Poland in Iran

Citizens of Afghanistan should apply for all kind of visas in the Consular Section of the Polish Embassy in New Delhi.

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tehran does not cooperate with visa facilitation agencies and does not recommend using their services.

Remember:

The only fee charged is the fee for submitting the visa application!

Only the Consul is authorised to examine and decide on visa applications!

 

Visa types

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.

Schengen visa (C-Type)

Choose this visa if you 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, but Poland is your main destination;
• you do not know which Schengen country will be your main destination, but you cross the Schengen border for the first time in Poland.

In exceptional cases it is possible to issue a Schengen LTV visa which is valid only in the territory of selected Schengen states.

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 365 days. You also need to apply for a national visa if you seek asylum, repatriation, or if you use Polish Card privileges.

Insurances 

Information of the Minister of Foreign Affairs about the insurers and the insurances that they offer, which meet the necessary conditions referred to in Article 25 (1) (2) (a) and Article 25 (1b) of the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners is available on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Who is eligible:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This procedure applies only to family members of EU nationals who do not have Polish citizenship or do not have a permanent residence in Poland.

EU nationals include:

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

A family member of an EU national is:

• a spouse,
• a partner with whom an EU national formed a partnership under the law of a given EU state, provided that this country’s law recognizes a formal partnership as equal to a marriage,
• a child under 21 who is dependent on an EU national, his/her spouse or partner.

Under the procedure you are eligible to submit your visa application:

• free of charge,
• without prior appointment.

Required documents:

• A printed and signed visa application (filled in online)
• A recent photo in colour 35 x 45 mm size,
• A valid passport,
• A document confirming marriage or partnership with an EU national,
• A document confirming that you accompany an EU national in his/her journey or join him/her in their place of residence.

Visa refusal:

A family member of an EU citizen who is not an EU citizen will be refused a visa if:
1) they do not meet the conditions for getting a visa, 
2) they try to enter during the period when the entry in the register of foreigners whose stay in the territory of the Republic of Poland is undesirable is valid, as stated in Article 434 of the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners, hereinafter referred to as the "List",
3) in the proceedings for issuing a visa:
a) submitted an application that contained false personal data or false information or attached documents that contained such data or information,
b) testified untruthfully or concealed the truth or forged or modified a document in order to use it as an authentic one or used such a document as an authentic one;
4) applied for a visa in order to circumvent the legal regulations in force in another Member State of the European Union, a Member State of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) - a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation that regulates the rules of entry into the territory of the European Union. Stay in that territory and leave it,
5) a marriage was entered into with an EU citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Poland to get around the rules about how foreigners can enter the Republic of Poland, travel through it, stay there and leave,
6) it is required for reasons of national defence or security, or to protect public safety and order,
7) it is required for reasons of public health.

When you apply 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 recent 59 months and if you have given your fingerprints, you do not have to give them again – the system will automatically transfer your data.

The following applicants do not have to give their fingerprints:

• children under 12;
• persons who are physically unable to give their fingerprints (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;
• monarchs and high-ranking members of royal families, if they are invited for official purposes.

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: ul. Puławska 148/150, 02-624 Warszawa.

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