Legalization of stay of foreigners in Poland lasts 206 days

According to NIK’s statistics, the time of legalizing the stay of foreigners in Poland has increased over four years from 64 to 206 days, which is more than threefold. There is a lack of efficient, reliable and timely service that results from staffing problems in offices and insufficient financing of their activities.
In the years 2014-2018, foreigners submitted nearly 732,000 applications for the legalization of their stay in Poland, including over 649,000 applications concerning a temporary stay and nearly 69,000 of those regarding a permanent residence. Almost 14,000 applications concerned long-term EU’s residence permit. The decisions were issued for 560,000 applicants, and 84.5 percent of the motions were accepted.

(ISBnews)