National Criminal Register

Yes. If the interested party comes from a country which is not a member of the European Union, the same rules of obtaining the certificate as in the case of Polish nationals apply.

However, in the case of a person who is a national of an EU Member State other than Poland, this Register, while issuing information, is additionally required by law to send an inquiry about such a person also to the country of citizenship and attach to the information from the Register information from the register of the country of nationality of the person to which the request pertains. Foreign records have up to 20 business days to provide information. The processing time for such inquiries is therefore extended and by submitting a request in person at the registered office of the Register or Information Point of the National Criminal Register, it is not possible to obtain the certificate “on the spot”.