FAQ

The National Court Register is a centralised, computerised database consisting of three separate registers:

• - register of entrepreneurs,
• - register of associations, other social and professional organisations, foundations and public health care institutions,
• - register of insolvent debtors.
  
  The purpose of the National Court Register is to provide universal access to quick and reliable information about the legal status of the registered entity (Central Information of the National Court Register), the most important elements of its financial situation and the method of its representation.

 

Everyone has the right to view the data entered in the register. KRS is available at: https://wyszukiwarka-krs.ms.gov.pl/

 

Central Information of the National Court Register

Czerniakowska 100, 00-454 Warszawa

working hours: Monday-Friday 8:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m.

mobile: 880 524 721/phone: 22 397 65 15

The foreigner’s stay in Poland is uninterrupted if none of the interruptions exceeded 6 months and all interruptions did not exceed 10 months in total during the period in question, except for the following cases:

- when the interruption was related to the foreigner’s performance of professional duties or work outside Poland on the basis of a contract concluded with an employer whose head office is located in the territory of the Republic of Poland;

- accompanying the aforementioned foreigner by their spouse or minor child;

- or a special personal situation requiring residence outside Poland for a period not exceeding 6 months;

- or departure of a foreigner from Poland for the purpose of an internship or participation in classes provided for in the curriculum of a Polish university.

Any person staying in Poland for more than 30 days should remember about the residence registration obligation. This applies to both Polish citizens and foreigners.

Registration can be done in the city (municipality) office having jurisdiction over the foreigner’s place of residence. Registration is free, and the residence registration certificate costs PLN 17. Residence registration certificate is issued immediately.

You can register for permanent or temporary residence.

 

What documents should be prepared to register for temporary residence:

• - temporary residence application form,
• - valid travel document,
• - document confirming your legal stay in Poland (e.g. visa, residence card)
• - document confirming that you have legal title to the apartment where you want to register (lease agreement, copy of the land and mortgage register, administrative decision)

To register for permanent residency, you must stay in Poland on the basis of one of the following documents:

• - a residence card issued in connection with the granting of a permanent residence permit, a EU long-term residence permit, a residence permit for humanitarian reasons, subsidiary protection, or the granting of refugee status in Poland,
• - a tolerated stay permit,
• - a permanent residence permit,
• - a EU long-term residence permit,
• - a decision to grant refugee status in the Republic of Poland, to grant subsidiary protection in the Republic of Poland, a residence permit for humanitarian reasons, or a tolerated stay permit;

A fee reduction (of 50%) for the issuance or replacement of a residence card is available to foreigners:

• - who are in a difficult financial situation;
• - whose purpose of stay is to receive education in a secondary school or higher education institution in the territory of the Republic of Poland;
• - who are minors under 16 years of age on the date of application for the document.

 

To apply for payment relief, you need to prepare:

• - certificate of the competent social welfare authority on the use of cash benefits from social welfare at any given time;
• - a certificate confirming that you are studying at a secondary school or higher education institution at the time;
• - a copy of the birth certificate of a minor foreigner, and if it cannot be obtained – a travel document or other identity document confirming the age of the minor foreigner.

 

Regulated profession - a profession, the practice of which is allowed only after meeting the requirements set by law (e.g., passing an exam, completing the required professional practice, obtaining registration, completing the appropriate education or training)

Such professions in Poland include: lawyer, attorney, architect, doctor, nurse, midwife, dentist, dental assistant, psychologist, physiotherapist, paramedic, pharmacist, tower crane operator and many others.

Check the database of regulated professions to see if your profession is regulated in Poland. You will also learn which institution grants the right to exercise it.

While I’m waiting for my permit to be granted, can I go home or take a trip to another Schengen country for a few days?

If you are waiting for a residence permit to be granted, you can leave for your country at any time, but keep in mind that in order to re-enter Poland you must meet the general entry requirements, that is, have a valid visa or be entitled to a visa-free entry, and not exceed the previously permitted period of stay in the Schengen area, which is 90 days in any 180-day period.

If you would like to go to another Schengen country for a few days (e.g. Germany, France, Czech Republic, Austria), you must remember that your stay while waiting for a residence permit is considered legal only in Poland. The stamp placed in your passport does not entitle you to legally leave Poland and stay in another Schengen country. If you leave, you must have a valid visa, unless you are entitled to a visa-free stay in the Schengen area and you have not yet exceeded the permitted period of stay, which is 90 days in any 180-day period. However, remember that a stay in Poland is always a stay in the Schengen area.