National (Type D) — Long-Stay Employment (Information Only) Verified 2026-06-09Poland Work Visa / Permit (National Type D — Information Only)
Information only: how the Poland National Type D work visa/permit works for Indians. SureshotVisa does not process Poland work visas or work permits.
- Processing time
- About 15 days
- after you submit
No visa is ever guaranteed — the final decision always rests with the Poland visa authority. We make sure your file is presented at its strongest.
SureshotVisa does not provide or process Poland work visas or work permits. This page is for information only — we do not file, assist with, or charge for work-visa/permit applications. For work authorisation, deal directly with your employer in Poland and the Polish immigration authorities via the Embassy (gov.pl).
Processing
Decided by the national immigration…
Stay Duration
Over 90 days
Starting Fee
Varies
Apply At
12 VFS centres
Good to know before you apply
Rules that apply to every Poland visa type — worth a quick read so nothing trips up your file.
- 1SureshotVisa guides you through this route and, once you hold your own job offer or employer sponsorship, prepares and files the visa application — we are not a recruiting agent, so the offer must be yours.
- 2National (Type D) work applicants must obtain appointment confirmation from the Embassy (gov.pl) before booking the VFS visit, then complete the mandatory VFS e-form.
- 3The work permit/authorisation is arranged by the employer before the visa stage.
Who Can Apply
- Indians with a confirmed job offer and work permit/authorisation from a Polish employer (handled directly with the employer and Polish authorities)
Not eligible under this visa:
- Anyone seeking work-visa filing assistance from SureshotVisa — we do not offer this service
- Stays under 90 days or non-work travel (use a Schengen Type C visa instead)
What it costs
Government & VFS fees
Paid directly to Poland / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| National long-stay visa fee (Type D) | Varies |
SureshotVisa does not process Poland work visas/permits and does not charge for them. Any government fees are payable directly to the Embassy/VFS as set by the Polish authorities.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
What Poland actually requires — and what it does not.
Poland applies the Schengen rules, so travel insurance is not a nice-to-have — it is a legal condition of the visa.
2 of 4 are compulsory for Poland
Flight reservation
The Poland consulate wants a return itinerary with a real PNR covering your exact dates. It does not want a paid ticket, and buying one before a decision puts your money at risk for nothing.
Where people slip: Flying into one city and out of another with nothing showing how you travel between them. Officers read the whole route, and an unexplained gap reads as a plan that does not hold together.
How to hold a flight without payingHotel booking
Accommodation for EVERY night of the stay. Not most nights — every one. A gap is a documented refusal ground under the Schengen code.
Where people slip: Free-cancellation bookings are accepted, but if the entire file is free-cancellation the officer sees a trip nobody has committed to. Some of it should be real spend.
Refundable hotel booking, explainedTravel insurance
Minimum EUR 30,000 medical cover, valid in every Schengen state, including repatriation and emergency medical evacuation, for the full period of stay. Regulation (EC) 810/2009 — this is law, not preference.
Where people slip: Buying cover for the adults and forgetting the children. Every traveller needs their own EUR 30,000, infants included — a real refusal we have seen on a family of four.
What the cover must actually sayTravel itinerary
A day-by-day plan matching your flights, your hotels and the country you applied to. Poland must be your main destination or your first point of entry, or you are at the wrong consulate.
Where people slip: Spending more nights in another Schengen country than in Poland. That gets a file rejected before it is even assessed.
The letter your itinerary attaches toWe arrange all four for your Poland file.
We are a B2B travel agency as well as a visa consultancy, working with partners including Riya Travel — so the flight, the hotel and the policy all come from us, issued the same day, and you deal with one team instead of four. Every booking is a real one under your own name.
What to gather
Documents required
Having a document isn't the same as presenting it right — that's the part we handle.
Information only — handled with your employer & the Embassy
4 items- Work permit / employer authorisationRequired
Obtained by the Polish employer before the visa; the employer drives this process
- Passport, application form and VFS e-formRequired
Per the Embassy's D-type work process; the mandatory VFS e-form is completed after the Embassy confirms the appointment slot
- Travel medical / health insuranceRequired
As required by the Polish authorities
- Supporting documents per the Embassy's work-visa checklistRequired
Confirm the full list directly with the Embassy/employer — SureshotVisa does not process this visa
Required · optional / if applicable
The journey.
3 steps from intake to approval. Curved spine on the right shows the natural pace — never as linear as government sites pretend.
- 01
Secure a job offer & work permit
Your Polish employer obtains the required work permit/authorisation. This is employer-driven and outside SureshotVisa's services.
- 02
Follow the Embassy's D-type work process
Follow the official process on gov.pl (D-type national visa — work) to receive an appointment-slot confirmation from the Embassy.
- 03
Complete the VFS e-form & submit
Complete the mandatory VFS e-form, then submit documents and biometrics in person at the VFS centre. Note: SureshotVisa does not file or assist with this application.
What works
2 levers that flip a borderline case.
- Work-visa applications are employer-driven — your prospective Polish employer must arrange the work permit/authorisation first.
- Verify all requirements directly with the Embassy (gov.pl) and your employer; SureshotVisa cannot file or assist with work-visa/permit applications.
Download official forms
Each link opens the official Poland page on VFS Global (we never host third-party forms): pick your visa category there and use its "Download Form" section for the current version.
VFS application centres
Quiz not yet available for this visa type
We're actively building per-visa quizzes. For now, the best way to assess your eligibility for Poland Work Visa / Permit (National Type D — Information Only) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
Every case here is different
Tell us your situation and we will tell you what can be done.
There is no honest standard answer for Poland poland work visa / permit (national type d — information only) — the route depends on who is sponsoring you, what the employer has already started, and which region is processing it. So rather than publish generic answers that may not fit your case, we would rather read your actual situation. Send us what you have: an offer letter, an email from the employer, or just the facts as they stand. A licensed consultant will tell you straight what is possible, what is not, and what it would take.
Reviewed by Sherbir Singh Grewal, SureshotVisa — a government-licensed consultancy (Licence 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC-3/2024). Verify us.
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View guideSource & Disclaimer
Data on this page is sourced from the official VFS Global Poland website and Embassy of Poland. Last verified 2026-06-09. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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