Poland in the UAE

In order to apply for Visa in Embassy of Poland in Abu Dhabi an applicant needs to be resident of the United Arab Emirates and have a valid EID.

 

Before you apply, you must decide which visa you need:

Airport transit Schengen visa (A-Type)

choose this visa type if you plan to pass through an international transit area of a Schengen airport travelling with a passport of one of these states:  Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka.

Schengen visa (C-Type)

Choose this visa if you plan to stay in Poland or other Schengen countries for a maximum of 90 days in each 180-day period of time. This means that you are allowed to stay in the Schengen zone legally only if your stay in Schengen countries did not exceed 90 days over the last 180 days. A special calculator on the European Commission’s website will help you count how long you can stay in Schengen countries.

You can apply for a Schengen visa in a Polish diplomatic mission if:

• Poland is the only destination country of your visit to the Schengen zone;
• you visit more than one Schengen country, but Poland is your main destination;
• you do not know which Schengen country will be your main destination, but you cross the Schengen border for the first time in Poland.

In exceptional cases it is possible to issue a Schengen LTV visa which is valid only in the territory of selected Schengen states.

National visa (D-Type)

Choose this visa if you want to stay in Poland for more than 90 days. The validity of a national visa cannot exceed one year. You also need to apply for a national visa if you seek asylum, repatriation, or if you use Polish Card privileges.

Information of the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the insurers and the insurances that they offer, which meet the necessary conditions referred to in Article 25 (1) (2) (a) and Article 25 (1b) of the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners is available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

The Polish Embassy in Abu Dhabi does not cooperate with any intermediaries in the matter of accepting and processing visa applications, nor does it recommend using their services.

Using the services of intermediaries does not lead to preferential treatment.

Only the consul is authorized to process visa applications and make decisions in their matters.

The only fee charged is the consular fee for submitting a visa application.

Who is eligible for the procedure?

IMPORTANT NOTICE: The procedure only applies to EU citizens who move to or reside in another EU Member State than the one of which they are nationals, and it applies to their family members who accompany or join them. This procedure applies only to family members of EU nationals who do not have Polish citizenship or do not have a permanent residence in Poland. 

EU citizens include:

• nationals of EU member states,
• nationals of the member states of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – parties to the European Economic Area agreement: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland;
• nationals of Swiss Confederation;
• nationals of the United Kingdom.

A family member of an EU citizen include:

• spouse of an EU citizen;
• direct descendant of an EU citizen or their spouse, up to 21 years of age or a dependent of an EU citizen or their spouse;
• direct ascendant EU citizen or his or her spouse who is an EU citizen or their spouse

Under the procedure you are eligible to submit your visa application:

•  free of charge if the applicant has transcriptions of a foreign marriage certificate (registration of the marriage certificate at the Polish registry office)
• your application will be accepted at the diplomatic mission after registering the form through the e-consulate system. ( Select the option register form, service type Schengen Visa C and follow the instructions).

 

Required documents:

• printed and signed visa application,
• recent photo in colour 35 x 45 mm size,
• valid passport,
• document confirming marriage or partnership with an EU national,
• document confirming that you accompany an EU national in his/her journey or join him/her in their place of residence.

Visa refusal:

Consul refuses a visa in the form of a decision. After receiving refusal decision an applicant has the right to appeal to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The appeal shall be submitted in writing through the consul who issued the decision within 14 days from the date of receiving the decision by the party.

When you apply for a visa, you have to provide your biometric data: a photo in the case of a national visa and a photo and fingerprints in the case of a Schengen visa.

If you have already applied for a Schengen visa in the recent 59 months and if you have given your fingerprints, you do not have to give them again – the system will automatically transfer your data.

The following applicants do not have to give their fingerprints:

• children under 12;
• persons who are physically unable to give their fingerprints (because they do not have fingers or they suffer from a temporary finger trauma); 
• heads of states or governments, members of national governments and their accompanying spouses and members of official delegations if they are invited for official purposes;
• monarchs and high-ranking members of royal families, if they are invited for official purposes.

The authority responsible for the processing of personal data that are in the Visa Information System (VIS) is the Central Technical Authority of the National Information System at the National Police Headquarters, address: ul. Puławska 148/150, 02-624 Warszawa.

Complaints concerning personal data protection are handled by the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection, address: ul. Stawki 2, 00-193 Warszawa.