Poland in Armenia

Before you apply, you must decide which visa you need:

Airport transit Schengen visa (A-Type)

Choose this visa type, if you plan to pass through an international transit area of a Schengen airport travelling with a passport of one of these states: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka.

Pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EC) No. 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code), the Republic of Poland obliged the citizens of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cuba to have an airport transit visa when traveling outside the Schengen area with a transfer at Polish airports.

Schengen visa (C-Type)

This is a visa for the applicants, who plan to stay in Poland or other Schengen countries for a maximum of 90 days in each 180-day period of time. This means that you are allowed to stay in the Schengen zone legally only if your stay in Schengen countries did not exceed 90 days over the last 180 days. A special calculator on the European Commission’s website will help you count how long you can stay in Schengen countries.

You can apply for a Schengen visa in a Polish diplomatic mission if:

• Poland is the only destination country of your visit to the Schengen zone;
• you visit more than one Schengen country or if you make several separate visits within two months while Poland is your main destination in terms of length of stay or purpose;
• you can not specify which Schengen country will be your main destination, but you cross the Schengen border for the first time in Poland.

National visa (D-Type)

Choose this visa if you want to stay in Poland for more than 90 days. The validity of a national visa cannot exceed one year. You have to apply for a national visa if you seek asylum, repatriation or if you intend to use the Pole’s Card privileges.

Who is eligible?

 

In line with EU regulations, you have the right to travel with immediate family members who are not EU citizens to EU country other than the country of your citizenship. If you move to another EU state, immediate family members can also join you.

NOTE: These facilitations do not apply to family members of Polish citizens or family members of EU nationals, who permanently reside in Poland. They only concern the so-called relocations - when a citizen of another EU state with a family member travels or moves to Poland.

EU citizens are:

• citizens of EU member states,
• citizens of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.

 

A family member of the EU is:

 

• a spouse,
• a partner, with who the EU citizen has registered a civil union, under the legislation of the Member State concerned, if the legislation of the host Member State recognizes equivalence between the registered partnership and the marriage, and in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant legislation of the host Member State;
• a direct descendent under the age 21, who is dependent on the EU citizen or his/her spouse.
• a direct ascendant, who are dependent on the EU citizen or his/her spouse.

 

The privileges of the simplified procedures are:

• Visa application is free of charge.
• Your application will be accepted at the diplomatic mission without the need of prior registration.

 

Required documents:

• A printed and signed visa application (filled in e-konsulat website);
• A recent color photo of 3,5 x 4,5 sm;
• A valid passport;
• A document confirming that the applicant is a family member of the EU citizen (e.g. marriage certificate, registered partnership, birth certificate or written proof of dependency);
• A document confirming the EU citizen, who you intend to join, is already in the territory of Poland together with the applicant as an accompanying person (e.g. a written confirmation from the EU citizen, booked travel tickets).

Visa refusal

A consul refuses a visa in the form of a decision. You can appeal against the refusal to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

When applying for a visa, you have to provide your biometric data: a photo in the case of a national visa and a photo and fingerprints in the case of a Schengen visa.

If you have already applied for a Schengen visa in the last 59 months and have provided your fingerprints, you do not need to have your fingerprints scanned again – the system will automatically transfer your data.

The following applicants are exempt from giving their fingerprints:

• children under the age of 12;
• persons, who are physically unable to provide their fingerprints (e.g. because they do not have fingers or they suffer from a temporary finger trauma); 
• heads of states or governments, members of national governments and their accompanying spouses and members of official delegations if they are invited for official purposes by state governments and international organizations;
• monarchs and high-ranking members of royal families, if they are invited for official purposes by state governments and international organizations.

The authority responsible for the processing of personal data that are in the Visa Information System (VIS) is the Central Technical Authority of the National Information System at the National Police Headquarters, address: 148/150 Puławska str.,148/150, 02-624, Warsaw.

Complaints concerning personal data protection are handled by the Inspector General for Personal Data Protection, address: 2 Stawki str., 00-193, Warsaw.