Your visa in Poland is running out in 2026: how to stay lawfully through MOS

Юлия Захаровска

Юлия Захаровска

Старший бухгалтер

1038 чел.
30.07.2026
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Checked at the end of July 2026. If your visa or visa-free stay is running out, «getting the post to the office in time» no longer works. You need to send the application in MOS on time and obtain a UPO. We look at the ground you actually have and put the filing together by the last lawful day.

Who can stay

Anyone with a ground for pobyt czasowy can file: work, a company, full-time studies, family, humanitarian grounds. Without a ground MOS does not extend a visa. Overstaying on the day of filing is already a different status, not a fallback plan.

In the longer term this is temporary residence: a card on work, business, studies or family. Ukrainians with PESEL UKR in the window until 4 March 2027 should look separately at CUKR, rather than automatically extending the visa.

The working scheme for 2026

  1. Work out the ground.
  2. Collect the scans and payments (stamp duty + 100 PLN for the card).
  3. A new account mos.cudzoziemcy.gov.pl, login.gov.pl, signature, UPO.
  4. Do not leave until it is clear that the UPO is there.
  5. Attend for fingerprints when you are called.

If you already work — usually Residence permit for work plus the employer’s appendix. Studies — confirmation from the university. After graduation, full-time students often have a window to look for work: that too has to be fitted into MOS, rather than running the visa down without an application.

Non-standard situations

A lost passport: a certificate from the police, the consulate, and only then MOS — without an identity document, login.gov.pl may not open. Illness and a missed departure are confirmed with documents, not with correspondence.

A stamp in the passport is no longer the main document. If the visa has ended and there is no UPO — this is not waiting for a pieczątki, but a risk of unlawful stay.

In brief

By the last day of lawful stay you need a submitted MOS and a UPO. We help you make that date. The consultation is free.

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