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Consular fees

Consular fees are charged in USD only, in cash, paid at the consular cashier of the Embassy of Poland in Addis Ababa.

New consular fees (valid from 1st January 2024). 

The consular fees are presented in the table below. Allowances and exemptions may apply. 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?").

No.

Consular service

Fee (USD)

I. Passport fees

1.01

Issuing a passport

122

1.02

Issuing a passport for a child under 12 years of age

39

1.03

Issuing a passport to persons mentioned in art. 21 u. 1 p. 2-15 and p. 16 letter “c” of Passport act of January 27, 2022

61

1.04

Issuing a passport to persons mentioned in art. 21 u. 1 p. 16 letter “a” of Passport act of January 27, 2022

20

1.05

Issuing a passport to persons mentioned in art. 21 u. 1 p. 16 letter “b” of Passport act of January 27, 2022

39

1.06

Issuing a temporary passport

45

1.07

Issuing a temporary passport awaitig a biometric passport

17

1.08

Issuing a second passport

244

 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*

398

2.02

 Administering an application for a restoration of Polish citizenship including the delivery of the decision on restoration of Polish citizenship*

45

2.03

 Administering an application for a confirmation of Polish citizenship including the delivery of the decision*

89

2.04

 Administering an application for a consent to renounce of a Polish citizenship including the delivery of the notice*

398

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)

34

 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

150

3.02

 Reconsideration of an application for a national visa

150

3.03

 Administering an application for a local border traffic permit

23

3.04

 Reconsideration of an application for a local border traffic permit

23

3.05

 Issuing a temporary Polish travel document to a foreigner

34

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)

34

3.07

Reconsideration of an application for a Schengen visa

89

 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

67

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)

56

4.03

 Issuing other certificates (not listed in 4.01 and 4.02)

34

 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

34

5.02

 Obtaining a document abroad and forwarding it to Poland (except securities) along with its legalization, upon the request of a Polish national 

34

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

23

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

56

5.05

 Issuing and delivery of a certified copy or a copy of a document from the case file

34

 VI. Fees for legalization, notarial and translation services

6.01

 Legalizing a document

34

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

67

6.03

 Certifying a duplicate, extract, excerpt or copy of the original or the authenticated copy of the document

34

6.04

 Certifying a signature or a handwritten sign

34

6.05

 Certifying a date of showing a document

34

6.06

 Preparing a notarial deed

288

6.07

 Other notarial services

34

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)**

100

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)**

34

 

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

56

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

23

 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****

553

7.02

 Admitting and transferring to the Polish civil registry office statements on non-existence of circumstances that exclude marriage (no impediments)

56

7.03

 Preparing and delivering a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage according to the Polish law 

56

7.04

 Obtaining from the Polish civil registry office a certificate of legal capacity to contract marriage according to the Polish law***

56

7.05

 Admitting declaration(s) of paternity recognition, issuing a certificate and forwarding documents to a relevant civil registry office

56

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* ***

56

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***

56

7.08

 Administrating an acknowledgement on a name or surname change and forwarding the document to a civil registry office

56

7.09

 Admitting an application for a name or surname change, forwarding the document to a civil registry office and delivering a decision

56

7.10

 Other services regarding civil registry matters

34

 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)

266

8.02

Admitting a maritime protest from the vessel's captain or administering a statement of an accident in inland navigation

332

8.03

Issuing or certifying the validity of a vessel's safety certificate or prolonging a certificate of maritime protection from ship generated pollution 

221

8.04

Other services regarding maritime or inland navigation

45

 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

100

9.02

 Fast track services (for services listed in the table of consular fees)

34

* 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.

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