Poland: War refugees from Ukraine with longer legal stay

The legal stay of Ukrainian citizens and certain members of their families who arrived in Poland after 24 February 2022 due to the war in Ukraine, will be extended until 4 March 2024, and in some cases until 31 August or 30 September 2024.

Legal stay until 31 August 2024 will be possible for:

• persons who, on 4 March 2024, will be receiving pre-school education or will be performing compulsory education, and if these persons are minors – also their parents or guardians;
• persons who, on 4 March 2024, will be receiving pre-school education or schooling in the Ukrainian educational system with the use of distance education methods and techniques, and if such persons are minors – also their parents or guardians;
• persons who, no later than in the school year 2022/2023, commenced education in an upper secondary vocational school, post-secondary school or adult school, and if these persons are minors – also their parents or guardians.

Legal stay until 30 September 2024 will be possible for:

• those who take the re-sit date secondary school leaving examination and, if these persons are minors, also their parents or guardians.