1 July 2024

Peculiarities of making an appointment for different purposes of travel

Please note that when making an appointment to submit documents at Poland Visa Application Centers, it is important to choose the right subcategory depending on the purpose of your trip.

If the purpose of the trip differs from the category/subcategory of the entry, Visa Centers reserve the right not to accept the applicant for submitting documents.

Categories:

Schengen Visa C – short-term Schengen visa C for a stay of no more than 90 days per six months

National Visa D – long-term national visa D for a stay from 91 to 365 days

Correspondence of subcategories to the purposes of the trip:

Visa Centers of Minsk, Gomel and Mogilev (jurisdictions valid):

Other C visa – Schengen visa for all purposes of travel (exception: visas to visit the US Embassy in Warsaw have been discontinued)

Visit C visa - visiting relatives and friends (if you have an invitation registered with the voivodeship administration)

D - 1st year Student - first-year students

Student D-visa - students of the second and subsequent years of studies

Driver D visa – drivers in international cargo and passenger transportation (with the provision of documentary evidence)

Other D visa - work, study (high school students and others), visiting relatives and friends (exception: PBH visas are no longer accepted)

Postal D visa - submitting documents for a visa by courier delivery for national D visas

Priglashenie UW dla 60 i starshe od detej i vnukov - for registration of applicants over 60 years old planning to submit documents by invitation from children and grandchildren, registered in the voivodeship (both C and D visa)

Visa Centers of Brest, Baranovichi and Pinsk (jurisdictions valid):

Other C visa – Schengen visa for all purposes of travel (exception: visas to visit the US Embassy in Warsaw have been discontinued)

Work D visa – work

Driver D visa – drivers

Other D visa – training, support, visiting relatives with confirmation of relationship (spouses, children, parents, siblings, grandchildren (including great-grandparents), grandparents (including great-grandfathers), uncles, aunts, nephews) (exception: PBH visas are no longer accepted).

Priglashenie UW dla 60 i starshe od detej i vnukov - for registration of applicants over 60 years old planning to submit documents by invitation from children and grandchildren, registered in the voivodeship

Postal D visa - submitting documents for a visa by courier delivery for national D visas

Visa Centers of Grodno and Lida (jurisdictions valid):

Other C visa – Schengen visa for all purposes of travel

Work D visa – work

D - 1st year Student - first-year students

Other D visa – training, accompaniment, visiting relatives and friends (exception: PBH visas are no longer accepted)

Postal D visa - submitting documents for a visa by courier delivery for national D visas