Poland in Saudi Arabia

You can apply at the appropriate 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.

You can book the appointment not later than 15 days and maximum 6 months before the date of your intended travel.

IMPORTANT!

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

1. Visit E-Konsulat Page

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/saudiarabia/visas

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 Consular Section of the Polish Embassy in Riyadh 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-Consulate 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.

Detailed guidelines for photos can be found here.

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 - list of accredited insurance companies.
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 for the last 3 months,
        b.    A valid credit card with a certificate of means available,

8.    A proof of accommodation (for example, an official invitation or a hotel booking or reservation).
9.    A copy of the flight ticket reservation containing the flight details and booking number.

10. Documents confirming the purpose and the conditions of your planned stay in Poland.

11. Original letter from the employer / sponsor (in Saudi Arabia) confirming the employment status, position held, date of employment and the length of the contract, information on the possibility of extending the contract, as well as the salary. The letter must be attested by the local Chamber of Commerce (in the case of Saudi Arabia: Chamber of Commerce);

          a) self-employed - valid original trade license and one copy with translation;

          b) private employed / domestic staff - a letter from the sponsor with a copy of the job contract.

In addition, visa applications for persons coming from countries other than Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen:

1. Iqama valid for at least 3 months from the planned date of completion of the trip to the Schengen area;
2. Visa for re-entry and departure to / from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Saudi Re-Enry Visa) valid for a period longer than the planned end of stay in the Schengen area;
3. Current account statement issued by the bank for the last 6 months.

Detailed guidelines on other supporting documents depending on the purpose of the visit can be found here.

Additional documents required in the case of an application for a work visa (national visa D):

1. Original promise to issue a work permit, drawn up by the competent Polish authorities (voivodeship office).
2. Application made on the print of the company offering employment, including the name, surname, position of the applicant, the desired length of the visa - duration of employment (original signed by a person authorized to sign documents on behalf of the company).
 

Additional documents required for visa applications for studies and research (national visa D):

1. Certificate of the unit conducting studies on admission to studies or on continuation of studies. A model certificate can be found here.

2. Proof of payment of tuition fees.

3. Document confirming having sufficient financial resources to cover the cost of living and the return travel.

4. A high school diploma together with the results of the school-leaving examination, if such an examination exists in the country of graduation.

5. An administrative decision, issued by the relevant Education Office (https://www.gov.pl/web/edukacja/kuratoria-oswiaty), recognising as a document of confirmation in the Republic of Poland a secondary or upper secondary education, or an entitlement to continue education, including an entitlement to apply for admission to higher education, taking into account the scope of entitlements in the country that has issued the school-leaving certificate - required from the people planning to commence the bachelor studies.

6. Certificate of proficiency in the language of studies issued at the level required by the unit conducting the studies.

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.

The fee for submitting a visa application is in accordance with the table of consular fees.

The payment is accepted only in cash.

 
Concessions:

a) spouses of EU citizens are exempt;

b) children under 6 years are exempt;

c) children aged 6-12 - fee is in accordance with the table of consular fees.

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. National visa for the purpose of studies, research, internship or volunteering or a decision to refuse such a visa shall be issued within 60 days from the date of submission of the application in this case together with the documents necessary to confirm the data contained in the application and the circumstances justyfying the applicatio to issue this visa.

The document with a visa is to be collected in person, upon presentation of a receipt, during working hours of the Visa Section:  Sunday till Thursday, from 9.00 - 14.00.

It is possible to send a passport with a visa (only with the granted visa, not refusal) by courier at the recipient's expense (written application with justification required).

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.

The application fee in this case is in accordance with the table of consular fees.

Applications for reconsideration of the application can be submitted during working hours of the Visa Section: Sunday - Thursday from 9.00 - 14.00.