Residence card of a family member of EU citizen

Decision

The procedures for issuing a residence card are of a simplified nature, which means that an administrative decision is issued only if the grounds for refusing to issue the card are established.

This situation occurs when a family member who is not an EU citizen:

• does not meet the conditions for issuing a residence card

• this is required for reasons of defence or security of the State or of the protection of security or public order;

• in proceedings for the issue of a residence card:

- has submitted an application containing false personal data or false information or attached to it documents containing such data or information, or

- has testified untruth or concealed the truth, or forged or altered a document for the purpose of its use as authentic or used such a document as authentic, or

• applies for a residence card in order to circumvent the legal Regulations in force in another EU/NO/IS/LI or CH Member State governing entry, stay and exit from the EU.

• married an EU citizen or a citizen of the Republic of Poland in order to circumvent the Regulations defining the terms and conditions of entry of foreigners into the territory of the Republic of Poland, their passage through this territory, stay on it and exit from it.

The decision to refuse to issue a residence card is appealed to the Head of the Office for Foreigners (more in the stage: "Appeal").

A foreigner who, as a family member of an EU citizen who does not have EU citizenship, has confirmed the right of residence in Poland is issued a residence card (more in the tab: "Documents issued to EU citizens").