Stay in Poland Return

• Temporary stay
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  • Graduate of full-time studies
  • Student
  • Illegal residence - stay with family
  • Education/vocational training
  • Other circumstances
  • Spouse of a Polish citizen / child of a Polish citizen's spouse
  • Temporary residence permit - work
  • Family reunification
  • Business activity
  • Highly qualified employment
  • Spiritual service
• Permanent residence permit
• Residence permit for a long-term resident of the EU
• Pole's card
  • Basic information
  • Cash benefit application
  • Declaration on the form of payment of the benefit
• Issuance and replacement of a residence card
• Extension of visas and visa-free travel
  • Extension of visa-free travel
  • Extension of a national visa
  • Extension of a Schengen visa

General information

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Procedure for submitting application:

The application shall be submitted in person, not later than on the last day of legal residence on the territory of the Republic of Poland
When submitting the application, the foreigner is obliged to submit fingerprints.
If the application is not submitted in person or is sent by post – after the application has been delivered to the voivode, the foreigner will be summoned to appear in person within a period not shorter than 7 days from the delivery of the summons under pain of leaving the application unprocessed.

Place of application:

Department of Civil Affairs and Foreigners
Branch for Work Permits and Registration of Invitations and EU Citizens
Receiving applications ul. Konarskiego 1-3, 85-066 Bydgoszcz, building B, III floor, room 33.

To apply, register your visit online:

Register your visit

Please attach to the application:

Fee:stamp duty PLN 340 or PLN 440 – if it is temporary residence and work

Urząd Miasta Bydgoszczy, Wydział Podatków i Opłat Lokalnych, bank account no:
52 1240 6960 3892 1000 0000 0000

Necessary documents:
1. The application form for a temporary residence permit and its annexes completed in accordance with the Instructions – if required

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Attention! The form and annex attached to the application must be fully completed, also on page 4 (statement of criminal record) and signed by name and surname of the competent person.

2. 4 current “biometric” photographs – intact, colour, 35 x 45 mm in size, taken over the last 6 months on a uniform bright background, with good sharpness and showing clearly the eyes and face from the top of the head to the upper part of the shoulders, so that the face occupies 70-80 % of the photographs. The photographs are intended to depict a person without a headgear and dark-lensed glasses, looking directly ahead with eyes open, hair removed from face, a natural expression on a face and a closed mouth;
3. Photocopy of a valid passport, all filled pages (original available for inspection at the office)

Note: Lack of any of the aforementioned documents shall result in the foreigner being requested to complete it within a period not shorter than 7 days from the delivery of the request under pain of leaving the application unprocessed.

* In case your legal stay is coming to an end and you cannot register your visit online, do not wait! Submit an application in the general chancellery of the Office or send it by mail.

Once you have received your temporary residence permit, it must be immediately attached:

• fee for issuing a residence card PLN 100 – Kujawsko Pomorski Urząd Wojewódzki w Bydgoszczy, Biuro Finansowo
  Inwestycyjne, bank account no: 56 1010 1078 0000 4222 3100 0000
• certificate of registered residence.

REMEMBER! When changing the place of residence or correspondence address, inform the voivode each time.

The information contained in this card does not constitute a source of law. They are only general and instructional in nature.