Residence card — paper application

Your residence-card application form,
filled in and ready to print

You answer questions in your language, and the wizard puts the answers onto the official form. You receive an application PDF, correctly completed to the form's requirements — print it, sign it by hand and submit it in person at the voivodeship office.

The wizard is free — and so is the account. Save your progress and download the finished PDF.

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Answer the questions
In Polish, Ukrainian, Russian or English — the wizard guides you step by step.
Download the PDF, sign and submit in person
The wizard puts your answers on the official form. Print, sign by hand and submit at the office.
Paper form

What this form is

This is the official application to issue or replace a residence card. The wizard helps you complete the sections the applicant fills in. You add the signature and the office-only part by hand on the printout. This application is paper-only — the online MOS system handles other applications: temporary residence, permanent residence, EU long-term residence, and the CUKR application.

An important difference

The residence card is a document; the residence permit is the right

Right of residence

Residence permit

A temporary residence, permanent residence or EU long-term residence permit is the right to stay in Poland, granted by a voivode's decision. Permit applications are filed online, through the government MOS system.

Want to legalise your stay? This is not that form.

Document

Residence card

The residence card is a plastic card that confirms your identity and the residence right you already hold. This wizard is about the card itself: issuing or replacing it — after loss, damage, a change of data, or the card's expiry, and for the first card after a humanitarian-stay consent or for the closest family member of a repatriate.

The card application is paper-only, submitted in person at the office.

Replacing the card does not extend your right of residence.

Submitting the application

Where you submit it

A replacement application goes to the voivode competent for your place of stay; an issuance application goes to the voivode who granted your permit. If you hold a humanitarian-stay consent, you submit the application to the commander of a Border Guard unit or division. You submit the application in person, after booking an appointment.

Next stepBook your office appointment →

See how to book a slot to submit your application or pick up your card — in your voivodeship.

What it costs

Card issuance or replacement fee

100 zł
Standard fee
0 zł
First card: humanitarian consent or repatriate family
200 zł
At-fault loss or damage
300 zł
Repeat at-fault loss or damage

The first card after a humanitarian-stay grant and the first card for the closest family member of a repatriate are free of charge. Secondary-school pupils and students, minors under 16 and applicants in financial hardship qualify for a 50% reduction — with the relevant certificate.

How much time you have

Deadlines

  • Replacement: file the application within 14 days of the event (loss, damage, a change of data, or a significant change in facial appearance).
  • Next card: file the application at least 30 days before your current card expires.
Attachments

What to prepare

Current photo (35 × 45 mm)
Proof of fee payment

Prepare a current photo (a 35 × 45 mm paper print — page 1 of the form has a box for it) and the proof of payment; for a next card and for a replacement — also the confirmation of your registered residence (zameldowanie). Confirm the number of photos and detailed requirements with your office. Report a lost or damaged card first, within 3 days, on a separate form — you receive a free certificate.

Questions and answers

It is a free tool that helps you fill in the residence-card application. It does not submit the application for you — you print the finished document and take it to the office.

Yes — a free account is required to fill in the application and download the PDF. That way you can save progress and avoid leaving personal data on a shared device.

The fee depends on the case — see the "Fee" section above for details.

For a replacement — to the voivode competent for your place of stay. For an issuance — to the voivode who granted your permit. With a humanitarian-stay consent — to the commander of a Border Guard unit or division.

A current photo (a 35 × 45 mm paper print), proof of payment and — for a next card and for a replacement — the confirmation of your registered residence (zameldowanie). Confirm the exact number of photos and detailed requirements with your office.

No. You submit the application yourself at the office. The wizard only helps you fill it in.

The wizard is that sample: it shows what belongs in each box and puts your answers onto the official form. You print the finished PDF and sign it by hand. The office-only part is completed at the office, on the printout.

MOS publishes the blank form — the link to the official PDF is in the "What this form is" section above. The wizard does not replace that file: it puts your answers onto it and gives you a print-ready PDF.

No. This application is paper-only and is submitted in person at the office — the online MOS system handles residence-permit applications instead. The wizard itself works online; the submission does not.

The form is the same — there is no separate version for a child, and the wizard follows the same steps. Confirm with your office who signs for a minor and which attachments are needed.
Read moreResidence card renewal and replacement — the full guide →

Deadlines, documents and fees step by step — before you start filling in the application.

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