Exceptional circumstances requiring a short-term stay (e.g., appearance in court, hospitalisation, etc.)

Regulations

The temporary residence and work permit is regulated in the Regulations of Chapter 10. Section V. of the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners (i.e., Journal of Laws of 2021, item 2354, późn.zm).

The substantive requirements for its granting are set out in Article 181(1) of the said Act.

The Regulations on the granting of a temporary residence permit due to circumstances requiring a short-term stay shall apply in conjunction with the regulations on the granting of all types of temporary residence permits adopted in Chapter 1 of Chapter V: General Part.

The Act also contains a reference to implementing acts regulating the relevant issues concerning the granting of this permit, in particular to:

• Regulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration of 17 April 2019 on the application for granting a foreigner a temporary residence permit (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 779);

• Regulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs of 26 July 2022 on fees collected in the Republic of Poland from foreigners for issuing and exchanging documents that may be issued to foreigners and the procedure for their payment (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1583).