Poland in Indonesia

Kindly refer to the detailed checklist for Polish national visa (D) - study (first and second degree studies/PhD/postgraudate studies at the bottom of this website.

Important update as of 1 of July 2025:

NAWA written information has to be submitted along with the application for a student visa as well as other required documents by foreign students admitted to the 1st year of study at the first degree studies or to the 1st year of study at the uniform master's studies.

Please be kindly advised that due to legal amendments introduced to Polish law as a result of the Act on the elimination of the irregularities in the visa system providing the reform of the national student visa system, effective as of July 1, 2025 a foreigner who does not hold a secondary school diploma or other equivalent document entitling him/her to apply for admission to study issued by educational institution in one of the following:
(1) European Union Member States,
(2) Member States of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD),
(3) Member States of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) - parties to the agreement on the
European Economic Area.
(4) an IB (International Baccalaureate) diploma issued by the International Baccalaureate Organization in
Geneva or
(5) a certificate issued abroad by secondary schools or equivalent educational institutions recognized by
the country on whose territory they operate, and recognized under the principles set out in relevant
international agreements in order to apply for a student visa as of July 1, 2025 is obliged to:

- retrieve an additional document from National Agency for Academic Exchange (Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej, “NAWA”) called “wrtitten information” to the effect that the high school diploma being in his/her possession entitles the person indicated in the diploma to study in Poland;

- the NAWA written information has to be submitted along with the application for a student visa as well as other required documents by foreign students admitted to the 1st year of study at the first degree studies or to the 1st year of study at the uniform master's studies;

- inability to present the document indicated above will result in refusal of the student visa.

Foreigners who already hold the administrative decision issued by the Education Superintendent on recognition of their high school diploma present it instead of the written information.

Consuls do not participate in the process of recognizing secondary school diplomas. They do not provide assistance in this regard, nor they mediate between a foreigner and an university or National Agency for Academic Exchange in the transfer of documents.

For your convenience please find enclosed the e-mail address of the National Agency for Academic Exchange which may be reached at: dyplom@nawa.gov.pl, as well as the link to their official website:

How to obtain a recognition statement, click here.

PLEASE, PRINT YOUR VISA-RELATED DOCUMENTS DOUBLE-SIDED! 

INFORMATION ABOUT REFUNDING STUDENT FEES IN CASE OF RECEIVING A VISA REFUSAL IN ORDER TO START OR CONTINUE STUDIES The charging fees issues for educational services by public universities are regulated in the Act of 20 July 2018, Law on Higher Education and Science, and in the case of non-public universities, they result from the internal regulations of these universities. Students conclude civil law contracts with universities, which contain special conditions related to the admission process, the course of studies, as well as provisions regarding the amount of the fees and the rules related to the fee refunds. Candidates for studies should carefully study these documents in detail, in particular the provisions on the rules for obtaining the refund of the paid tuition fees. Refund issues are settled between students and universities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, the Embassies of the Republic of Poland, as well as the Consulates of the Republic of Poland do not mediate in issues between the student and the university and do not have legal measures allowing a foreigner, who has been refused a student visa, to obtain a refund of the tuition fees. If the university fails to comply with the provisions of the contract concluded with the student, in particular, it has not refunded the fee, claims regarding student fees may only be pursued through civil law.