Permanent residence — spouse of a Polish citizen

In order for the permit to be granted, a foreigner must remain in in a genuine and duly tocumented marriage with a Polish national, and that relationship must be recognised under Polish law. It must therefore be a union registered in accordance with the law, non-polygamous, heterosexual, not exclusively religious in character, of persons having the legal capacity to contract it. The union cannot be fictitious – it cannot be contracted or exist for the purpose of circumventing the provisions defining the rules and conditions for the entry of foreigners to Poland, their transit through that territory, stay thereon and departure therefrom.

⇒ the foreigner is in a marriage recognised by Polish law with a Polish citizen and simultaneously meets both conditions, namely: remained in this marriage for at least 3 years before the date of submission of the application for a permanent residence permit and immediately before submitting this application resided continuously in Poland for a period of not less than 2 years on the basis of a temporary residence permit granted in connection with being in a marriage with this Polish citizen or in connection with obtaining refugee status, subsidiary protection or consent to stay on humanitarian grounds.

When applying for a permit on the grounds of marriage to a Polish citizen, present: an up-to-date copy of the marriage certificate; if there are any doubts as to the authenticity of the civil-status record presented, the governor may additionally require that the document be certified in the form of aApostille or its legalisation by a Polish consul after prior authentication by the competent authority of the country of origin. a copy of your spouse's identity card; documents confirming that the stay on the territory of Poland was uninterrupted or documents stating the reasons for any interruptions in the stay.

submitted through MOS an application for a permit in electronic form in the manner specified in the provisions together with the necessary annexes; paid the due stamp duty; appeared at the appointment at the provincial office, in accordance with the summons

Submitting an application to the MOS from abroad - is not permitted. The application must be submitted while you are in Poland.

Once the application has been sent to the MOS, await a summons from the provincial governor to appear in person at the provincial office.

none of the breaksin residence on the territory of Poland in itwas no longer than 6 months; all breaks did not exceed a total of 10 months(when added together) during the periods which form the basis for his/her permanent residence permit (e.g. 2 years in the case of a spouse);

Application o udzielenie zezwolenia zostanie rozpoznany within 6 months of submitting a complete application wraz z koniecznymi załącznikami i wymaganymi tokumentami.

Period for which granted indefinitely

After udzieleniu zezwolenia wydawana jest residence permit card for a period of 10 years. After this period, a new card is issued upon the foreigner's request. The card is issued each time for a period of 10 years.

This means that you may work on the same terms as citizens of the Republic of Poland (without a work permit).

The permanent residence permit expires on the day of obtaining the status of EU long-term resident or acquiring Polish citizenship.

Remember that leaving Poland for a period longer than 6 years is one of the grounds for revoking the permit.