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Residence permit (karta pobytu) waiting times in Poland
How long people actually wait for the fingerprint appointment, the decision and the card, in each voivodeship or across Poland.
In short
- All time · all of Poland: 801 cases, 442 of them with no decision reported.
- Filed before MOS 2 (in person, by post, e-Doręczenia): decisions currently arrive about 13 mo 3 d after filing (median of the last 3 months, 124 cases) — waits are growing by about 22 days every month.
- Filed through MOS 2: decisions currently arrive about 3 mo 15 d after filing (median of the last 3 months, 19 cases) — waits are growing by about 8 days every month.
- The MOS 2 fingerprint call takes about 3 mo 14 d (median of the last 3 months, 29 cases) — waits are growing by about 26 days every month. This is partly expected: MOS 2 has only existed since 27.04.2026, so nobody could have waited longer yet.
- The card is usually ready 1 mo 4 d after the decision (43 cases).
- Decisions are fastest in the Kraków office (5 mo) and slowest in Białystok (16 mo 12 d), among voivodeships with at least 5 cases.
- Among cases with no decision reported (updated in the last six months), 195 cases were filed more than a year ago; the longest wait is 46 mo 12 d.
- In the last 30 days the group reported 46 decisions.
This summary is generated from data as of 27.10.2026 and recalculated for the selected filters. It is a guide, not official statistics.
Cases selected801442 with no decision reported
To decision: in person / by post11 mo 12 dmedian, n = 310+22 d/mo · worse
To decision: MOS 23 mo 6 dmedian, n = 27+8 d/mo · worse
MOS 2: to fingerprint call2 mo 6 dmedian, n = 47+26 d/mo · worse
From decision to card1 mo 4 dmedian, n = 43
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CallDecisionCard
How many people reported a fingerprint call, a decision or a card in each month. The group has been tracking since June 2026, so earlier months are sparse.