Offices for fingerprints and residence card pickup in Poland

Some branches serve only their own cases, so check before you travel

Residence cards come from the foreigners’ department of a regional government office, and some regions also run branches in other towns. Choose a city to see whether its office works with online booking, queue tickets or a date agreed by phone, and what to bring.

1 office in Rzeszów
  • Rzeszów

    Podkarpacki Urząd Wojewódzki — Oddział Obsługi Cudzoziemców

    ul. Grunwaldzka 15, 35-068 Rzeszów

    Book your card appointment online, while fingerprints for a permit application come with a summons.

    For a separate issue/replacement application, you need the current form, two 35×45 mm photographs taken within six months, passport copy with original for inspection, and evidence supporting the requested change. Fingerprints and personal attendance are generally required, subject to certain exceptions. Report loss or damage within three days; a replacement application is due within fourteen days of the reason for replacement. Check the correct first-card or subsequent-card checklist.

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Your karta pobytu: fingerprints first, then pickup

Understand the two visits that follow an approved residence application, the fingerprint appointment and the card pickup, and find the regional office that handles them.

Residence card fingerprints in Poland