Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki w Katowicach

Who does it apply to?

You can apply for financial assistance for holders of the Pole’s Card if you submitted application form for Permanent residence on the basis of the valid Pole's Card and intends to settle in Poland permanently.

This financial benefit  can be used by the person, who submitted an application form, for covering the costs of settling and securing livelihood in Poland.

Documents

The foreigner is obliged to submit:

• document confirming the applicant's identity ( travel document, residence card)
• Confirmation of submitting an application form for Permanent Residence based on Pole’s card (stamp in a passport)

Note! If the benefit is given to thei foreigner’s spouse or minor children residing with him/her in Poland, the following documents are needed:

• a copy of marriage certificate and sworn translation of the document into the Polish language – in case of spouse
• birth certificate and sworn translation of the document into the Polish language – in case of minor children
• documents confirming that the family members (spouse and minor children) reside together with a foreigner on the Polish territory( for example a certified photocopy of the family member’s travel document, residence card, confirmation of registered temporary domicile, lease agreement or other document that shows you have a dwelling place in Poland, employment contract, confirmation of holding a bank account, application for insurance of an insured person with a proof of having the contributions paid, certificate that you have enrolled or are continuing your studies/course).
  
  
  

Application form

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Charges

The stamp duty can be paid in cash at the cash desk at the Municipal Office in Katowice or cashlessly (bank transfer) to the mentioned below bank account of Municipal Office in Katowice:

                                                           Bank PKO BP S.A.

                                               52 1020 2313 2672 0211 1111 1111

Stamp duty : 10 PLN .

Where submit the documents

• in Silesian Voivodship Office Chancellery in Katowice , Jagiellońska 25 St, room no 161,
  posts no 25,26,27 and 17,phone numbers 32 20 77 630,  32 20 77 919, 32 20 77 956, 32 20 77 962,
  32 20 77 661, 32 20 77 658,
  
  
• in Silesian Voivodship Office in: Bielsko-Biała, Piastowska 40, phone numbers 33 81 36 274,
  33 81 36 275,
  
  
• in Silesian Voivodship Office in Częstochowa ,Sobieskiego 7, phone numbers 34 37 82 058,
  34 37 82 059.

IMPORTANT !

The minister competent for home affairs shall monitor utilisation of appropriations up to the limit allocated in the Budget Act for payment of cash benefits.  In the event that the total amount of cash benefits applied for and payable in any given year equals 75% of the amount appropriated in the Budget Act for payment of cash benefits, the minister competent for home affairs will publish an announcement in the Public Information Bulletin that no new applications for cash benefits to be paid out during such year will be processed and that starostas stop receiving such applications, the effective date being the day after the minister competent for home affairs makes such announcement.

IMPORTANT !

The minister competent for home affairs shall monitor utilisation of appropriations up to the limit allocated in the Budget Act for payment of cash benefits.  In the event that the total amount of cash benefits applied for and payable in any given year equals 75% of the amount appropriated in the Budget Act for payment of cash benefits, the minister competent for home affairs will publish an announcement in the Public Information Bulletin that no new applications for cash benefits to be paid out during such year will be processed and that starostas stop receiving such applications, the effective date being the day after the minister competent for home affairs makes such announcement.