Temporary identity certificate for a foreigner (TZTC)
For people who applied for international protection: the next certificate, no earlier than two weeks before the current one expires, or a replacement after a change of data. The Office for Foreigners sends it by post.
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 wydanie lub wymianę tymczasowego zaświadczenia tożsamości cudzoziemca
- Published by
- Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców
- Form and legal basis
- Dz.U. 2022 poz. 1774
- Pages
- 4
- Official source
- eli.gov.pl
- Copy used here
- taken on 22 September 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.
- You get the first certificate without asking, after you apply for international protection. This form is for a further certificate and for a replacement.art. 58 ust. 1-2 ustawy o udzielaniu cudzoziemcom ochrony
- The Head of the Office for Foreigners replaces the certificate and issues a new one for a lost one. Attach photographs to the application.art. 57 ust. 3, art. 58 ust. 3 ustawy o udzielaniu cudzoziemcom ochrony
- You must replace it when the data in it change, a child is born or the certificate is damaged. Apply for a new one without delay once the old one expires.art. 57 ust. 1, art. 58 ust. 2a ustawy o udzielaniu cudzoziemcom ochrony
- Report a lost certificate to the Head of the Office for Foreigners within 3 days.art. 58 ust. 4 ustawy o udzielaniu cudzoziemcom ochrony
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.
- submission_place
- submission_date_year
- submission_date_month
- submission_date_day
- surname
- given_names
- father_name
- mother_name
- birth_date_year
- birth_date_month
- birth_date_day
- age
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- birth_country
- birth_place
- citizenship
- residence_city
- street
- house_number
- apartment_number
- postal_code_prefix
- postal_code_suffix
- child_1_full_name
- child_1_birth_date
- child_2_full_name
- child_2_birth_date
- child_3_full_name
- child_3_birth_date
- child_4_full_name
- child_4_birth_date
- child_5_full_name
- child_5_birth_date
- child_6_full_name
- child_6_birth_date
- replacement_reason
- previous_series
- previous_number
- previous_issue_date_year
- previous_issue_date_month
- previous_issue_date_day
- previous_expiry_date_year
- previous_expiry_date_month
- previous_expiry_date_day
- previous_issuer
- attachment_1
- attachment_2
- attachment_3
- attachment_4
- attachment_5
- applicant_declaration_date_year
- applicant_declaration_date_month
- applicant_declaration_date_day
Example situations
Fictional people. When filling in the form, pick one to see a completed example, then replace the answers with yours.
Next certificate
The protection procedure is still pending and the current certificate expires soon, so the applicant asks for the next one.
Replacement after loss
The applicant lost the certificate, reported the loss to the police and asks for a replacement.
First certificate, no family
A stateless man without a spouse or children asks for his first certificate after applying for protection.
First certificate, with children
A mother who applied for international protection asks for her first certificate and lists two children who came with her.
Replacement after a change of surname
After marriage the applicant changed her surname and replaces her current certificate, giving its series, number and dates.
Replacement, newborn child
A mother replaces her certificate so that her baby born in Poland is entered on it together with her older daughter.
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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