Office for Foreigners

The Department of Social Assistance of the Office of Social Welfare, in accordance with the obligations imposed by the Act of 13 June 2003 on granting protection to foreigners in the territory of the Republic of Poland, provides minor foreigners receiving education and care in public institutions, primary and secondary schools with teaching aids in the form of school supplies (incl. in-kind form or in the form of vouchers for its purchase) and school textbooks for children completing compulsory one-year kindergarten preparation (so-called zero) and secondary school students.

In order to receive:

• school supplies, a valid certificate for the current school year must be sent and a completed application in accordance with the form (available for download at the bottom of the page)
• school textbooks, please send a valid certificate for the current school year and a list of textbooks received from the school and a completed application in accordance with the form (available for download at the bottom of the page)

School certificates can be submitted:

• in the center for foreigners (the list of centers with addresses can be found in the link https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/osrodki-dla-cudzoziemcow-ubiegajacych-sie-o-udzielenie-ochrony-miedzynarodowej)
• in the Foreigners Service Team of the Office for Foreigners at ul. Taborowa 16 in Warsaw
• by letter to the Department of Social Assistance to the correspondence address of the Office for Foreigners, ul. Taborowa 33, 02-699 Warsaw
• to the e-mail address sekretariat.dps@udsc.gov.pl.

When submitting or sending the certificate, please add the information "to the school kit".

Dealing with official matters in electronic form is only possible through the Office's mailbox on the EPUAP platform - /UDSC/SkrytkaESP (https://epuap.gov.pl/wps/portal)

Polish as a foreign language is taught in centers for foreigners in Warsaw and remotely. The classes are intended for adults and children.

To register your willingness to participate in classes:

• in the center, please contact the nearest center (the list of centers with addresses can be found in the link https://www.gov.pl/web/udsc/osrodki-dla-cudzoziemcow-ubiegajacych-sie-o-udzielenie-ochrony-miedzynarodowej)
• in Warsaw or remotely, please contact the organizer of the classes, Global School, by phone: 500 732 854 or e-mail: polski@globalschool.pl

Teaching materials for learning Polish for adults and children are available on the Office's website Teaching materials for learning Polish - Office for Foreigners - Gov.pl website (www.gov.pl).

We encourage you to read the guide on the education of foreign children, prepared by the Department of Social Assistance of the Office of Social Welfare, which describes, among others: rules for admitting children to schools, forms of support and facilitations for foreigners in schools, and assistance provided by the Office for Civil Protection. The guide is available in ten language versions HERE.

If you have any questions, please contact the UDSC hotline: 47 721 76 75, on weekdays from: 9.00-15.00. To connect with the person operating the education hotline, select the language, then dial 4 (social assistance), then dial 4 again (education) and wait for the consultant to call you.