First, check if you can apply for CUKR.
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From there, Dopomo works like a CUKR expert beside you — from the photo to submitting on MOS: every section, attachment and fee, checked before you submit.
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The CUKR residence card is a temporary residence permit granted to Ukrainian citizens on special terms, for 3 years, in place of temporary protection. To get one you have to meet all four conditions at once: hold a current PESEL UKR on the day you file, hold active UKR status on 4 June 2025, keep it until the day the card is issued, and have held it continuously for at least 365 days. Applications are filed electronically only, on the MOS portal; the fees are 340 zł and 100 zł, and the application window closes on 4 March 2027.
How to apply for the CUKR card — step by step
What documents you need for the CUKR card application
The whole procedure is electronic. For the application on MOS you prepare:
- a current photo in digital format
- confirmations of both payments
- an electronic signature — Profil Zaufany, a qualified electronic signature or a personal signature (podpis osobisty)
You do not attach your UKR status or your passport — the system verifies them automatically, and the office takes your fingerprints and signature specimen from the registers. The whole process is set out in the CUKR card guide.
How much the CUKR card application costs
The CUKR card carries two fees: 340 zł of stamp duty for granting the temporary residence permit and 100 zł for issuing the residence card — 440 zł in total. You pay both before you send the application, because the transfer confirmations are attachments. The amounts and the account numbers for your voivodeship are in the fee calculator.
Deadlines: by when to file and how long you have to collect the card
A CUKR card application can only be filed up to 4 March 2027 — that is the day the application window closes. After a positive decision you have 60 days from the moment the voivodeship office informs you that the card can be collected: a card not collected within that time is invalidated, and you will not obtain the temporary residence permit. The full timeline — together with the temporary protection deadlines — is shown in the CUKR card timeline.
Three things MOS does not forgive
We watch what MOS will not check for you
You only sign at 100% readiness
All the checks in a single indicator: gaps in your data, what to verify against the register, the photo, the two fees, the parent/guardian documents. We also remind you about irreversibility, the 4 March 2027 deadline and collecting the card within 60 days.
Questions and answers
On your own in MOS vs. with Dopomo
Dopomo is not an administrative body and does not submit the application on your behalf — the official portal is mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl.
199 zł to get it right the first time
A mistake in the application usually means a request to complete missing documents — weeks or months of waiting, while the CUKR window closes on 4 March 2027. A lawyer will charge 1,000–3,000 zł. Dopomo guides you for 199 zł.
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Dopomo is not an administrative body and does not submit the application on your behalf — the official portal is mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl.