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.

You can book your appointment to apply for a visa via the e-konsulat 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, e.g.: 
a.    A valid bank account statement issued by your bank,
b.    A valid credit card with a certificate of means available,
c.    A valid income certificate from your employer for the last three months,
d.    Traveller's checques issued to the visa applicant – an original and a copy.]
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. 

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 three 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.

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 visa applications is 80 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. 

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.

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

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

I am a Finnish citizen. My wife is a Cuban citizen and bears Finnish residence permit (based on family ties). We are going to Gdansk for a few-day vacation. Does my wife have to file an application for C-type short-term visa?

Since you will be travelling together visa is not required for you wife. In the case of border control your wife will present her passport as well as Finnish residence permit.