Полска во Северна Македонија

You can apply at the consular office at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Skopje (Dimitar Pandilov 2a, Skopje 1000).

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 national visa, please book your appointment via the e-konsulat system. Remember to apply for a visa no later than 15 calendar days before the planned departure.

NOTE - When registering, enter precisely requested data contained in the documents you intend to submit. Data entered in the application need to be consistent with the data contained in the documents (also in terms of spelling).

In order to book an appointment:

1.  go to the e-konsulat system;

2.  in the “Menu” select "National visa - register form", then select your option (application for a work visa or application for another type of national visa) and confirm that you accept the rules for submitting the application:

-    if you select "National visa - work", fill in the provisionary visa application containing your basic data and the details of your work permit in Poland. If the details entered are correct, you will receive an email with a link to complete the visa application (you will have 48 hours to do it). Complete the application, save it and print it. If the data are not positively verified or the application is not completed within 48 hours, the registration will be canceled;

-    if you select "National visa - others", choose the date of your visit, complete the visa application, save it and print it.

3.  If the number of applicants is greater than the number of available places, appointments will be made by electronic drawing. The appointment dates for visa cases are drawn by the e-konsulat system every other Saturday. Employees of consular offices cannot interfere with this process. After the drawing, you will receive information about its results and:

-    if your application has been drawn, you will receive information about the date of the appointment;

-    if your application has not been selected, it will take part in subsequent draws until it is drawn or until the expiry of the document entitling you to work in Poland.

All information, confirmation and links are automatically sent to the e-mail address you’ve given at the beginning.

On the agreed date you shall come to the consular office with a printed and signed visa application form, original work permit and a complete set of necessary documents.

PLEASE NOTE: If you apply for a national work visa and select another option („Student” or „Other”), your application will not be proceeded. 

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.    All persons applying for a D-type national visa must personally submit documentation confirming the possession of medical travel insurance as referred to in art. 25, sec. 1, point 2, letter a, or documentation confirming the possession of health insurance, as defined by the Act of August 27, 2004, on health care services financed by public funds. Medical travel insurance with an insured amount of no less than EUR 30,000 must be valid for the period of the foreigner’s intended stay within the Republic of Poland and must cover all expenses that may be incurred during the stay, including: the need for return travel for medical reasons, the need for urgent medical assistance, emergency hospital treatment, or death, for which the insurer covers the cost of healthcare services provided to the insured with direct payments to the entity providing such benefits and on the basis of a bill issued by said entity.  More information can be found at https://www.gov.pl/web/diplomacy/visas. 
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.
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.

In cash, 4927,00 MKD.

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.

In person, during consular office hours.

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 4927,00 MKD.