International Office or Welcome Point),
- a written statement confirming that you have sufficient financial resources to support yourself without needing to rely on social assistance benefits, or proof of such resources (the proof might be;
Where is the regional office:
Dolnośląski Urząd Wojewódzki
address: pl. Powstańców Warszawy 1, 50-153 Wrocław
Service Room A (Sala Obsługi Klienta A)
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 8:15 – 15:30
Wednesday: 8:15 – 18:00
At the ticket/number machine choose option: „Cudzoziemcy ⇒ UE/Zaproszenia/PDP”. Tickets can be collected during the working hours or until all available numbers have been issued.
The status of the queue and availability of the tickets can be checked on an ongoing basis on the website: https://rezerwacje.duw.pl/status_kolejek/
What do you need to remember:
- procedure can be done only by you, in person at the regional office. It 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 must be completed in Polish (hence the instructions),
- all the documents have to be in submitted in Polish or with a certified translation into Polish. The register of certified translators is maintained by the Ministry of Justice and is available here,
- all the documents should be original or a copy certified by a notary public. They can also be certified by an authorised employee at the office itself upon presenting the original document with the copy,
- do not leave the procedure until the last minute, there is more than a thousand of students arriving to Wrocław at the same time and the lines after 3 months may be long – check the availability of the tickets at the office frequently,
- your proof of sufficient financial resources might be: certificate confirming the possession of funds in a bank or credit union based in the Republic of Poland or another Member State of the European Union; a statement of the credit card limit issued by the bank that issued the credit card; a document confirming the award of a scholarship with the amount stated.
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 translator (that is a paid service).