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published: 28 oct 2009 - 11:12, Grzegorz Wolff
City of Warsaw, author: Mateusz Panek fot. City of Warsaw, author: Mateusz Panek
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Visiting and staying in Warsaw directly depends on the country of origin of the arriving foreign national.


European Union (EU) citizens and the family members who are not citizens of the EU are permitted to stay for a period of 3 months within the borders of the Member State (i.e. Poland), without the obligation to register their visit with the proper authorities.

Family members who are not European Union citizens themselves and who accompany or join him/her in the host Member State have the right to enter any EU Member State with a valid passport. However they are required, at all times, to be in the possession of that  valid passport or any other official document which validates their identity and the citizenship. The host Member State may require you to report your presence within its territory in reasonable and non-discriminatory period of time. Failure to comply with this requirement may make you liable to proportionate and non-discriminatory sanctions, excluding imprisonment or deportation.

If the residence in the territory of the Republic of Poland lasts for more than 3 months, the Union citizen shall be obliged to register his/her residence and the family member who is not a Union citizen shall to obtain the Union citizen family member residence card.

European Union citizen has the right to reside in the territory of the Republic of Poland for a period longer than 3 months if he/she meets one of the following conditions:

  1. he/she is an employee or a self-employed person in the territory of the Republic of Poland.
  2. he/she is covered by the general health insurance or is a person entitled to health insurance or is a person entitled to health insurance benefits and is in possession of enough funds to provide for himself/herself and his/her family members in the territory of the Republic of Poland without the need to make use of social insurance benefits.
  3. he/she studies or undergoes vocational training in the Republic of Poland and is covered by general health insurance or is a person entitled to health insurance or is a person entitled to health insurance benefits and is in possession of enough funds to provide for himself/herself and his/her family members in the territory of the Republic of Poland without the need to make use of social insurance benefits.
  4. he/she is married to a Polish national.

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  • Information Center for Foreigners (See on the map)
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    Information Center for Foreigners Dane adresowe:
    ul. al. 3 Maja 12
    Warszawa
    Room 510 (5th floor), Mon - Fri from 10:00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M.
     Dane kontaktowe:
    tel. (22) 629 56 91
    fax. (22) 621 51 65

Links

  1. 1.
    Visa requirements
    (web address: http://www.msz.gov.pl/Visa,requirements,2346.html)
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  2. 2.
    Temporary and permanent stay in Poland
    (web address: http://www.mazowieckie.pl/eng/residence.html)
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  3. 3.
    Criteria EU citizen has to meet
    (web address: http://ec.europa.eu/eures/main.jsp?&countryId=&accessing=0&content=1&restrictions=0&step=0&acro=free&lang=en)
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  4. 4.
    Work permit information
    (web address: http://www.mazowieckie.pl/eng/work.html)
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  5. 5.
    Polish citizenship information
    (web address: http://www.mazowieckie.pl/eng/nationality.html)
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  6. 6.
    Warsaw’s Office for Foreigners
    (web address: http://www.mazowieckie.pl/wydzialy/wydzial_spraw_cudzoziemcow.html)
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  7. 7.
    Job searching and recruitment of the employees in Poland
    (web address: http://www.eures.praca.gov.pl/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&catid=14&id=30&Itemid=15)
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  8. 8.
    Head of the Office for Foreigners
    (web address: http://www.udsc.gov.pl/index.php?documentName=main)
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