Invitations

• Act of December 12, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 519 with later changes)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of March 16, 2023, on the pattern of invitation, the pattern of the application form for entering an invitation into the register of invitations, and the amount of resources the inviter should possess (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 637)

Visas and Visa-Free Movement

• Act of December 12, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 519 with later changes)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of March 22, 2022, on visas for foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 827)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of May 25, 2021, on the annulment and withdrawal of visas for foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 984)

• Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No. 810/2009 of July 13, 2009, establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (OJ EU L 243 of 15.09.2009, p. 1 with later changes)

• Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2016/399 of March 9, 2016, on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ EU L 077 of 23.03.2016 p. 1 with later changes)

• Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No. 767/2008 of July 9, 2008, concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (OJ EU L 218 of 13.08.2008, p. 60)

• Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council (EU) 2018/1806 of November 14, 2018, listing the third countries whose nationals must be in possession of visas when crossing the external borders and those whose nationals are exempt from that requirement (OJ EU L 303 of 28.11.2018, p. 39)

Temporary Residence Permit

• Act of December 12, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 519 with later changes)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of April 17, 2019, on the application for granting a foreigner a temporary residence permit (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 779)

• Regulations of the Minister of Interior of July 26, 2022, on fees collected in the Republic of Poland from foreigners for issuing and exchanging documents that can be issued to foreigners, and the procedure of their payment (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1583)

• Regulation of the Council of Ministers of July 14, 2021, on verified income criteria and amounts of social assistance benefits (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1296).

Permanent Residence Permit

• Act of December 12, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 519 with later changes)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior of April 28, 2014, on the application for granting a foreigner a permanent residence permit (Journal of Laws of 2014, item 568)

• Act of November 9, 2000, on repatriation (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1472)

• Regulation of the Council of Ministers of July 14, 2021, on verified income criteria and amounts of social assistance benefits (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1296)

• Regulations of the Minister of Interior of July 26, 2022, on fees collected in the Republic of Poland from foreigners for issuing and exchanging documents that can be issued to foreigners, and the procedure of their payment (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1583).

Long-term EU Resident Permit

• Act of December 12, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 519 with later changes)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior of April 28, 2014, on the application for granting a foreigner the long-term EU resident permit (Journal of Laws of 2014, item 569)

• Regulation of the Council of Ministers of July 14, 2021, on verified income criteria and amounts of social assistance benefits (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1296)

• Regulations of the Minister of Interior of July 26, 2022, on fees collected in the Republic of Poland from foreigners for issuing and exchanging documents that can be issued to foreigners, and the procedure of their payment (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1583).

Procedures for EU/EEA/Swiss/CH Citizens and Their Family Members

• Act of July 14, 2006, on the entry into, residence in, and departure from the Republic of Poland of nationals of the Member States of the European Union and their family members (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1697)

• Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 29, 2004, on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States (OJ L 158 of 30.4.2004, p. 77)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of July 26, 2021, on applications and documents related to the right of residence in the Republic of Poland of European Union citizens and their family members (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1392)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of July 26, 2021, on applications and documents related to the right of permanent residence in the Republic of Poland of European Union citizens and their family members (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1391)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior of April 23, 2014, on the application for issuing a decision on the expulsion of an EU citizen or a family member not being an EU citizen and the way of recording in the travel document the issuance of the expulsion decision (Journal of Laws of 2014, item 548)

Procedures for UK Citizens – Beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement

• Act of July 14, 2006, on the entry into, residence in, and departure from the Republic of Poland of nationals of the Member States of the European Union and their family members (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1697)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of December 29, 2020, on applications and documents related to the right of residence in the Republic of Poland of citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and their family members (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 2450)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of December 29, 2020, on applications and documents related to the right of permanent residence in the Republic of Poland of citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and their family members (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 2443)

Obligation to Return and Re-entry Ban

• Act of December 12, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 519 with later changes)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior of July 31, 2014, on the application for issuing a decision obligating a foreigner to return and the way of recording in the travel document the issuance of the decision obligating a foreigner to return (Journal of Laws of 2014, item 1063)

List / SIS

• Act of December 12, 2013, on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 519 with later changes)

• Act of July 14, 2006, on the entry into, residence in, and departure from the Republic of Poland of nationals of the Member States of the European Union and their family members (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1697 with later changes)

• Act of August 24, 2007, on the participation of the Republic of Poland in the Schengen Information System and the Visa Information System (consolidated text, Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1041)

• Regulation of the Minister of Interior of April 23, 2014, on the pattern of the application form for granting a foreigner access to information placed in the list of foreigners whose stay in the Republic of Poland is undesirable, or in the Schengen Information System for the purposes of refusal of entry, as well as for the correction or deletion of data placed in this list or System (Journal of Laws of 2014, item 549)

• Regulation (EC) No. 1987/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of December 20, 2006, on the establishment, operation, and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (OJ EU L 381 of 28.12.2006, p. 4 with later changes)

• Council Decision 2007/533/JHA of June 12, 2007, on the establishment, operation, and use of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II) (OJ EU L 205 of 07.08.2007, p. 63 with later changes)

• The Schengen Agreement Implementing Convention of June 14, 1985, between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (OJ EU L 239 of 22.09.2000, p. 19)