Consular fees
The Consular and Polish Diaspora Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ottawa and the Consulates General of the Republic of Poland in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver kindly remind applicants that consular fees are accepted only in the form of cash, money order or certified bank check issued to: Embassy of Republic of Poland in Ottawa, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Montreal, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Toronto or Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Vancouver. Only Consulate General in Toronto accepts debit and credit cards except American Express.
In cases handled by mail, fees are accepted only in the form of a money order, online transfer or certified bank check. Personal checks are not accepted. You can find online transfer details here.
The basic fees presented in the table below do not take into account the allowances and exemptions to which you may be entitled under other regulations. Before visiting the consulate, please consult the "Consular Information" tab on our website, where you can find detailed information regarding fees for each type of case ("How much does it cost?").
The following table is valid from June 11, 2024:
| CONSULAR SERVICE |
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| Fees in Canadian dollars (CAD) |
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| Item | Type of consular service | Fee in CAD |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| I. | Passport fees | |
| 1.01. | Issuing a passport | 162 |
| 1.02. | Issuing a passport for a child under 12 years of age | 52 |
| 1.03. | Issuing a passport to persons mentioned in art. 21 u. 1 pkt 2-15 and pkt 16 letter “c” of Passport act of January 27, 2022 | 81 |
| 1.04. | Issuing a passport to persons mentioned in art. 21 u. 1 pkt 16 letter “a” of Passport act of January 27, 2022 | 27 |
| 1.05. | Issuing a passport to persons mentioned in art. 21 u. 1 pkt 16 letter “b” of Passport act of January 27, 2022 | 52 |
| 1.06. | Issuing a temporary passport | 59 |
| 1.07. | Issuing a temporary passport awaitig a biometric passport | 22 |
| 1.08. | Issuing a second passport | 323 |
| II. | Fees for services concerning Polish citizenship | |
| 2.01. | Administering an application for granting a Polish citizenship including the delivery of a certificate of granting or denial of granting a Polish citizenship *) | 528 |
| 2.02. | Administering an application for a restoration of Polish citizenship including the delivery of the decision on restoration of Polish citizenship *) | 59 |
| 2.03. | Administering an application for a confirmation of Polish citizenship including the delivery of the decision *) | 118 |
| 2.04. | Administering an application for a consent to renounce of a Polish citizenship including the delivery of the notice *) | 528 |
| 2.05. | Admitting a declaration under Art. 9 (2) of the Polish Citizenship Act of 2 April 2009 (Journal of Laws of 2012, item 161, as amended) | 44 |
| III. | Visa fees, fees for issuing local border traffic permits and in other cases regarding foreigners | |
| 3.01. | Administering an application for a national visa | 198 |
| 3.02. | Reconsideration of an application for a national visa | 198 |
| 3.03. | Administering an application for a local border traffic permit | 30 |
| 3.04. | Reconsideration of an application for a local border traffic permit | 30 |
| 3.05. | Issuing a temporary Polish travel document to a foreigner | 44 |
| 3.06. | Issuing an emergency travel document defined in the Council Decision 96/409/CFSP of 25 June 1996 on the establishment of an emergency travel document, (Official Journal of the European Union L 168 of 06.07.1996, p. 4) | 44 |
| 3.07. | Administering and reconsideration of an application for a Schengen visa | 132 |
| IV. | Fees for issuing certificates and permissions | |
| 4.01. | Issuing a weapon transportation permit or weapon transit permit through the territory of the Republic of Poland or entry into the European firearms pass in transit | 88 |
| 4.02. | Issuing a permission for a transport or transit through or on the territory of the Republic of Poland of human body or ashes (remains) | 74 |
| 4.03. | Issuing other certificates (not listed in 4.01 and 4.02) | 44 |
| V. | Fees for obtaining documents from Poland | |
| 5.01. | Delivery of a document sent by national authorities upon request made by a person staying abroad | 44 |
| 5.02. | Obtaining a document abroad and forwarding it to Poland (except securities) along with its legalization, upon the request of a Polish national | 44 |
| 5.03. | Admitting and forwarding correspondence to Poland through official channels if the law stipulates that admitting the document by a consul allows to observe a time limit in proceedings | 30 |
| 5.04. | Administering an application for a permission to serve in a foreign military or a foreign organization and forwarding it to the relevant Polish authority | 74 |
