Puola Suomessa

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 earlier than 3 months before a planned departure.

Please note!
You can apply for an A-Type visa only if:

• You are planning to stay only in the airport's transit area and are not planning to leave it.  The A-Type visa does not authorise you to stay in the Schengen area.
• You are a citizen of one of the countries below:

o    Afghanistan, 
o    Bangladesh, 
o    Democratic Republic of Congo, 
o    Eritrea, 
o    Ethiopia, 
o    Ghana, 
o    Iran, 
o    Iraq, 
o    Nigeria, 
o    Pakistan, 
o    Somalia, 
o    Sri Lanka.
You do not need to apply for an A-Type visa if you:
•    hold a diplomatic passport,
•    are a member of an EU citizen's closest family,
•    hold a C-Type or D-Type visa or a residence permit issued by one of the EU Member States
•    hold any of the residence permits listed in Annex V of the Community Code on Visas, issued by Andorra, Canada, Japan, San Marino or the United States of America,
•    hold a valid visa of a European Economic Area country or Canada, Japan or the United States of America, or you are returning from these countries after using such visa.

Required documents:

• A visa application form filled via the e-konsulat system, printed and signed;
• A 3.5 x 4.5 cm colour photo. The photo must be:

o    sharp, taken against white background and printed on a quality paper. 
o    newer than 6 months;
o    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.

• 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.
• A copy of the passport page with personal data and the photo. 
• A healthcare insurance valid across the Schengen area for the amount not lower than EUR 30,000 
• A copy of an ID document to confirm residence within the consular district of your application. 
• A document to confirm that you will continue your journey after leaving the transit area (for example, a plane ticket or a visa of the country of destination).
• Any information to prove that you do not intend to make your way into the territory of any of the Schengen area countries.

Additionally, when applying for a visa for a child 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.
• An original and a copy of a birth certificate.

If the child is entered in the parent's or legal guardian’s passport, 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.
• A-Type visa does not allow you to leave the airport transit area.
   

Acceptable forms of payment of consular fees are cash and wire transfer. The visa application fee is non-returnable, whatever the consul's decision.  
The Consulate Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland reserves the right to return incomplete documentation at the applicant's own risk and cost, the fee will not be refunded. We reserve the right also to ask for additional documentation or to conduct a personal interview with the applicant.

The consular fee for lodging and processing Schengen A-type visa applications is 60 EUR. There is no fee for (1) children under six years, (2) school pupils, students, postgraduate students and accompanying teachers who undertake a stay for purpose of education or training as well as for (3) researchers coming for a purpose of conducting a research, (4) representatives of NGOs under the age of 25 years who participate at conferences, seminars and sport or cultural events organized by nonprofit organizations and for (5) holders of diplomatic and service passports. The fee for children above the age of 6 years and below the age of 12 years is 35 EUR.

The Schengen visa fee for citizens of states being parties of bilateral facilitation visa agreements concluded with the European Union (Armenia, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, FYROM-Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Ukraine) is 35 EUR as a rule; moreover, numerous categories of persons are exempt from visa fees in the light of the agreements.

No visa fee is collected for lodging and processing Schengen visa applications submitted by the family members of EU citizens as defined in the above-mentioned law of 14th July 2006 as well as by a spouse, a minor direct descendant or a minor direct descendant of a spouse of a Polish citizen, a minor direct relative in the ascending line a minor direct relative in the ascending line of a spouse of a Polish citizen, provided that this direct descendant or relative in the ascending line is financially supported by the Polish citizen.  

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.  

During the office hours of the Consulate: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10:00-13:00, Wed 10:00-17:00. 

The applicant may appeal against the decision to refuse/annul/revoke a Schengen visa issued by the consul.

The request for reexamination of the visa application should be filed within 14 days of receiving the decision with the consul who issued the decision. 

Reexamination of the application fee is 60 EUR. 

Application for reexamination can be ledged during the office hours of the Consulate: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri 10:00-13:00, Wed 10:00-17:00. 

I am a citizen of Sri Lanka. I will be travelling from Helsinki to Colombo via Warsaw. Do I have to obtain the A-type Schengen visa?

Persons who holds a valid residence permit issued by one of the Schengen countries (and some other) are not required to apply for the A-type Schengen visa.