RESIDENCE REGISTRATION:
One of the legal duties for each person living in Poland is getting a registered residence address (meldunek). Foreigners spending in Poland over 30 days, are obliged to file for their temporary registered address on the territory of Poland. If you will be in Poland for less than 30 days, you do not have to register.
Citizens of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, should register no later than 30 days after arrival.
Citizens of all other countries of the world must register no later than on the 4th day after their arrival.
Remember that you can only register for the period of time indicated on your visa or other document authorizing you to stay in Poland.
Documents needed for the registration:
- application_form_for_registration
- A valid travel document or other valid document confirming the identity (and visa for non-EU citizens)
- A document confirming the right to reside in Poland.
- A document showing you are entitled to use or own the place you are staying at e.g. lease contract (original copy) or a statement from the owner of the place you are staying at if you do not have any rights towards this building or flat. For students living in the university dormitory: you need to print out the abovementioned application form for registration stamped with 2 dormitory stamps: dormitory stamp + stamp of the dormitory director.
Foreign students who stay in Poland can register at the Information Desk for Foreigners (Punkt Obsługi Cudzoziemców) Office.
Information Desk for Foreigners (Punkt Obsługi Cudzoziemców)
20-071 Lublin 14 Wieniawska St., (1st floor)
Telephone: 81 466 10 09
E-mail: foreigners@lublin.eu
https://lublin.eu/en/urzad-miasta/
Feel free to use the services of Information Desk for Foreigners at the following times:
- Mondays, Tuesdays from 7:45 to 16:45,
- Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays from 7:45 to 15:15.
Information Desk for Foreigners is tasked to provide information to foreigners living in Lublin - free of charge and on daily basis. Service in the Information Desk for Foreigners is available in the following languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portugese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian.
TEMPORARY RESIDENCE PERMIT:
Foreign students who intend to stay and study in Poland for a period longer than 3 months can apply for a temporary residence permit.
The maximum period for which a temporary residence permit can be issued is 3 years.
The temporary residence card is a document that entitles the foreigner to cross the border multiple times without a visa. However, apart from the residence card, the foreigner should also have a valid travel document (e.g. passport).
Documents needed for a temporary residence card:
- 2 copies of the application_form_for_registration
- Current colour photographs – 4 copies
- A document confirming the place of residence in Poland
- A valid travel document or other valid document that proves your identity and citizenship (if you are NOT a citizen of an EU or EFTA member state - visa)
- Confirmation from the university of acceptance for studies or continuation of studies, or a certificate of participation in training course
- Proof of payment of the required tuition/course fee, if they are payable
- Documents confirming having health insurance or coverage by the insurer of the cost of treatment in Poland.
- Evidence of sufficient funds to cover the costs of living and return travel to the country of origin or residence and the cost of tuition/ training course.
- A confirmation of payment of stamp duty
Foreign citizens can apply for a temporary residence permit in the Department of Civil Affairs and Foreigners at Lublin Voivodship Office:
Lubelski Urząd Wojewódzki w Lublinie, Wydział Spraw Obywatelskich i Cudzoziemców
15 Czechowska Street in Lublin
Telephone: +48 81 74 24 549
E-mail: wsoc@lublin.uw.gov.pl
https://cudzoziemcy.lublin.uw.gov.pl/pl/kontakt
The Lublin Voivodship Office in Lublin has introduced electronic registration for the submission of applications for the legalisation of stay of foreigners:
https://cudzoziemcy.lublin.uw.gov.pl/en/make-appointment-submit-your-application-lublin
GENERAL INFORMATION:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ8DobAispc
https://www.migrant.info.pl/Residence_permit_for_a_fixed_period.html
https://www.gov.pl/web/mswia-en/entry-and-residence-rules
https://www.gov.pl/web/uw-mazowiecki/studia-i-absolwenci