| 5.05. | Issuing and delivery of a certified copy or a copy of a document from the case file | 44 |
| VI. | Fees for legalization, notarial and translation services | |
| 6.01. | Legalizing a document | 44 |
| 6.02. | Preparing and certifying a duplicate, extract, excerpt or copy of the original or the authenticated duplicate of the document or preparing a duplicate, extract, excerpt of a notarial deed by a consul and safekeeping them in the consular office | 88 |
| 6.03. | Certifying a duplicate, extract, excerpt or copy of the original or the authenticated copy of the document | 44 |
| 6.04. | Certifying a signature or a handwritten sign | 44 |
| 6.05. | Certifying a date of showing a document | 44 |
| 6.06. | Preparing a notarial deed and preparing one extract from the notarial deed | 381 |
| 6.07. | Other notarial services | 44 |
| 6.08. | Preparing and certifying translations from Polish into an official language or other commonly used languages of the host country or from an official language or other commonly used languages of the host country into Polish - per page **) | 132 |
| 6.09. | Verifying and certifying translations from Polish into an official language or other commonly used languages of the host country or from an official language or other commonly used languages of the host country to Polish - per page **) | 44 |
| 6.10. | Preparing and certifying translations of documents of repetitive content from Polish into an official language or other commonly used language in the host country or from an official language or other commonly used language in the host country into Polish | 74 |
| 6.11. | Verifying and certifying translations of documents of repetitive content from Polish into an official language or other commonly used language in the host country or from an official language or other commonly used language in the host country into Polish | 30 |
| VII. | Fees for civil registry services | |
| 7.01. | Preparing documents on contracting marriage before the consul, admitting statements on entering into marriage and statements regarding the surnames of spouses and their children, drawing up a marriage protocol, forwarding the documents to the civil registry office in Poland as well as delivering a marriage certificate *) ***) | 733 |
| 7.02. | Admitting and transferring to the Polish civil registry office statements on non-existence of circumstances that exclude marriage (no impediments) | 74 |
| 7.03. | Preparing and delivering a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage according to the Polish law | 74 |
| 7.04. | Obtaining from the Polish civil registry office a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage according to the Polish law ***) | 74 |
| 7.05. | Admitting declaration(s) of paternity recognition, issuing a certificate and forwarding documents to a relevant civil registry office | 74 |
| 7.06. | Preparing documents on registration or restoration of foreign civil registry act in a Polish civil registry and delivering duplicates from Polish civil registry offices *) ***) | 74 |
| 7.07. | Entering declarations into record and forwarding an application for the registration of birth or death to the Polish civil registry office and delivery of Polish birth or death certificates ***) | 74 |
| 7.08. | Administrating an acknowledgement on a name or surname change and forwarding the document to a civil registry office | 74 |
| 7.09. | Admitting an application for a name or surname change, forwarding the document to a civil registry office and delivering a decision | 74 |
| 7.10. | Other services regarding civil registry matters | 44 |
| VIII. | Fees for services concerning maritime and inland navigation | |
| 8.01. | Issuing a temporary certificate of ship's Polish nationality (certificate of vessel's registration) | 352 |
| 8.02. | Admitting a maritime protest from the vessel's captain or administering a statement of an accident in inland navigation | 440 |
| 8.03. | Issuing or certifying the validity of a vessel's safety certificate or prolonging a certificate of maritime protection from ship generated pollution | 293 |
| 8.04. | Other services regarding maritime or inland navigation | 59 |
| IX. | Fees for special manner of handling consular services ****) | |
| 9.01. | Providing a service upon request outside of consular premises, charged for each started 8 hours, including travel time | 132 |
| 9.02. | Fast track services (for services listed in the table of consular fees) | 44 |
| *) There are no additional fees for consular services regarding processing of documents, except for fees for preparing and certifying translations or correcting and certifying translations. | ||
| **) For charging the due consular fee the volume of the document is determined according to the regulations concerning remuneration of sworn translators. | ||
| ***) With the possibility of obtaining legalization or Apostille. | ||
| ****) Fees for special manner of handling consular cases are incurred independently from fees for providing the consular service and the reimbursement cost. | ||