You may submit your application at the relevant consular office.

The submission of visa application forms must be done in person; the diplomatic mission does not accept forms sent via fax, regular mail, or email.

How to book an appointment?

To apply for a visa, please schedule an appointment through the e-konsulat system. Appointments can be booked between 15 days and 6 months prior to your intended travel date.

When applying for a national work visa, follow these steps:

1. Visit the E-Konsulat page.

2. Choose the visa type: national visa - Register Form.

3. Agree to the general terms and conditions.

4. Fill out and save a preliminary visa application with accurate data matching your documents.

5. You'll receive an email requesting confirmation of your preliminary application within 48 hours. Confirm promptly.

6. Once confirmed, your data will be verified. You'll receive verification results via email. A positive verification allows you to complete the full visa application within 48 hours. Failure to do so will result in cancellation of your booking and removal of data from the system.

7.If the number of correctly verified applications exceeds the available visit dates for a particular consulate within a given period, appointment dates will be assigned through an electronic draw.

8.Once your application is drawn, we will email you the appointment date. Other applications will continue to participate in subsequent draws until selected or until the expiration of your document entitling you to work in Poland.

9.Upon receiving the confirmation email with the appointment date, you must personally submit the printed and signed application along with all required documents on the specified day. 

Waiting time:

The visa decision is typically reached within 15 working days from the date of application fee payment. If further document examination is required, the processing period may extend to 30 days. However, for national visas related to studies, research, internships, or volunteering, or for visa refusal decisions, the processing time may take up to 60 days from the application submission date, including the submission of necessary supporting documents and justifying circumstances.

How to collect the documents :

Visas must be collected in person during Visa Section working hours: Sunday to Thursday, from 9:00 to 14:00, upon presentation of a receipt. Alternatively, it's feasible to send passports with granted visas only, not refusals, via courier at the recipient's expense. A written application with justification is necessary for this service.