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Permit deadline planner

When to file before your residence card expires: count back from the date

Enter when your card or permit expires and where you file: you get the day to file by.

When should you do what?

The “valid until” date. Applying for permanent or EU long-term residence? Use the card you hold now.

The office handling your case, usually where you live.

We count every date back from your expiry date, using the Permit Barometer's average waiting time in your voivodeship. For temporary residence, the average of the 16 voivodeships is 427 days. The dates move when offices publish new figures.

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The tools work out the dates.
From there, we guide you personally.

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Questions about the planner

It depends on the voivodeship. For temporary residence, the voivodeship averages run from 249 to 680 days, 427 on average across the 16 (Office for Foreigners, decisions issued January 1 – September 28, 2026). A work permit took 82 days in 2025, Poland-wide.

A temporary residence permit has no extension. You file for the next one, no later than the last day of your legal stay. If you file in time, without formal defects, your stay is legal until the decision is final.

Your stay remains legal until the decision is final, if you filed in time and without formal defects. The MOS certificate does not replace your card at a border, so avoid trips abroad. Talk to us before you book.

It is an average of cases already decided, so many applicants wait longer, and offices currently have no binding deadline for residence permit decisions. Plan with a margin and check the plan again before a big decision.

Enter the date anyway; the plan marks the missed steps. If you did not file in time, what comes next depends on your situation. Book a consultation before you file anything.