Useful information

Before filing, you need to identify which procedure fits your situation: a temporary residence permit and the basis for it, a permanent residence permit, or an EU long-term resident permit.

From 27 April 2026, applications for a temporary residence permit, a permanent residence permit and an EU long-term resident permit are generally submitted electronically through MOS.

Certain applications specified by law must still be submitted on paper.

After submitting the application through MOS, download and keep the UPO — Urzędowe Poświadczenie Odbioru.

The UPO confirms that the electronic application was received by the authority.

Submitting an application electronically does not end the administrative procedure.

After filing, the authority reviews the application and, if needed, calls the applicant in.

Later in the procedure you may be asked for:

• the original of a valid travel document
• fingerprints
• a specimen signature
• originals or additional documents
• a response to a wezwanie

After the application has been reviewed, a separate zaświadczenie potwierdzające złożenie wniosku may appear in MOS.

UPO and a zaświadczenie are different documents.

MOS does not replace further correspondence or administrative proceedings before the authority.

CUKR is a card confirming a temporary residence permit on special terms for 3 years.

CUKR applications are accepted through MOS from 4 May 2026.

For the main category of applicants, all of the following must be met at the same time:

• a valid PESEL UKR on the date of filing
• a valid PESEL UKR on 4 June 2025
• valid UKR status until the card is issued
• UKR status held continuously for at least 365 days

If any of these conditions is not met, the main-category requirements are not satisfied.

Separate rules apply to children born in Poland after 23 February 2022.

Having a job is not, by itself, a condition for obtaining CUKR.

After CUKR is issued, UKR temporary protection status ends.

If your job, address, family situation or other material circumstances change after you file, you need to check whether the changes affect the ongoing case.

If you change employer, first check the type of permit and the wording of the decision.

If the permit names a specific employer, changing employer may require an amendment to the permit or notification of the competent voivode.

Separate rules apply to some types of permits, including the Niebieska Karta UE.

Additional documents should be submitted in the way indicated by the authority or in the wezwanie you received.

If your case already has a reference number, include it in all correspondence.