Tools for your residence card or work permit in Poland. One question each.
How long the office takes, when to file, how many days you can be away, what photo MOS accepts. Built from the Act on Foreigners and the offices' own figures, with the source next to every rule and number. What you type stays in your browser; the result is yours to copy or save.
Permit Barometer
See how long the office in each voivodeship has recently taken to decide a residence or work permit, and which way its queue is moving.
Data as of September 28, 2026
Open the barometer →Permit deadline planner
Enter when your residence card, Blue Card or work permit expires and where you file. It also works if you are applying for permanent residence or EU long-term resident status. You get the last legal day to file, the day to file by at today's waiting times, and the steps before it.
Open the planner →Days outside Poland
Enter your trips and see how long you can stay outside Poland with permanent residence or an EU long-term resident permit, whether you are applying or already hold it, with a trip table to keep.
Open the calculator →MOS photo tool
Choose a photo, fit your head to the guide and download a JPG in the size, proportion and format MOS asks for with a residence permit application, in your browser only.
Open the photo tool →
Each tool takes the facts you already have and does the counting. Where a tool shows a waiting time, it is an official average with its source and date, and it says so.
Planning aids, not legal advice. Check your own file with a consultant before you rely on a date.