Polish Office in Taipei

You can apply at the Polish Office in Taipei (TWTC/ITB Suite 1601-1602, No. 333, Sec. 1, Keelung Rd., Taipei, 110).

Visa application form must be submitted in person. Diplomatic mission does not accept application forms sent via fax, regular mail or e-mail.

In order to apply for a visa, please book your appointment via the e-konsulat system.

According to Article 9 of the Community Visa Code, applications shall be submitted no earlier than six months, and in the case of seafarers in connection with the performance of their duties no earlier than nine months, before the start of the intended visit and, as a rule, no later than 15 calendar days before the start of the intended visit.

In order to make an appointment regarding a national visa application, please go to the website www.e-konsulat.gov.pl and select the option "National visa - register form" from the menu on the left side. Depending on the destination of your travel to Poland, select the relevant option in the "Type of service" field:

• National visa - work - work on the basis of a work permit or a certificate of entering the application into the records of applications for seasonal work permit

• National visa - studies - study for a degree or taking part in a student exchange program

• Domestic visa - other – travel purpose other than described above

ATTENTION - when registering, please provide complete and authentic data from the documents you submit. The data entered in the application form must be consistent with the data contained in the documents in your possession (also with regard to spelling).

Remember that you must apply for a visa no later than two weeks before the planned departure.

After correctly completing the application, the e-konsulat system will indicate the appointment date, with the exception described below.

In the case of submitting the application "National visa - work", you must complete the preliminary visa application containing your basic data and details of the document entitling you to take up employment in Poland. If the data you have entered is correct, the system will generate an email with a link to complete the full visa application. You have 48 hours to complete your full application. Fill in the application, save it and print it. If the data is not properly verified or the full application is not completed within 48 hours, the registration will be canceled.

If there are more applicants than the places available, the appointment dates will be allocated by electronic lottery. After the draw, you will receive information about its results and:

• if your application has been selected, you will receive information about the date of the visit,

• if your application has not been selected in a given pool of dates, it automatically goes to the next draw.

Consular staff will not be able to intervene in the process of drawing of applications which will be allocated a date of visit.
All information, confirmations, and links to fill in the applications are sent automatically by an e-mail to the e-mail address provided by you.
On the appointed date you must come to the consular office with the printed and signed visa form, the original work permit and a set of necessary documents.

Please note, that receiving the visa does not guarantee that you will enter Poland - the final decision is always made by the Border Guard.

The cost of submitting a visa application is 4921 NTD. Payment is made in cash at the time of application.

The visa application fee is non-returnable, whatever the consul's decision.

No consular fee is charged for the acceptance and processing of a visa application from:

• a family member of a European Union citizen within the meaning of Article 2 point 4 in connection with point 3 of the Act of 14 July 2006 on the entry into, stay, and exit from the territory of the Republic of Poland of citizens of the Member States of the European Union and their family members (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 293, of 2020, items 2023 and 2369, and of 2021, item 159)

• the spouse of a Polish citizen, their minor direct descendant or the minor direct descendant of their spouse, their direct ascendant or the direct ascendant of their spouse, provided that the ascendant or descendant is dependent on the Polish citizen or their spouse

• a holder of the Polish Card (Karta Polaka) if they submit an application for a national visa for the purpose of exercising the rights arising from holding the Polish Card

The visa application fee is non-refundable regardless of the consul’s decision.

The decision on the application shall be made within 15 calendar days from the date of submitting an application that meets the admissibility criteria. In individual cases, this period may be extended up to a maximum of 45 calendar days, especially when further examination of the application is necessary. In justified individual cases of an urgent nature, decisions on applications may be made immediately.

The decision can be picked up on Wednesdays and Fridays between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., after prior confirmation that the documents are ready for the collection.

Applications can be submitted on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00-12:00, excluding public holidays.

The charging fees issues for educational services by public universities are regulated in the Act of 20 July 2018, Law on Higher Education and Science, and in the case of non-public universities, they result from the internal regulations of these universities.

Students conclude civil law contracts with universities, which contain special conditions related to the admission process, the course of studies, as well as provisions regarding the amount of the fees and the rules related to the fee refunds. Candidates for studies should carefully study these documents in detail, in particular the provisions on the rules for obtaining the refund of the paid tuition fees.

Refund issues are settled between students and universities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, the Embassies of the Republic of Poland, as well as the Consulates of the Republic of Poland do not mediate in issues between the student and the university and do not have legal measures allowing a foreigner, who has been refused a student visa, to obtain a refund of the tuition fees.

If the university fails to comply with the provisions of the contract concluded with the student, in particular, it has not refunded the fee, claims regarding student fees may only be pursued through civil law.