Śląski Urząd Wojewódzki w Katowicach

Who can file an application ?

The inviter may be:

1. a Polish citizen living on the territory of the Republic of Poland, citizen of another member state of EU/EEA/Switzerland or a member of their family, living on the territory of the Republic of Poland and holding the right to stay or the right of permanent residence at this territory,
   
   
2. a foreigner, who directly before issuing the invitation has been staying legally and continuously for the period of at least 5 years on the territory of the Republic of Poland or holding a permit for permanent residence or long-term residence permit for a resident of EU,
   
   
3. a legal person or an organizational unit not having legal personality having their registered office on the territory of the Republic of Poland.

Documents

If  you are a natural person applying for entering the invitation to the register you should submit:

1. a completed form of the application (Application form is available below) for entering the invitation to the register of invitation;
   
   
2. documents proving the ability of covering costs associated with the foreigner’s stay, including the costs of accommodation and board, the costs of the return travel to the state of origin or residence or the costs of the transit to a third country which shall give the foreigner the entry permit, e.g. a certificate confirming holding financial resources gathered on the bank account, in the case of an inviter being a natural person – an employment contract, a certificate of the amount of earnings, documents confirming the amount of received retirement or pension, a certificate of the communal office indicating the annual income from a farm;
   
   
3. a document confirming the legal title to the residential premises, if the inviter’s residential premise was indicated as the invited foreigner’s place of accommodation, or a document confirming the ability of providing accommodation to the foreigner elsewhere, e.g. an ownership act, rent contract, reservation in the hotel.

NOTE! Lack of any of the aforementioned documents will result in margin call within 7 days from its delivery, under pain of leaving the application without examination. When it is necessary to supplement or particularize the evidence in the case held by the authority during the administrative proceedings, the inviter may be called to deliver other documents confirming circumstances referred to in the application.

If  you are a legal person applying for entering the invitation to the register you should submit:

1. a completed form of the application (Application form is available below) for entering the invitation to the register of invitation;
   
   
2. A valid copy of the entry into the National Court Register (KRS),
   
   
3. REGON (national business register number) certificate.
   
   
4. documents proving the ability of covering costs associated with the foreigner’s stay, including the costs of accommodation and board, the costs of the return travel to the state of origin or residence or the costs of the transit to a third country which shall give the foreigner the entry permit, e.g. a certificate confirming holding financial resources gathered on the bank account, in the case of an inviter being a natural person – an employment contract, a certificate of the amount of earnings, documents confirming the amount of received retirement or pension, a certificate of the communal office indicating the annual income from a farm;
   
   
5. a document confirming the legal title to the residential premises, if the inviter’s residential premise was indicated as the invited foreigner’s place of accommodation, or a document confirming the ability of providing accommodation to the foreigner elsewhere, e.g. an ownership act, rent contract, reservation in the hotel.

1. Application form
   
2. Costs of living - statement
3. Permit for stay - statement
4. Participation in costs of living – statement
5. GDPR information clause
6. The Head of the Office for Foreigners- GDPR information clause

Charges

The stamp duty for entering the invitation to the register is 27 PLN. It should involve the inviter’s data and 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

NOTE! The proof of payment for entering the invitation to the register should be attached to the application when submitting the application.

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 St, phone numbers 33 81 36 274,
  33 81 36 275,
  
  
• in Silesian Voivodship Office in Częstochowa ,Sobieskiego 7 St, phone numbers 34 37 82 058,
  34 37 82 059.