New fees for issuing documents for foreigners

New fees for issuing documents for foreigners.

New fees will be charged from foreigners in Poland for the issuance and exchange of documents.

When will it enter into force?

The regulation was submitted on 26th of July 2022 and will apply from 29th of July 2022.

 

Which documents?

The document specifies new amounts of fees charged for issuing or replacing:

• residence cards,
• Polish travel document for a foreigner,
• Polish identity document of a foreigner,
• the document “consent for tolerated stay”;

 

What were the fees before?

The fees before the new regulations were as follows:

• residence cards (including a residence card issued ex officio immediately after granting a temporary residence permit, permanent residence permit, long-term resident’s European Union residence permit) – PLN 100,
• Polish travel document for a foreigner – PLN 350,
• Polish identity document of a foreigner – PLN 100,
• the document “tolerated stay permit” – PLN 100;

 

What are the new fees?

Currently, the rates of the fees for the replacement of the document in the event of its loss or destruction caused by a foreigner doubled and are as follows:

• residence cards – PLN 200,
• Polish travel document for a foreigner – PLN 700,
• Polish identity document of a foreigner – PLN 200,
• the document “tolerated stay permit” – PLN 200;

Currently, the rates of the fees for the replacement of the document in the event of its subsequent loss or destruction caused by a foreigner is:

• residence cards – PLN 300,
• Polish travel document for a foreigner – PLN 1050,
• Polish identity document of a foreigner – PLN 300,
• the document “tolerated stay permit” – PLN 300;

 

There was no change in the fees for issuing a temporary Polish travel document for a foreigner and the amount is 50PLN.

In the course of the following, fees shall be paid at the cash desk of the institution issuing the document or to its bank account.

What’s also worth noting is that when the application for issuing or replacing the document was submitted before the date of entry into force of the regulation, that is by 28 July 2022 at the latest, the previous fee will be charged for issuing or replacing this document.

 

Your first residence card

What’s more, the first residence cards issued immediately after the granting of a temporary residence permit, a permanent residence permit and a long-term resident’s European Union residence permit are usually issued by voivodes ex officio. In this case, the application of the fee rate for issuing a residence card will depend on the date of submitting the application for a residence permit to the voivode.

 

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