Students are advised to apply for multiple long-term residence visa valid for one year (365 days). You need to contact the nearest Polish consulate/embassy for more information.
A short-term residence visa (90 days) will require prolongation of stay by applying for a temporary stay card upon arrival to Poland. Please be advised that you should apply for A TEMPORARY STAY CARD within 45 days upon arrival to maintain legal status in Poland (see the TEMPORARY STAY CARD for non-EU/EEA citizens). Responsibility for obtaining and maintaining legal status remains with the student. School Office will assist you with the preparation of documents required to apply for registration of stay and a Temporary Stay Card.

Complete information on the procedure is available here.

Application for registration should be supported by the following documents:

• A statement issued by the School Office to certify the enrollment of the student,
• Registration proof (see: REGISTRATION OF STAY below)
• Copy of a passport
• Copy of health insurance document
• Declaration about sufficient resources to cover the subsistence costs in Poland (only for students who do not obtain an educational loan)
• Two recent colour passport photographs.

Contact and information:
Voivodeship Office, Department of Citizen Affairs (Wydzial Spraw Obywatelskich)
ul. Przy Rondzie 6
31-547 Krakow
Phone: (+48 12) 39 21 804

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Application for registration should be supported by the following documents:

• Passport
• Flat-to-let or buy/sell contract (original in Polish)

Students who stay at the school dormitory do not need a contract. They need a statement from the dormitory administrator (if they have already checked in; requested directly from the dormitory Administration) or a confirmation of having booked a spot in the dormitory (issued by the School Office; requests must be via Document Request Form: https://medschool.cm-uj.krakow.pl/indexn.php  ) .

EU citizens can register within 30 days upon arrival. Students from outside the EU need to register within 4 days upon arrival.

Contact and information:

Referat Ewidencji Ludności i Dowodów Osobistych
al. Powstania Warszawskiego 10, Centrum Administracyjne
Phone: (+48 12) 616 9251 or (+48 12) 616 9138

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Temporary residence permit is issued for 1 year and must be prolonged each following year. It is necessary to maintain the continuity of legal stay in Poland!

On April 27, 2026, the MOS system (Case Handling Module / Moduł Obsługi Spraw) was launched – Important information for students and PhD students of the Jagiellonian University Medical College (UJ CM).

From that date, submitting applications for a temporary residence permit for study purposes or doctoral studies will only be possible electronically via the state MOS portal.

If you are planning to apply for a temporary residence permit, do not wait until the last day of your legal stay to apply! Please note that to successfully submit the application, you will need a PESEL number and a Trusted Profile (Profil Zaufany). Please prepare in advance.

Key changes:

• Crucial procedural change – the University verification: To submit an application for a temporary residence permit, a verification completed by the University is required. While filling out the application in the MOS system, you will be asked to provide the email address of your academic unit. Students and PhD students of the Medical College are required to enter a dedicated email address: mos.cm@uj.edu.pl .
• Waiting for University verification: The system will generate a link valid for 30 days and send it to the provided email address. The University is obliged to complete the document in the system and sign it electronically. As your academic progress must be thoroughly verified by the employees of the Department of Didactics and Academic Careers UJ CM, this may take some time. Once the attachment is authorized, you will receive an automatic email stating: „The application is now ready to be submitted” (Wniosek jest już możliwy do złożenia). Without the verification from the University, the system will block submission of the application.
• Signing the application and legality of stay: When the application is complete, it must be signed electronically and sent, followed by downloading the Official Receipt Confirmation (Urzędowe Poświadczenie Odbioru – UPO). Your stay will be considered legal from the day the application is submitted, provided that it is successfully sent (along with the signed university attachment) no later than the last day of your current legal stay, and that it is free of formal errors.
• No „stamp” and mandatory personal appearance: Only the submission of the application is done entirely online. The passport stamp confirming your legal stay is being abolished – after preliminary verification of the application by the Office, a certificate confirming the legality of your stay will appear on your MOS account, which must be printed. Subsequently, you will be required to appear in person at the Voivodeship Office on a specific date to provide fingerprints and a signature sample, present your original passport, and provide any missing documents.

Learn more – materials from the Office for Foreigners and general information:

• Information on the new MOS portal
• MOS – questions and answers
• What is a PESEL number and how to get it
• What is a Trusted Profile (Profil Zaufany) and how to get it – [Page in Polish ]

Contact and information:

Voivodeship Office, Department of Citizen Affairs (Wydzial Spraw Obywatelskich)
ul. Przy Rondzie 6
31-547 Krakow
Phone: (+48 12) 39 21 804 or (+48 12) 39 21 352

Temporary Stay Cards are issued once the temporary residence permit is granted. They should be collected in person.
Before issuing a Temporary Stay Card, the governor may summon the applicant to explain the important reasons for submitting the application.

Students should apply for a new Temporary Stay Card in the case of:

• Change of name, surname, address in Poland and other data in the card,
• Change of appearance making impossible the identification of the person,
• Damage or loss of the available card.

ALL students should register at the Population Registration Section of the Administrative Department of the Municipality at Al. Powstania Warszawskiego 10 (1st floor).
The following documents are required to obtain registration proof:

• ID document (a valid travel document e.g. passport, or another photo document certifying his/her identity and citizenship). For a stay of up to 3 months, no legalisation of stay will be necessary. For stays exceeding 3 months (90 days), an EU citizen will need to register at the Voivodeship Office, Department of Citizen Affairs;
• lease contract;
• form (to be obtained in the School Office or at the Population Registration Section of the Administrative Department of the Municipality).