Registration of temporary residence by foreigners

How to handle the issue:

1. A foreigner who is a national of an EU Member State, a national of a Member State of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area or a national of the Swiss Confederation, staying on the territory of the Republic of Poland, is obliged to register in the place of temporary stay on the 30th day from the arrival in the place at the latest.

2. A family member of a foreigner who is not a national of an EU Member State, a national of a Member State of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – a party to the agreement on the European Economic Area or a national of the Swiss Confederation, is obliged to register in the place of temporary stay on the 30th day from the arrival in the place at the latest.

3. A foreigner not mentioned above, staying on the territory of the Republic of Poland, is obliged to register in the place of temporary stay on the 4th day from the arrival in the place at the latest. The period of the temporary residence at a specified address declared by the foreigner may not exceed the period during which the foreigner may legally stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland, in accordance with a document confirming his/her right of residence.

In connection with the obligation to present the original document confirming the right of residence of the persons and their family members, the possibility to register the residence electronically is excluded.

4. A person registering his/her temporary residence presents a confirmation of his/her stay in premises made on a temporary registration form by the owner or any other entity holding a legal right to the premises and, for reference, a document confirming a legal right of the owner or entity to the premises.

A document confirming a legal right to the premises may be in particular a civil-law agreement, an extract from Land and Mortgage Register, an administrative decision or a court decision.

5. The registration of a temporary residence may be made:

• in writing, in a form submitted to municipal authorities competent as to the location of the property in which the person lives,
• in the form of an electronic document, using the form enabling entering data to the PESEL (Personal Identification Number) register by municipal authorities competent as to the place of residence, provided that one receives an Official Acknowledgement of Receipt.
  The form should be certified by the applicant with a qualified electronic signature or an ePUAP trusted profile.
  The electronic form must be accompanied by an electronic document confirming the person’s legal title to the property, and in the case it is not possible to obtain – a digital image of the document. In the case of a person who does not have a legal title to the property, the form must be accompanied by an electronic document containing a statement of the owner or any other entity with a legal title to the property confirming the person’s stay in the property together with a document confirming a legal title of the owner to the property or entity, and in the case they are impossible to obtain – a digital image of the documents.
• by an attorney-in-fact, holding a power of attorney granted in the form referred to in Article 33 § 2 of the Act of 14 June 1960 – Code of Administrative Procedure, after proving his/her identity by a power of attorney with his/her ID or after verification of the identity of the attorney-in-fact under principles specified in the act of 17 February 2005 on computerisation of the activity of entities performing public tasks.

6. A person who makes the registration, receives a certificate of permanent residence which is not subject to a stamp duty and is valid up to the moment of change of place of residence.

• The temporary residence registration form must be filled in electronically or in one’s own handwriting, with a blue or black colour, in capital letters.
• The form may be filled in by an employee of municipal authorities in the form of a printout from the IT system, in the presence of the person registering, based on data included in the PESEL (Personal Identification Number) register and the data provided by the person. A registering person confirms the reliability of data included in the printed form with his/her signature, and the entity holding a legal right to the property – confirms the fact of this person’s stay in the property.
• In the case when the registration application is made through an attorney-in-fact, the attorney-in-fact must show a power of attorney and an ID or a passport.
• The registration obligation of a person not having full legal capacity or having a limited legal capacity is fulfilled by a legal representative, a legal guardian or any other person having actual custody of the person in the place of their shared residence.
• A person may have only one place of temporary residence at a time.

Immediately, upon accepting the application.

Citizen Affairs Division in the Department of Service and Administration, Population Registration Department
e-mail: ewidencja@uml.lodz.pl

• ul. Zachodnia 47, 2nd floor, room 220, window 1, 2
• al. Politechniki 32, 1st floor, room 102
• ul. Krzemieniecka 2b, ground floor, counter 1–4
• ul. Piotrkowska 153, ground floor, room 005
• al. Piłsudskiego 100, ground floor, counters 8-10
• ul. Piotrkowska 110, ground floor, counter no. 1 and 2

The fee is paid by an attorney-in-fact acting on behalf of the applicant for a filed document confirming granting the power of attorney or a proxy or its extract or a copy. A power of attorney certified by a notary public or granted to a spouse, a descendant, ascendant, or siblings is not subject to a stamp duty. 

A stamp duty for issuing a certificate of temporary residence is PLN 17. 

Stamp duties must be paid at cash desk in the office or as a non-cash payment to the bank account of the authorities. The bank account number for stamp duty payments: GETIN NOBLE Bank S.A. 08 1560 0013 2025 0305 5133 0016

Payments may be made by transfer (online, as well), in person, in any Post Office, in any bank and without administration fees in all bank branches of the Getin Noble Bank S.A. as well as in all cash deposit machines of Getin Noble Bank S.A. located in the buildings of the City of Lodz Office at ul. Zachodnia 47, al. Politechniki 32, ul. Krzemieniecka 2B, ul. Piotrkowska110, al. Piłsudskiego 100, Sienkiewicza 5.

• Act of 24 September 2010 on the population register (Dz. U. [Journal of Laws] 2017, item 657, as amended),
• Act of 14 June 1960 Code of Administrative Procedure (Dz. U. [Journal of Laws] 2017, item 1257),
• Act of 14 July 2006 on the entry into, residence in and exit from the Republic of Poland of nationals of the European Union Member States and their family members (Dz. U. [Journal of Laws] 2017, item 900),
• Regulation of the Minister of Internal and Administration of December of 13 December 2017 concerning the establishment of templates and methods for completing forms used while fulfilling the residence registration obligation (Dz. U. [Journal of Laws] 2017, item 2411),
• Act of 5 November 2006 on stamp duty (Dz. U. [Journal of Laws] 2016, item 1827, as amended),

not applicable

• Entity: The City of Lodz Office
• Unit: Citizen Affairs Division in the Department of Service and Administration