• You will obtain the PESEL Number ex officio – if you register your residence in Poland for a stay of over 30 days.
• Submit an application with any municipality/township office – if you cannot register your residence, but you need the PESEL Number.

If you register your residence:

• an application for the assigning of a PESEL Number – download  and fill it out at home. You can also obtain the application at the municipality/township office. In the Materials below there are instructions on how to correctly complete the application form for a PESEL number in Polish,
• a document, which confirms your identity and other data entered in the application form.

You can submit the application In person or by a Proxy acting on your behalf. Learn more at the office how to handle the matter through a proxy.
Remember! Provide the actual legal base in the application, which entails the obligation of holding a PESEL Number. If Any agency (for example, ZUS (Social Security Agency) or tax Office requires the PESEL Number – it should also provide you with the legal base of such a requirement.
If there are any deficiencies in the application – you will be informed that they need to be supplemented. The office will not be able to review your application, if the said application fails to meet official requirements.

Materiały

Instructions on how to complete an application form for a PESEL number
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1. Fill out the application form and prepare your ID document – for more information, see the What you have to prepare section.
2. Submit the application with any office – for more information, see the Where to collect section.

This is a free of charge service.
 

The official will immediately accept your application. If there are grounds for assigning the PESEL no. – you will receive notice of assignment of the PESEL Number.

at the municipality/township office where you applied

• The Population Registration Act of 25 September 2010 (Journal of Laws of  2021 r. Item 510),
• Regulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs of 4 January 2012 regarding the assignment or change of PESEL N Numbers (Journal of Laws of 2015 r. Item 1984).