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.

In order to apply for a visa, please book your appointment via the e-konsulat system.
Remember to apply for a visa not later than two weeks before the planned departure.

IMPORTANT!

Visits at the Consular Section in order to apply for national visa for employment require the following steps:

1. Visit: https://secure.e-konsulat.gov.pl/
2. Select the type of visa: - national visa - Register Form
3. Accept the general terms and conditions of the procedure.
4. Enter and save a preliminary visa application. Remember that the data entered in the application must be the same as the data in your documents.
5. You will receive a request to confirm the preliminary application to the e-mail address provided. You have to confirm your application within 48 hours.
6. After you confirm the preliminary application, your data will be verified. You will receive information on the results via e-mail. Positive result of verification entitles you to complete the full visa application within the next 48 hours. If the application is not completed within this time, your booking will be cancelled and the data removed from the system.
7. If there are more correctly verified applications for a given consulate than the available visit dates in a given period, the date of appointment will be assigned via an electronic draw.
8. After your application has been drawn, we will send information about the date of the visit to the e-mail address provided by you. Other applications will take part in subsequent draws until they are drawn or until the expiry of the document entitling you to work in Poland.
9. After having received the confirmation email with the specific appointment date, the printed and signed application along with all the required documents must be submitted personally on the day indicated by the system. For details please visit the following website: https://www.gov.pl/web/kuwait/d-type-national-visa

Registration a visa application for a different purpose than indicated in the selected type of a visa/registration section, making substantial changes in the visa application after completing the registration will cause a visa application rejection. Please register visa applications carefully and with proper attention.

The Polish Embassy in Kuwait does not collaborate with any commercial visa agencies. These entities are unable to secure visa appointments. The only cost involved is the visa fee charged by the Consulate.

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 on 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.
4.    A copy of the passport page with personal data and the photo. 
5.    Healthcare insurance valid across the European Union for the amount not lower than  EUR 30,000:

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.

6.    A copy of an ID document to confirm legal 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 orginal salary certificate
For Non Kuwaiti citizens:
a. a valid bank account statement issued by your bank (3 months)
b. orginal salary certificate
8.    A proof of accommodation (for example, an official invitation or a hotel booking or reservation).
9.    Documents confirming the purpose of your stay Poland.

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

• Written consent of the child’s/minor’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.
• An original and a copy of a birth certificate.

If the child is entered in the parent's or 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.
• The consul may, but does not have to, invite the applicant for an interview.
• The D-type visas allow to stay in other Schengen states for 90 days of any 180-day period. It means that you can legally stay in the Schengen Area only if your stay was shorter than 90 days over the past 180 days.  
• The D-type visa is valid for a maximum of one year.
• Please note, that receiving the visa does not guarantee that you will enter Poland - the final decision is always made by the Border Guard.

List of supporting documents to be submitted by applicants travelling for the purpose of study (bachelor, master or postgraduate studies)

a) an original acceptance letter from the higher education institution, confirming that that the third-country national has been accepted by a higher education institution to follow a course of study; (OFFICIAL PATTERN PDF FILE);

b) a proof of payment in case of starting or continuing paid studies, confirming that the fees charged by the higher education institution have been paid;

c) a document confirming being in possession of financial means sufficient to cover the costs of stay in Poland and the costs of return to the country of origin or residence, or the costs of transit to a third state into which applicant is certain to be admitted;

d) a document confirming being in possesion of health or travel medical insurance.

As far as point c) (above) is concerned: costs of stay in Poland include 3 components:

1.fixed and one-time amount ensuring the possibility to undertake the travel back to the country of origin and it is as follows: 200 PLN if the applicant came from the country neighbouring with Poland, or 500 PLN if the applicant came from the EU country not neighbouring with Poland or from the EFTA country or Switzerland, or 2500 PLN if the applicant came from another country.

2.Amount covering the cost of accommodation during the studies (i.e. confirmation from the students’ dorm, rent agreement for an appartment etc.)

3.Amount of 701 PLN (or 528 if the student will not be staying in Poland alone, but with a family) monthly to ensure that the student will not have the right to use the social services.

That means that the foreigner must present the proof of possessing the financial means to cover all three components, within the validity of the visa. This amount will not be fixed, because the accommodation costs can differ. Here is an example:

An Ukrainian citizen is planning to study in Poland (the validity of the visa is one year). Apart from the documents mentioned in the points a), b), d) he presents a document confirming that he will be staying in a dorm, and the fee for this accommodation is 500 PLN monthly. In this case the required financial means are: 200 PLN (first component) + 6000 PLN (annual dorm fee, assuming that the visa is issued for a year) + 8412 PLN (third component, the amount of 701 PLN multiplied by 12 months). Altogether it’s 14612 PLN – the amount the applicant should possess.

The documents which can prove in this example that the Ukrainian citizen possesses the amount of 14612 PLN are:

- travel cheques

- confirmation of the credit card limit issued by the bank located outside of Poland

- confirmation of possession of financial means in the bank located in the territory of Poland,

- document confirming granting of the national or international scholarship

- confirmation of employment and salary level

It is accepted that the documents mentioned above  (except the scholarship and travel cheque) are issued in the name of the other person (it does not have to be family). In this case it’s necessary to provide the sponsorship letter, confirmed by the notary and legalize it. For example: parents or a foundation confirm that they will cover costs of the student’s stay in Poland, attaching documents confirming the possession of relevant financial means (orginal salary certificates and valid bank statements issued by your bank - 3 months).

NOTE: The higher education institution must be approved by the Polish Ministry of Interior.

Acceptance and processing of an application for a D visa is 47 Kuwaiti Dinars (KWD).

Form of payment - only cash.

The visa fee is regularly reviewed to reflect administrative costs.
 

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

The decision on the issue of a visa is made within 15 working days from the payment date of application fee. If the documents need to be examined in more detail, the consideration period may be extended to 30 days. In urgent and justified cases, the decision can be made in three working 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.

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

The application fee in this case is 28 Kuwaiti dinars.