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TEMPORARY RESIDENCE, BUSINESS

Prepare your residence permit application for business

For sole traders and for board members, general partners or proxies of a company. Check the business test, work out your deadline and fees, and tick off every document.

Auranik provides administrative information, document-preparation tools and consulting support. We are not a government authority and do not make decisions on residence, work permits or visas.

How are you involved in the business?

Step 1

Quick eligibility check

Answer each question honestly. This is a preparation aid, not a decision. The voivode decides every case.

  1. 1.Are you in Poland legally right now (visa, residence permit or visa-free stay)?

    The application must be filed with the voivode for your place of stay no later than the last day of your legal stay.

  2. 2.Did the business, in the last tax year, earn income of at least 12 times the average monthly gross wage in its voivodeship, OR employ at least 2 eligible workers full-time on indefinite contracts for at least a year?

    The workers must be Polish citizens or foreigners with free access to the Polish labour market (for example EU, EEA and Swiss citizens), as listed in the 2025 Act on employing foreigners.

  3. 3.Do you have a stable, regular income for yourself and any dependants (offices commonly use 1010 PLN net a month living alone, or 823 PLN per family member)?

  4. 4.Do you have secured accommodation in Poland (rental agreement, ownership, or the owner's statement)?

  5. 5.If your profession needs a licence or consent from an authority, do you have it?

    Answer Yes if no special consent is needed.

  6. 6.Do you have health insurance in Poland (ZUS/NFZ through work or study, or a private policy covering treatment in Poland)?

0 of 6 conditions confirmed

Official source

Ustawa z dnia 12 grudnia 2013 r. o cudzoziemcach, Art. 142

Art. 142 - Przesłanki udzielenia zezwolenia na pobyt czasowy w celu prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej

Verified:
4 November 2026
Effective from:
1 June 2025
Status:
Verified
View official source

Step 2

Your timeline

Enter the date to see how many days you have and what to do first.

A temporary residence application is filed with the voivode for the place of stay no later than the last day of legal stay in Poland. If it is filed correctly during legal stay, the stay is treated as legal from filing until the decision becomes final.

Step 3

Costs

Stamp duty (paid when you apply)

340 PLN

Residence card (after a positive decision)

100 PLN

Total official fees

440 PLN

Using MOS is free. The stamp duty goes to the city office at the seat of your voivode and the card fee to the voivodeship office. Each office publishes its own account numbers.

Official source

Lubelski Urząd Wojewódzki w Lublinie — Wydział Spraw Obywatelskich i Cudzoziemców

Zezwolenie na pobyt czasowy w celu prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej

Verified:
4 November 2026
Effective from:
27 April 2026
Status:
Verified
View official source

Step 4

How filing works in MOS

  1. 1

    Set up a trusted profile (profil zaufany)

    You need it, a qualified signature or a personal signature to log in and sign. Create it at pz.gov.pl if you don't have one.

  2. 2

    Create your MOS account

    Log in to MOS (mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl) through login.gov.pl.

  3. 3

    Fill in the application and attach files

    Add your digital photo, scans of every passport page, fee proofs and the evidence from the checklist. MOS will not let you continue without the required attachments.

  4. 4

    Sign, send and download the UPO

    Sign with your trusted profile or qualified signature. The application counts as filed only once it is signed and sent. Download the UPO receipt as your proof of filing.

  5. 5

    Receive the filing certificate in MOS

    Once the application is formally correct, the voivode issues a certificate (zaświadczenie) in MOS confirming your stay is legal while you wait for the decision.

  6. 6

    Attend the fingerprint visit

    The office will call you in to give fingerprints and a signature sample. Bring your original passport. Answer any request for missing documents by the deadline in the letter.

5

Documents to prepare

Temporary residence for business — preparation checklist

0 of 12 documents ready

  • Application completed in MOS and signed with a trusted profile, qualified signature or personal signature

    Since 27 April 2026 these applications are filed only electronically in MOS; an application counts as filed only once it is signed and sent.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Official form

  • Digital photo (JPG, 35x45 mm, 684x883 px, up to 2.5 MB, taken within the last 6 months)

    MOS will not let you send the application without it.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Scan or photo of every page of your valid passport (original shown later in person)

    MOS requires a digital copy of all pages of a valid travel document; the original is checked when you are called in for fingerprints.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Proof of paying the stamp duty and the residence card fee

    The stamp duty is paid when you apply, to the city office at the seat of your voivode; the card fee is paid to the voivodeship office. Each office publishes its own bank accounts.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Health insurance: ZUS/NFZ registration evidence or a policy covering treatment costs in Poland

    Health insurance is a statutory condition for every temporary residence route.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronicTranslation required Not an official form

  • Annex No. 1 signed electronically for the company (management-board members, general partners and proxies)

    The office lists Annex No. 1 as required when the foreigner holds a company function; it is signed in MOS by a person authorised to represent the company per KRS, or a proxy.

    Situation-dependentPrepared by: Foreigner or EmployerElectronic Official form

  • Evidence the business meets the income or employment test, or can meet it in future

    For example CIT-8 or a tax-office certificate for the previous year (income of at least 12x the average monthly wage in the voivodeship), employment contracts for at least 2 eligible full-time workers on indefinite contracts for a year, or evidence of investment, technology transfer, innovation or job creation.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Proof of secured accommodation (registration certificate, rental agreement or the owner's statement)

    Secured accommodation in Poland is a statutory condition for this route.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Evidence of your own stable, regular income (e.g. contract and PIT return)

    You must have income sufficient for yourself and dependants; offices commonly reference 1010 PLN net per month (living alone) or 823 PLN per family member.

    RequiredPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Company agreement or notarial deed establishing the company

    Listed by the office to show the company and your role in it.

    Situation-dependentPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Sole traders on flat-rate tax: ZUS and tax no-arrears certificates and a certificate of the form of taxation

    Listed by the office for sole proprietors taxed on a flat-rate basis.

    Situation-dependentPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

  • Consent of the competent authority for the position or profession, if the law requires one

    A statutory condition where separate rules require such consent.

    Situation-dependentPrepared by: ForeignerElectronic Not an official form

Want a second pair of eyes before you sign? Auranik can review your documents and the attachment details. We are not a law firm and cannot guarantee a decision.