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Residence problems - what to do

Has something changed in your residence case, or is something going wrong? We have collected the situations in which deadlines run and on which your permit depends.

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Much can change in a residence case - before the decision and after it. You change or lose your job, you want to travel, you receive a summons from the office or a refusal decision. In each of these situations deadlines run, and your permit and legal stay depend on meeting them.

Start with two dates: until when your legal stay lasts and when you received the last letter from the office. They determine how much time you have to react.

Choose the topic that concerns your case. We describe what the law says, which deadlines run and what you can do. You will find the basic rules on your stay while waiting for the decision in the guide legal stay after submitting an application.

Changing employer

Changing employer under a residence and work permit: a paper application to the voivode, 220 PLN fee, when a change is not needed and when you may start the new job.

Changing work conditions

A different position, lower pay, fewer hours or a different contract with the same employer: when the residence and work permit must be changed and when not.

Job loss

Lost your job while holding a residence and work permit? You have 15 working days to notify the voivode and 30 days of protection against withdrawal. What next.

Working while waiting

Can you work while waiting for a residence decision? Continuing work, a work permit, free access to the labour market and when work is prohibited.

Leaving while waiting

Can you leave while waiting for a residence decision? The certificate is not for travel. On what basis you will return, summonses from the office and a proxy.

Summons from the office

Received a summons from the voivodeship office? At least 14 days for documents, 7 days for defects and the visit. How to reply and what failure to react risks.

Formal defects

What formal defects in a residence application are, how many days you have to remove them, when the application is left unexamined and what it means for a legal stay.

Refusal - what next

Refusal of a residence permit: an appeal within 14 days to the Head of the Office for Foreigners, 30 days to leave after the final decision and the legality of your stay.

Delay in the case

How much time the office has for a residence decision: 60 days, 6 months, 90 days on appeal. When and how to file a reminder and what it gives - with the provisions.

Expired passport

Passport expires during the residence case or with a valid card? What the law says on the summons to the office, discontinuance, travel and card replacement.

Divorce, separation, death

Divorce, separation or the death of a family member and a temporary residence permit: when a further 3-year permit is granted and what your duties are.