Poland in Georgia

You can apply at the consular office.

Visa application form must be submitted in person. Diplomatic mission does not accept application forms sent via fax, regular mail or e-mail.

You can book your appointment to apply for a visa via the e-konsulat system.

1.    A visa application form filled via the e-konsulat system, printed and signed. The form is free of charge (sample template).
2.    A 3.5 x 4.5 cm colour photo. The photo must be:
a.    sharp, taken against white background and printed on a quality paper,
b.    newer than 6 months,
c.    taken en face, clearly showing the eyes and face from both sides from the top of the head to the top of the shoulders with the face covering 70-80% of the photo. The photo must be taken without any headwear.
3.    Passport issued within last ten years, valid for at least three months from the expected return date, with at least two blank pages for visas. If 

you have another valid passport, you should attach it to the visa application form.
4.    A copy of the passport page with personal data and a photo and copies of all pages of the passport with visas or stamps. 
5.    All persons applying for a single- or double-entry Schengen visa shall demonstrate that they have adequate and valid medical travel insurance covering any expenses that they make incur during their stay(s) within the territory of the Member States, including the need for return travel for medical reasons, the need for urgent medical care, emergency inpatient treatment or death. Multiple-entry visa applicants shall demonstrate that they have adequate and valid travel medical insurance for the period of their first intended visit. The insurance must be valid in every European Union Member State and must cover the entire period of the planned stay. The minimum insured amount is EUR 30,000.
6.    Copy of an ID document to confirm residence within the consular district of your application.
7.    Proof that you have enough means of subsistence in the form decided by the mission:
a.    A valid bank account statement issued by your bank,
b.    A valid credit card with a certificate of means available,
c.    A valid income certificate from your employer for the last three months,
d.    Traveller's checques issued to the visa applicant – an original and a copy.]
8.    A proof of accommodation (for example, an official invitation or a hotel booking or reservation).
9.    A document to confirm the purpose and the conditions of your planned stay in Poland

Tourism:

Tourists can apply on the grounds of hotel confirmation. For travel to other Schengen countries, a travel plan is also required.

Visit:

- the basic document for visas to visit is the original invitation from the voivodship office;
- In the case of close relatives (ascendants, descendants, spouses), it is possible to invite handwritten entries, provided the family relationship is documented and the invitational identity is verified, whether the applicant is a citizen of Georgia or Poland. An inviting citizen of Georgia must be a resident of Poland legally - hold a residence card or a national visa.

Additionally, when applying for a visa for a minor you should present:

• Written consent of the child’s parent(s) to apply for a visa, confirmed by a notary. If there is only one guardian, it should be proved by a birth certificate, a court decision on exclusive parental custody or a death certificate of the other parent.
• Originals and copies of parents' passports.
• Original and a copy of a birth certificate.

If a child is entered in their parent's or a legal guardian’s passport, please submit a separate visa application. The visa will be pasted into the parent's or the legal guardian's passport.
Please note:

• You must apply for a visa in a consular office or the embassy’s consular department in the consular district of your place of residence.
• Usually, the above documents are enough to receive a visa, however, the consul may require additional documents.
• Apply for a visa not earlier than six months (in case of seamen - nine months) and not later than fifteen days before your planned journey.
• The consul may, but does not have to, invite the applicant for an interview.
• You may be banned from entering any of the Schengen States if you present forged documents or provide false information.
• Receiving the visa does not guarantee that you will enter the Schengen area - the final decision is always made by the authorities of the country where you intend to cross the Schengen area border.

The visa application fee is 90 EUR (for children in the age of 6-12 - 45 EUR).

The fees must be paid at the office counter when submitting the application.

Accepted forms of payment: cash.

The visa application fee is non-returnable, whatever the consul's decision. 

The consul will make the decision on the visa within 15 calendar days. Exceptionally, the time to make the decision can be extended up to 45 days.  

Visa processing time might be longer for third countries whose nationals or specific categories of such third country nationals are required to be consulted on visa applications. 
The consultation is currently required for nationals of the countries listed under following link.

Collection in person from Monday to Thursday between 3 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Applicant receives written information about the reason for the decision in case of refusal to issue a visa. From the moment of receipt of the decision issued by the consul, the applicant is entitled to apply for reconsideration.

Application for reconsideration should be submitted within 14 days from the date of receipt of the refusal.

Office hours: Monday-Thursday, between 9:30 am. and 12 p.m.

Fee for submitting the application is 80 EUR (for children in the age of 6-12 - 40 EUR).

Consul reconsiders the application within 7 days. The decision is final and can’t be appealed.

Revocation or annulment of Schengen visa

If you have received a decision to revoke or annul your Schengen visa that you do not agree with, you have the right to ask for a reconsideration. However, if you have applied yourself for your Schengen visa to be revoked and the consul has agreed, you are not entitled to appeal.

You should apply for reconsideration within 14 days of receiving the decision to annul or revoke your Schengen visa at the consular post that issued the decision.

Office hours: Monday-Thursday, between 9:30 am. and 12 p.m.

If you apply for reconsideration after your Schengen visa was revoked or annulled, you do not have to pay the consular fee.

Complaint about refusal to issue Schengen visa, decision to revoke or annul Schengen visa and the consul's activities in this respect.

If the consul who examines your reconsideration request, issues a new decision to refuse, annul or revoke your visa, which you do not agree with, you have the right to submit a complaint to the Provincial Administrative Court in Warsaw. The complaint should be forwarded through the consul who made the decision, within 30 days of receiving the decision taken as a result of the re-examination.

You do not pay a consular fee for submitting a complaint to the consul, but you have to pay fees for proceedings before administrative courts. Therefore, you have to note that the court will ask you to pay the court fee. More information on the amount of court fees when appealing with the administrative court, possibility to apply for an exemption from the costs and the language of the procedure, is available at:

http://bip.warszawa.wsa.gov.pl/133/wpis-sadowy-zasady-dokonywania-wpisu.html

Holders of a biometric passport do not need a visa to Poland or to other Schengen state for a period of 90 days within 180 days.

Legal basis: Council Regulation (EC) no 539/2001 of 15 March 2001 (in force on the 28^th of March 2017).

Applicants who are not citizens of Georgia should additionally submit:

- the Georgian residence card entitling to return to Georgia (applicants for a Schengen visa who want to work on the territory of the Republic of Poland are required to present a permanent residence card);

- documents which confirm possession of funds to cover travel expenses, eg bank statement for the last 3-6 months, signed traveler's checks, credit cards (bank statement on holding of funds on the card) salaries for the last 6 months, invitation (original and copy) issued in accordance with the Act of 13 June 2013 on foreigners (certified in the Voivodship Office);
- original of the certificate from the workplace: for the employee: a certificate from the workplace on the company form containing the organization's data, stating the position, length of service and monthly salary, income for the last 6 months;
- for entrepreneurs: original and copy of company registration in local authorities;

- for students: original of certificate from the university.