Your visa expires before the decision comes
A national visa expiring mid-case in Warsaw, Poland does not make your stay unlawful. It changes what you can do at a border, which is the real problem.
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The Wait
Your employer changed mid-application. What you must report
A job change with a Poland residence application still pending is not the problem the 15-working-day rule solves. That rule belongs to permit holders.
After the ponaglenie: the court complaint and compensation
A skarga na bezczynność takes a stalled Warsaw residence case to court for 100 zł. What the judge can order, and why the compensation is not the point.
Ponaglenie: when it works, when it does nothing
The ponaglenie is the standard advice for a stalled karta pobytu case in Warsaw. A 2022 statute stops the voivode forwarding it. File it anyway, and why.
Can you leave Poland while your karta pobytu is pending?
Leaving Poland with a residence case open is the easy half. Coming back is the half that strands people — and the certificate is not an entry document.
What the stamp in your passport actually lets you do
Since 27 April 2026 the voivode no longer stamps passports in Poland. What the certificate that replaced it proves about your stay, work and travel.
The Warsaw karta pobytu wait: 60 days on paper, 9–14 months at Mazowieckie
Polish law gives the voivode 60 days to decide. Mazowieckie in Warsaw runs nine to fourteen months — and a 2022 statute stopped that clock entirely.