- Application for a temporary residence permit
If the last day of legal stay and thus the deadline for applying for temporary residence permit falls during the state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency period, this term is extended until the end of the 30th days following the date of cancellation of the last state that was in force.
In simple terms: the deadline for applying for temporary residence is extended to 30 days from the date of cancellation the state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency status (depending on which status was last).
The foreigner’s stay will be determined as legally provided that application will be submitted without formal deficiencies within the term specified in the above point. The following provisions shall apply accordingly to: applications for the extension of a Schengen visa or a national visa, applications for a permanent residence permit, applications for long-term resident’s EU residence permit, applications for extension of stay as part of visa-free travel.
- National visa
If the last day of foreigner’s stay based on national visa (“D” type) falls during the state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency period, the stay period on this visa basis and its validity are extended until the end of the 30th days following the date of cancellation of the last state that was in force; in the above case, no new visa sticker is attached to the foreigner’s document.
- Temporary stay
If the last day of the validity of the temporary residence permit falls during the state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency period, the validity period of this permit is extended until the end of the 30th days following the date of cancellation of the last condition.
No residence card is issued or exchanged in the above case.
- Work permit
If the last day of the period of validity of the work permit falls during a state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency period, the validity period of this permit is extended until the end of the 30th days following the date of cancellation of the last state.
The above provision also applies, mutatis mutandis, to decisions of extending work permits.
- Declaration on entrusting the performance of work
If in the statement of work’s entrustment, which was inscribed to the register of statements, the date of work’s termination falls during a state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency period, the foreigner may perform work without needed permission based on this statement in periods not covered by it, until the end of the 30th days following the date of cancellation of the state that was last.
In simple terms: if the declaration validates during the state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency period, the foreigner may work on it until the end of the 30th days following from the date of dismissal of the last state.
Additional time is not included in the work’s limit opportunities based on the statement (i.e. 6 months in the last 12 months).
- People who obligated to return
If the deadline of the foreigner’s obligation to leave the Republic of Poland falls during a state of epidemiological threat or epidemic emergency period, it is extended until the end of the 30th day following the date of dismissal of the state which was the last.
