The alien shall submit an application for a temporary stay permit in person, not later than on the last day of their legal stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland. If the application for the permit was not submitted by the alien in person, the voivode requests their personal appearance within 7 days, otherwise the application will not be processed.
When submitting an application for a temporary stay permit, the alien shall leave
their fingerprints in order to obtain the residence card.
Aliens who are less than 6 years old or for whom leaving fingerprints is physically
impossible, do not fall under the above obligation.
If an alien does not leave their fingerprints in order to obtain the residence card,
although they are obliged to it, the proceedings to grant the alien a temporary
stay permit are not initiated.
If the deadline for application submission was met and there is no information missing
from the application or the information missing was provided on time, the alien's
stay is considered legal from the day the application was submitted, until the day
when the final decision regarding this case is made. If the proceedings related
with granting a temporary stay permit are suspended on the alien's request, their
stay during this time shall not be deemed legal.
NOTE: Having a stamp in their travel document does not entitle the alien to travel
to the territories of other countries of the Schengen Area, however, the alien can
travel to their country of origin. A temporary stay permit is granted for a period
needed to achieve the objective of the alien's stay on the territory of the Republic
of Poland, however, not longer than 3 years.
A temporary stay permit to perform work in a profession requiring high qualifications
is granted for a period longer by 3 months from the period of performing work, however,
not longer than 3 years.
An alien residing on the territory of the Republic of Poland,
based on a temporary stay permit to perform work in a profession requiring high
qualifications, within 15 days, notifies in writing the voivode having the authority
in the alien’s current place of residence, about losing a job.
If during the period of the first 2 years of the alien’s stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland,
based on a temporary stay permit to perform work in a profession requiring high
qualifications, the working conditions stipulated in the permit have changed, i.e.
the time basis or the contract type, the alien notifies the voivode having authority
in the alien's current place of stay about such change within 15 working days.
If, after two years of the alien's stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland,
based on a temporary stay permit to perform work in a profession that requires high
qualifications, the alien's position changed, their salary changed to a lower salary,
their minimum work time changed or the contract type, based on which the alien performs
work, changed, the alien notifies the voivode having authority in the alien's current
place of stay about this change within 15 working days.
A temporary stay permit to perform work in a profession requiring high qualifications may be, at any time
on the alien's request, modified by the voivode having authority in the alien's
current place of stay, if the alien intends to start performing work for a different
entity than the entity indicated in the permit, intends to change the position or
will receive salary lower than the salary indicated in the permit.
The initiation of proceedings to grant a temporary stay permit to perform work
in a profession requiring high qualifications is declined to an alien if the alien
is an employee in a company conducting business activities in another member state
of the European Union and is temporarily delegated by their employer to provide
services on the territory of the Republic of Poland.
A foreigner is
obliged to collect the residence card in person.