Entitles to the entrance and uninterrupted stay at the territory of the Republic of Poland or to several stays following one another which last jointly longer than 3 months and do not exceed jointly the period of one year during the validity of the visa. National visa issued by a Schengen State also entitles its holder to travel to the other Schengen States for three months in any half year.
You may apply for a visa if you hold a valid travel document whose validity period exceeds, by at least 3 months, the period in which the departure from the territory of the Republic of Poland or of Schengen zone in case of uniform visa must occur, according to the visa that has been issued.
Visa may entitle to one (01), two (02) or unlimited number of entrances (MULT) during the stay as specified with the number of days in visa.
On the basis of the visa as held by the foreigner, the latter may stay at the territory of Poland or Schengen zone countries in case of uniform visa only during the stay as defined with the number of days in visa. The total number of days of particular stays may not exceed jointly the duration of stay as specified in visa also in case of a visa that authorises to more than one entrance.
Apart from specifying the duration of stay in visa, the validity period of a visa is also defined by stating the initial and final date of the validity period of the visa, which shall not be longer than 5 years, in case of uniform and stay visa or national visa, during which the first entrance may occur and the last departure from the territory of the Republic of Poland or of the Schengen zone countries, in case of uniform visa, must take place.
The beginning of the validity period of the visa shall be on the period of 3 months following the date of issuing visa.
The foreigner shall be obligated to leave the territory of the Republic of Poland before the passage of the stay period as specified in the visa and before the passage its validity period, unless he/she was granted the renewal of the visa or the permit to reside for a definite period of time, permit to settle oneself or permit to stay as a long-term resident of EC at the territory of the Republic of Poland.
You may apply for the renewal of the visa with the competent Voivode for the place of stay before the lapse of at least 7 days before the end of stay period under the uniform visa as held by you (and before the lapse of 14 days before the end of stay period under the national visa). Visa may be renewed only if all terms that were mentioned below have been satisfied:
- the situation is supported by an important professional or personal business or by humanitarian reasons;
- the circumstances that had contributed to filing the application for the renewal of the visa occurred independently of your will and they could not reasonably be foreseen at the moment of issuing a visa;
- the circumstances of the case do not testify to the fact that the intention of your stay will be different from that as declared by you;
- there are no grounds which would justify the denial of granting a visa.
The stay period at the territory of the Republic of Poland in accordance with the renewed visa shall not exceed the maximum number of days of the stay period that have been provided for a specific type of visa (3 months as far as the uniform and stay visa is concerned, and 1 year for the national visa).
The foreigner who has filed the motion for the renewal of the visa within the periods that have been specified above shall be granted the national visa by the voivode for the duration of the proceedings on the renewal of visa (the so-called procedural visa) if the latter has not been able to make a decision as to the renewal of the visa before the passage of legal stay under the visa that had previously been held by the foreigner, and upon making the final decision concerning this issue, the procedural visa shall be annulled.
If the motion to renew a visa was not filed within the above mentioned periods, and the proceedings concerning this matter are not finished before the lapse of the legal stay according to the visa as held by the foreigner, you will be obligated to leave the territory of the Republic of Poland and to await the decision while staying abroad
Visas that entitle to start work shall give you the right to stay at the territory of the Republic of Poland and to undertake work provided that you are granted the work permit if such is required. Visas that entitle you to start work may be issued if you produce the work permit at the territory of the Republic of Poland, or the written declaration as made by the employer that the latter wants to entrust the former with performing the work, when the work permit is not required.
Only the competent consul for the country in which the foreigner permanently resides shall be responsible for granting or denying the visa that authorises to undertake work. If the foreigner stays legally at the territories of the member states of the European Union, the member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), parties to the agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation, visa that entitles to start work may be also issued by the consul different from that as mentioned above.
National visa for the purpose of work gives the right to start work and shall be granted for the stay period which corresponds to that as determined in the promise to issue a permit for work or in the employer's declaration, and it shall not be longer that one year.