Office for Foreigners

The application for exchange of the Temporary Foreigner’s ID may be submitted not sooner than two weeks before expiry of the document. Submit the filled in application with a photo in person in the registry office in the Office (33 Taborowa Street) or send via post to the address of the Office.

The applications for exchange of a residence card should be submitted a month before expiry of the documents. The application submitted prematurely will be refused, if there are no reasons for exchange of the document other than expiry. The above information apply also to the Geneva travel document.

No, in such cases, in accordance with a valid Regulation concerning personal data, employees of the Office may not provide by phone the information concerning the given person. In order to obtain such information it is necessary to come in person or send a letter via post.

No, confirmation of the payment must be provided along with the application for exchange of a residence card or, possible after being called upon to supplement the formal irregularities.

Persons who were granted subsidiary protection are not entitled for the Geneva travel document. If such an application is submitted it will be refused.

After submitting an application in the registry office or sending it via post, report to the reception office of the Office (33 Taborowa Street) after 7 days from submitting the application or from the day of confirmation of servicing the application to the Office, if you have sent it via post.

The passport may be reclaimed after finishing the refugee procedure – not before the date on which the decision finishing the procedure for granting international protection will become final.

The Temporary Foreigner’s ID (TZTC) is sent by post to the address stated in the application.

In order to exchange the document, it is necessary to fill in an appropriate application, attach the documents needed and submit it in person in a registry office or send by post to the Office.
Following verification of the application, a summon to appear will be sent to the stated correspondence address in order to submit fingerprints and for the purpose of supplementing of any possible formal irregularities. The envisaged term for realisation of the document amounts to two weeks from the date of submitting the fingerprints and supplementing other formal irregularities. After that period it is necessary to come in person to receive the document.

The charge for an exchange of a residence card due to a reported loss or destruction of the document amounts to PLN 100.

Persons who are older than 6 years of age are obliged to submit their finger prints.

Documents are to be received in person, as, at the receipt, fingerprints are taken for verification purposes.

To have your fingerprints taken, please come in person to the reception office at 33 Taborowa street in  Warsaw (counter no. 3) within working hours of the aforementioned office, i.e. Monday-Tuesday 10:00-12:00 and Thursday-Friday 10:00-12:00.

The application for exchange of a resident card should be accompanied by two current photos, confirmation of payment for issuing of a residence card in the amount of PLN 50 and a current certificate of a registered residence for the period of minimum 2 months.

The applications for those documents should be submitted at least preferably a month before expiry of the documents. Send them by post to the Office: ul. Taborowa 33, 02-699 Warsaw or submit in person in a submitting office at ul. Taborowa 33, Warsaw (from Monday to Friday, between 8:15-16:15).

In Poland, the Border Guard is responsible for the transfers and this service makes arrangements with the appropriate state.

The status of your procedure may be notified to you in person or to your attorney (if the power of attorney is present in the files). In the case of your written authorisation, the status of your procedure may be also notified to the authorised person (e.g. a family member).

No, the Office for Foreigners does not send the original documents by post.

Receipt in person is preferred. In the case of a receipt by a family member or another person, a written authorisation is needed.

The Office for Foreigners provided help only in reclamation of documents. When it comes to material goods, it is possible to obtain the help of an embassy or a direct contact with a body of the given state where the items were left behind.

For this purpose submit an application to the Office for Foreigners for help in reclaiming them, stating the state in question.

Poland is the state which should examine your application for granting international protection due to the first application submitted in this state or Polish visa held by you or a residence card (on the basis of the so-called Dublin Regulation).

Depending on the needs of the procedure, it is necessary to provide the marriage certificate, birth certificate(s), document certifying disability, medical documentation, written consent of both parties to reunification in the given Member State.

Siblings are not treated as a family members unless you are a minor and require attention.

In your case, the reunification will be conducted in the state where a larger part of the family is staying, namely where you are with the children. If you were here alone and the husband/wife would also be alone there, you would be reunified in the state where the older of you resides.

You may be reunified with a child who is a minor and is being supported by you. Then you will be reunified in the state where you are staying, provided this is in the child’s interests.

It is not possible if the child is an adult, unless you are dependent on the child or the other way around. The dependency may concern, e.g. health condition or an elderly age and the related limitations.