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Rights and obligations

Applicant

During the administrative procedure for granting asylum, the applicant shall be obliged to:

  •  provide information necessary to determine the actual situation, in particular related to his or her age, previous experience important for the case, identity, citizenship, relatives, the countries her or she has previously visited, previous applications for asylum, journey route and the reasons for submitting the application for asylum,
  •  provide the owned evidence confirming the circumstances indicated in the justification to the application for asylum,
  •  obey the summons and appear before the authority conducting the administrative case for questioning or filing explanations.

The person who applies for asylum is also obliged to have his or her fingerprints of photographs taken.

Moreover, a foreigner applying for asylum shall also be obliged to inform the Head of the Office for Foreigners about every change of his or her address, including electronic address. In the event of a failure to meet the obligation, letters submitted to the formed address shall be deemed legally effective.

Person who applies for asylum has the right to appoint an agent to represent him or her under the procedure. He or she also has the right to use the support of organisations which provide assistance to foreign nationals.

A LIST OF ORGANISATIONS PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS

Halina Nieć Legal Aid Centre
www.pomocprawna.org
Krakow 31-141, 11/7 Krowoderska St.
tel. 12 633 72 23, fax: 12 423 32 77
e-mail: porady@pomocprawna.org

Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
www.hfhr.pl
Warsaw 00-018, 11 Zgoda St.
tel.: 22 556 44 66; fax: 22 556 44 50
e-mail: refugees@hfhr.org.pl

“Multiocalenie” Foundation
www.multiocalenie.org.pl
00-204 Warsaw, 1 Slominskiego St. office 15
tel. /fax: 22 635 08 98
info@multiocalenie.org.pl

“Multiocalenie” Foundation Branch in Krynki
16-120 Krynki, 6 Jagiellonska St.
tel. /fax: 22 635 08 98
info@multiocalenie.org.pl

“Ocalenie” Foundation
www.ocalenie.org.pl
00-537 Warsaw, 6/14A Krucza St.
tel.: 22 828 04 50, fax: 22 828 50 54
e-mail: cpc@cpc.org.pl

“Ocalenie” Foundation Consultation Point in Lomza
18-400 Lomza, 33 Dluga St.
tel.: +86 214 16 57
e-mail: biuro@ocalenie.org.pl

Immigrants Support Centre (Centrum Wsparcia Imigrantów i Imigrantek)
www.cwii.org.pl
80-866 Gdansk, 11 Gdynskich Kosynierow St. office 1

The Rule of Law Institute Foundation
www.panstwoprawa.org
20-023 Lublin, 14/70 Chopin St.
tel./fax: +81 743 68 05, internal 21 or 28

Association for Legal Intervention
www.interwencjaprawna.pl
01-204 Warsaw, 5/51 Siedmiogrodzka St.
tel.: 739 614 952, 880 145 372 (information for foreigners provided between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.);
tel./fax: 22 621 51 65,
e-mail: biuro@interwencjaprawna.pl

CARITAS Poland
01-043 Warsaw, 55 Okopowa St.
tel.: 22 334 85 00, 22 334 85 85, fax: +48 22 3348558
e-mail: caritaspolska@caritas.pl

Bialystok Archdiocese CARITAS Immigrant and Refugee Aid Centre (Centrum Pomocy Migrantom i Uchodźcom CARITAS Archidiecezji Bialostockiej)
www.bialystok.caritas.pl
15-077 Bialystok, 32 Warszawska St.
tel./fax: 85 732 55 53
e-mail: migranci-bialystok@caritas.pl

Lublin Archdiocese CARITAS Immigrant and Refugee Aid Centre (Centrum Pomocy Migrantom i Uchodźcom CARITAS Archidiecezji Lubelskiej)
www.lublin.caritas.pl
20-950 Lublin, 2 Prymasa Wyszynskiego St.
tel.: 81 532 81 94
e-mail: migranci@kuria.lublin.pl

Legnica Archdiocese CARITAS Immigrant and Refugee Aid Centre (Centrum Pomocy Migrantom i Uchodźcom CARITAS Diecezji Legnickiej)
www.legnica.caritas.pl
59-900 Zgorzelec, 9 Emilii Plater St.
tel. / fax. 75 775 23 35
e-mail: migranci-zgorzelec@caritas.pl

Siedlce Archdiocese CARITAS Immigrant and Refugee Aid Centre (Centrum Pomocy Migrantom i Uchodźcom CARITAS Diecezji Siedleckiej)
www.siedlce.caritas.pl
21-500 Biala Podlaska, 80W41 Terebelskiej St.
e-mail: migranci-bialapodlaska@caritas.pl

Zielona Gora-Gorzow Archdiocese CARITAS Immigrant and Refugee Aid Centre (Centrum Pomocy Migrantom i Uchodźcom CARITAS Diecezji Zielonogorsko-Gorzowskiej)
www.caritas.zgora.pl
65-170 Zielona Gora, 32-34 Bema St.
tel.: 600 990 377
e-mail: migranci-slubice@caritas.pl

Fu Shenfu Migrant Centre
www.migrant.pl
Warsaw 04-118, 98 Ostrobramska St.,
tel./fax: 22 610 02 52, 781 904 555,
e-mail: osrodek@migrant.pl

Polish Migration Forum (Polskie Forum Migracyjne)
www.forummigracyjne.org
Warsaw 00-031, 5/14 Szpitalna St.
tel.: 22 110 00 85;
e-mail: info@forummigracyjne.org

International Humanitarian Initiative Foundation
www.mih.ihif.eu
02-622 Warsaw, 38/5 Malczewskiego St.
tel.: 530 999 907, 693 333 956, fax: 22 849 55 09
e-mail: info@mih.org.pl

“Obywatelska Perspektywa” Foundation
www.obywatelska.org.pl
02-512 Warsaw, 24b/14 Pulawska St.
tel.: 662 125 829
e-mail: fundacja@obywatelska.org.pl

Human Rights Section of the University Law Clinic
Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University
www.law.uj.edu.pl
Krakow 30-101, 18/3 Al. Zygmunta Krasinskiego
tel./fax: 12 430 19 97, tel. 506 –6 672
e-mail: poradnia.prawna@uj.edu.pl

Law Clinic – Student Legal Assistance Centre
Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Warsaw
Warsaw 00-927, 26/28 Krakowskie Przedmiescie
tel.: 22 552 08 11; tel./fax: 22 552 43 18;
e-mail: klinika@wpia.uw.edu.pl

University Legal Clinic of the Catholic University of Lublin
www.kul.lublin.pl
Lublin 20-074, 1 Spokojna St.
tel.: 81 532 67 99
e-mail: upp_kul@kul.pl

NOMADA Association for Multicultural Society Integration
www.nomada.info.pl/
Wroclaw 50-247, 4-8 Paulinska St.
tel.: 713070337 available on Mondays between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Thursdays between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.
e-mail: counselling@nomada.info.pl

+48791576459

As part of the asylum procedure, unaccompanied minors have an additional right to receive a temporary Foreigner’s Identity Certificate and the right to receive social assistance.

Spouse

By submitting a joint application for asylum, you are giving your spouse (the applicant) power of attorney to represent you in the asylum procedure. This means that any decision on the matter will be issued to the spouse (applicant) and will also be addressed to him/her. This also means that the Head of the Office of Foreigners is not obliged to interview you for the purpose of these proceedings. However, you have the right to request the Head of the Office for Foreigners to interview you separately. As the applicant’s spouse, you also have the right to submit a separate asylum application (e.g., if you have other reasons for applying for asylum). In such event, your cases shall be handled separately.

Submitting a joint application requires your written consent to do so.

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