Poland in Kuwait

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. Schengen Visa appointment’s slots are available every working day at 10.00 am. Please note that one slot allocates one person (not a family).

It is possible that all appointment dates for a given day will be booked. In such a case, please wait, every working day the slots are being released via the booking system.

1.    A visa application form filled via the e-konsulat system, printed and signed.
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. 
5.    Healthcare insurance valid across all countries of the Schengen area for the amount not lower than EUR 30,000. If you apply for a multiple-entry visa, it should cover the date of the first entry
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:
For Kuwaiti citizens: 
a.    A valid bank account statement issued by your bank (3 months) or original salary certificate
For Non Kuwaiti citizens: 
a.    A valid bank account statement issued by your bank (3 months),
b.    Original salary certificate
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
10. Residence permit for for Non Kuwaiti citizens
11. Work permit for Non Kuwaiti citizens

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 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.
• Biometric data should be collected every 59 months from the date of their first application
• The Visa Information System (VIS) is to be used, inter alia, by exchange of data on visa applications and related decisions between Member States. Due to the fact that it has achieved full operational efficiency, the travel document of a foreigner applying for a Schengen visa is not stamped with the admissibility of the application referred to in art. 20 of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code).

Acceptance and processing of an application for a type C visa - 28 Kuwaiti Dinars.

Payment method - only cash.

Exemptions

Children between the ages of six and under 12 pay a visa fee of 14 Kuwaiti Dinars.

The visa fee is regularly reviewed to reflect administrative costs.

The visa fee shall be waived for applicants in one of the following categories:
(a) children under the age of 6;
(b) school pupils, students, doctoral students and accompanying teachers who travel for the purposes of study or educational training;
(c) researchers from third countries travelling for the purpose of carrying out scientific research as defined in Recommendation 2005/761/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 September 2005 to facilitate the issue by the Member States of uniform short-stay visas for researchers from third countries travelling within the Community for the purpose of carrying out scientific research
(d) representatives of non-profit organisations up to the age of 25 participating in seminars, conferences, sporting, cultural and educational events organised by non-profit organisations.

The visa fee may be waived in respect of visas:
(a) children between six and under 12 years of age;
(b) holders of diplomatic and service passports;
(c) persons aged 25 or under participating in seminars, conferences, sports, cultural and educational events organised by non-profit organisations.

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 30 or 60 days.  

Personal, from Sunday until Wednesday 10:00-13:00.

If you do not agree with the consul's decision, you may ask to have your visa application re-considered. You must apply for the reconsideration in the office that issued the decision within 14 days of its delivery, personaly, from Sunday until Wednesday 10.00-13.00.
The application fee in this case is 28 (KWD) Kuwaiti dinars. 

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.

[information by the consular post on dates and times of admitting requests for reconsideration]

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