PESEL number application

Application for a PESEL number, for foreigners and Polish citizens who live in Poland.

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 nadanie numeru PESEL
Published by: Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji
Form and legal basis: EL/W/1 · Dz.U. 2022 poz. 996
Pages: 4
Official source: www.gov.pl
Copy used here: taken on 22 September 2026, checked against the source every day

What the law says about filing, each point with the passage it rests on. These sources are checked every day.

File the application on paper, signed by hand, at any municipal office (urząd gminy).art. 18 ust. 1 ustawy o ewidencji ludności
On application, a PESEL number goes to a person whom another law requires to have one. A foreigner from outside the EU, EFTA and Switzerland (and their families) files in person, except for children born in Poland.art. 16 ust. 2, art. 7 ust. 2, art. 18 ust. 1a ustawy o ewidencji ludności
In the application, name the provision under which you need a PESEL number, and back the data you give with documents. If something is missing, the office gives you 7 days to complete it; otherwise the application is not processed.art. 18 ust. 2, art. 18 ust. 3 ustawy o ewidencji ludności

Updated on 6 November 2026. Rules and office practice change: check with your office yourself before you go.

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Fictional people. When filling in the form, pick one to see a completed example, then replace the answers with yours.

Foreign student, passport
A foreign student applies for herself with her passport, states that she is unmarried and chooses the notice on paper.
Married applicant, electronic notice
A married woman applies for herself, enters her husband's details and the marriage certificate, and asks for the notice in her ePUAP inbox.
Mother applies for a child
A mother applies for her two-year-old son born abroad. Marital status is left blank for a child, and the notice is on paper.
Divorced applicant
A divorced stateless man applies for himself, names the court that granted the divorce and chooses the notice on paper.
Son applies for his mother
An adult son applies on behalf of his widowed mother, enters the death certificate of her husband and asks for an electronic notice.
EU citizen, identity card
An EU citizen who has started work in Poland applies with his national identity card instead of a passport and chooses the notice on paper.

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