National visa extension
Official form (annex 2) to extend a Polish national (type D) visa. File it with the voivode where you stay.
You get the official PDF with your answers in its boxes, ready to print and sign by hand.
About the form
- Official name
- Wniosek o przedłużenie wizy krajowej
- Published by
- Minister Spraw Wewnętrznych
- Form and legal basis
- Dz.U. 2014 poz. 593 · załącznik nr 2
- Pages
- 5
- Official source
- eli.gov.pl
- Copy used here
- taken on 5 November 2026, checked against the source every day
The official blank
The same file as on the official source, to print and fill in by hand.
How to file it
What the law says about filing, each point with the passage it rests on. These sources are checked every day.
- Apply to the voivode of the place where you stay.art. 84 ust. 1 ustawy o cudzoziemcach
- Apply no later than the last day of your legal stay. An application filed later is not examined at all.art. 85 ust. 1, art. 86 ustawy o cudzoziemcach
- Show your travel document when you file the application.art. 85 ust. 4 ustawy o cudzoziemcach
- If you applied in time and the application is complete, the voivode stamps your travel document and your stay is legal until the decision becomes final.art. 87 ust. 1 ustawy o cudzoziemcach
- A national visa can be extended only once, and the total stay cannot exceed the period set for a national visa. This does not apply to a person in hospital who cannot leave for health reasons.art. 84 ust. 2-3 ustawy o cudzoziemcach
Updated on 7 November 2026. Rules and office practice change: check with your office yourself before you go.
What the form asks for
The questions in your language, as the site asks them. The printed form stays in Polish.
- Place of submission
- Date of submission
- Authority you apply to
- Surname
- Previous surnames
- Given name(s)
- Father’s name
- Mother’s name
- Mother’s maiden name
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Country of birth
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- Citizenship
- Nationality (ethnic origin)
- Education
- Occupation
- Travel document: series
- Travel document: number
- Travel document: date of issue
- Travel document: expiry date
- Travel document: issuing authority
- Number of persons entered in the travel document (including you)
- Town
- Street
- House number
- Flat number
- Postal code
- Voivodeship
- District (powiat)
- Commune (gmina)
- Extension for (days)
- Trips abroad in the last 5 years (country, period of stay)
- Extension until
- Justification of the application
- Last visa issued: date of first entry
- Last visa issued: period of stay (days)
- Last visa issued: series
- Last visa issued: number
- Employment: date of issue
- Employment: expiry date
- Entity that entrusts you with work
- Employment: issuing authority
- Attachment 1
- Attachment 6
- Attachment 2
- Attachment 7
- Attachment 3
- Attachment 8
- Attachment 4
- Attachment 9
- Attachment 5
- Attachment 10
- Date of your signature
Example situations
Fictional people. When filling in the form, pick one to see a completed example, then replace the answers with yours.
Work contract continues
A welder stays to keep working: his employer extended the contract and the work permit is valid until June.
Thesis defence
A student stays because his master's thesis defence was moved to January.
Research project extended
A researcher stays because the project and the work permit were extended to the end of March.
Rehabilitation after surgery
A man on a single-entry visa needs rehabilitation until February after knee surgery.
Expected childbirth
A woman on a two-entry visa may not fly late in her pregnancy and will give birth in Poland in January.
This site is not connected to any office. The office decides on your case, so check with it which documents and attachments it needs before you go.
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