Poland in Pakistan

You can apply for a passport in any Polish consular office. Please note that you apply for and collect your new passport in the same office.

You can apply for a passport in any Polish consular office. Please note that you apply for and collect your new passport in the same office.

If you want to book a passport appointment please email the Consular Section of the Embassy: Islamabad.consulate@msz.gov.pl.

IMPORTANT! You no longer need to fill out the application by hand.

Your passport application to the RP consul can be filed electronically during your passport visit. Consular staff will file your application using an electronic form and you need to confirm that the data are correct by placing your signature on a dedicated device (signature pad).

You need to submit a colour biometric photograph – check what does the photograph have to look like. 

Filing the photograph together with the application is mandatory. You cannot replace the photograph or send it later. If no photograph was attached to your application or the photograph does not comply with requirements, the passport authority will notify you that your application has been rejected.

Valid passport or valid identity card with a photo (if issued) confirming your identity.

Document proving your Polish citizenship: previous Polish passport or confirmation of Polish citizenship issued by Polish Authorities (Voivode) .

NOTE: if you apply for a passport and there are justified doubts as to your identity, citizenship or other details required to file a passport application, the consul may ask you to submit additional necessary documents.

In case of changing the name or surname (including change of name after marriage): proof of its registration in Poland.

Document that confirms your right to pay a reduced fee for issuing a passport or be exempted entirely from payment (such as a student ID card, Polish pensioner ID card etc.).

The passport fee is 34 265 PKR. 

The fees must be paid at the office counter when submitting the application.

Accepted forms of payment: cash in PKR.

You are eligible for a 50% discount if:

• you are a pupil or a student,
• you are a pensioner,
• you are a disability pensioner,
• you are a disabled person under the Act of 27 August 1997 on vocational and social rehabilitation and employment of the disabled,
• you are maintained by your spouse, who is a pensioner,  disability pensioner or disabled person within the meaning of the above Act,
• you stay in a nursing home or a residential care facility,
• you receive a permanent benefit from the social service,
• you are a war veteran or a person subject to the provisions of the Act of 24 January 1991 on War Veterans and Selected Persons Who Had Been Subject to War and Post-War Oppression,
• you are a member of a numerous family within the meaning of the Act of 5 December 2014 on Large Family Card and if you have a Large Family Card. 

Please note, if you want to benefit from the consular fee discount, present for review a document to confirm your eligibility when you submit the passport application. 

You will not pay for the passport if:

• you turn 70 on the day of application or earlier,
• you stay in a nursing home or a residential care facility and your travel abroad is related to a long-term treatment or a surgery,
• you receive a permanent benefit from the social service and your travel abroad is related to a long-term treatment or a surgery,
• your passport has a technical fault.

Please note, if you want to be exempt from the passport fee, bring documents to confirm that you meet one of the above criteria.

You will pay less if you apply for a new passport before the current one expires if:

• your data in the passport changed, for example your name(s) or surname (in this case, the passport replacement is obligatory) or your appearance changed so much that its difficult to identify you,
• your passport has no more free space for visas or border crossing stamps.

When you apply for a passport, a consular officer will give you an estimated collection date. You will also receive a written confirmation of application receipt. On the receipt you will find your passport application number, which is useful if you want to track the progress online. 

See if your passport is ready. 

If you need the ID document urgently, for example because of an urgent travel, you should additionally apply for a temporary passport that will cover the waiting time for the delivery of the biometric passport. You will get it sooner than the biometric one. 

Important
If you are planning to go abroad with a temporary passport, check current rules of entry and stay of foreigners in the country of destination. Make sure that you can cross the border with the temporary passport and check the required validity period (at entry and departure).

You will collect the passport personally in the same office where you submitted the application.

On the collection day of the new document, bring your previous passport (or temporary passport) to the consulate - current passport will be cancelled, except for pages with valid visas, and returned.

Remember that the consul will not send passports to a citizens residing in Pakistan as well as in Poland, for security reasons.

It is also not possible to send a passport issued by a domestic authority (province governor) to a person staying abroad.

If the consul rejects your application you can appeal to the minister for internal affairs through the consul.

The consul refusees to issue a passport at the request of:

• the court which proceeds against the applicant with criminal or civil proceedings or with an action related to a tax offence or a minor;
• the authority which proceeds against the applicant with  preliminary or execution proceedings in a criminal action including tax-related offences.

Can I apply for a passport if my current passport expires in a few years' time?

You can apply for a new passport. Please note that the fee can be reduced only if:

• the passport holder's peronal data or appearance changed,
• the current passport has no more free space for visas and border crossing stamps.  

Do I have to apply for a replacement passport if my personal data changed?

You must replace your passport if the following data changed or need to be corrected: surname, name(s), date and place of birth, sex, PESEL number. 
If this is the case you must immediately apply for a replacement passport within 90 days from the day of:

• delivery of final administrative decision or a binding court ruling stating the change, 
• drafting of a marriage certificate stating the change of surname, or - if the marriage was entered into before a consul or a foreign authority - from the delivery date of a copy of the marriage certificate. 

My passport ran out of space for visas and border crossing stamps, but it expires in a few years' time. Does it need to be replaced?

The replacement is not obligatory. However, if your passport lacks space for visas ot border crossing stamps and you are planning a trip abroad, you should apply for a new passport. 
Please consider applying for a new passport even if you are not planning a trip abroad to avoid difficulties when a sudden trip becomes necessary. 

Can I apply for a passport if I lost my personal ID and my new 10-year passport is waiting to be collected in Poland?

You can apply for a temporary passport at a consulate. Remember to take with you the temporary passport issued by the consul as you return to Poland to collect the new one.
  
What should I do if the passport is waiting to be collected in Poland and I am not planning to travel to Poland soon?

Contact the consul on this issue. 

Is it possible to have the passport sent from another consulate or from Poland?

No, you should collect your new passport in the same office in which you applied for it.

How do I get a passport if I was born abroad, I have never had a Polish passport or personal ID, I have never lived in Poland but one of my parents used to have a Polish passport?

You should submit a request to confirm your Polish citizenship (LINK). After the receipt of a province governor's decision confirming your Polish citizenship, you will have to register your foreign birth certificate and marriage certificate in Poland (transcription LINK). This way you will get a copy of a Polish birth certificate and a Polish marriage certificate.

You need to bring the following documents: completed passport application form, a photo, abridged or unabridged copy of a Polish birth certificate, abridged or unabridged copy of your Polish marriage certificate, decision confirming your Polish citizenship. Also present a valid ID card with a photograph.