Some problems end with one letter.We write it for you.
Something stuck, refused, or ignored? Say what happened, in any language. We find the office that has to reply, cite the law that applies, and write it in Polish. You sign and send it.
Describe your problem- Free
- No account
- About 4 minutes
What you get
Warszawa, 16 sierpnia 2026 r.
Adresat: Szef Urzędu do Spraw Cudzoziemców
za pośrednictwem Wojewody Mazowieckiego
Znak sprawy: WSC‑I.5410.1234.2025.AB
PONAGLENIE
na bezczynność oraz przewlekłe prowadzenie postępowania
Na podstawie art. 37 § 1 pkt 1 i 2 ustawy – Kodeks postępowania administracyjnego (Dz.U. z 2025 r. poz. 1691), dalej: „k.p.a.”, wnoszę ponaglenie w sprawie o powyższym znaku.
Wniosek o udzielenie zezwolenia na pobyt czasowy złożono 12 maja 2025 r. Zgodnie z art. 112a ust. 1 ustawy o cudzoziemcach decyzję wydaje się w terminie 60 dni. Do dnia sporządzenia pisma decyzja nie została wydana.
This one is about an office that went quiet, so it cites art. 37 k.p.a. Yours will cite whatever fits your situation — a right to appeal, a complaint procedure, a limit they have run past.
What we can write about
Is your problem one of these?
Pick the closest one and we will start there. Nothing on this list needs a lawyer to begin.
- My residence permit decision is taking too long
- My residence permit was refused and I want to appeal
- I need a Polish travel document for a foreigner
- My employer is breaking labour law
- I have a problem with ZUS or tax
- An office is taking too long with my case
- An office handled something badly and I want to complain
- I want an office to step in and do something
- I disagree with a decision an office made
- I want a public body to tell me something
- Someone owes me money and will not pay
- My landlord will not repair something
- Something I bought is faulty and the shop will not help
- I want to return something I bought online
Not on the list? Describe it anyway. If we cannot write it we will say so straight away, and point you to someone who can.
How it works
- 1Say what happened — type it or say it out loud, in any language.
- 2We work out which office has to answer, and what the law requires of them.
- 3A few details, then we write the letter in Polish.
- 4Download it, sign it, send it. Nothing is filed without you.
Read the step-by-step guide, including how to send the letter.
The reading and the drafting are done by an AI — that is how this can be free. It sees the text you write; we keep no copy of it. Nothing reaches the office unless you send it yourself. What we do with your data
What we don’t do
We don’t file it for you
You sign and send it yourself. That keeps the case in your name, and the timing in your hands.
We’re not your lawyer
This is information grounded in law that is in force, not legal advice. If you need advice, we will point you to free legal help near you.
We keep nothing you write
No account, no history. Close the page and it is gone.
Guides
Answers to the questions people ask most
Residence and documents
- Temporary residence permit in Poland 2026: how to apply in MOS
Temporary residence permit and karta pobytu in Poland: online filing in MOS, documents, fees, fingerprints, waiting times, the pause until 4 March 2027.
- Permanent residence in Poland: requirements and how to apply (2026)
Who can get permanent residence (karta stałego pobytu) in Poland: Karta Polaka, Polish origin, spouse of a Polish citizen. MOS, 640 zł, 6 months.
- EU long-term resident permit in Poland: conditions and how to apply
Who gets the EU long-term resident permit in Poland: 5 years, income, insurance, Polish B1. Applying in MOS, the 640 zł fee, delays and refusals.
- Residence card in Poland taking too long? Send a ponaglenie
Waiting for a karta pobytu? The voivode has 60 days or 6 months, counted later than most think, and paused to 4 March 2027. How the ponaglenie works.
- Residence permit refused in Poland: appeal within 14 days
The voivode refused your temporary, permanent or EU long-term residence permit? Appeal within 14 days of delivery. How to file, your stay, work, travel.
- CUKR residence card: who can apply, how, and the 180 days
Have UKR status? The CUKR card turns it into a 3-year residence permit. Who qualifies, how to apply in MOS by 4 March 2027, the 180 days, refusals.
- UKR status in PESEL: until when, and how you can lose it
UKR status now gives legal stay until 4 March 2028. You lose it after more than 30 days abroad. What ends on 4 March 2027, and how to stay longer.
- Polish travel document for foreigners: Belarusians apply by 31 Dec
No valid passport? The voivode issues a Polish travel document. Citizens of Belarus who apply by 31 December 2026 need not show they can’t get a passport.
- Asylum in Poland: how to apply for international protection
Refugee status or subsidiary protection in Poland: where to apply, your rights while you wait, the 14-day appeal to the Refugee Board, free legal help.
When an office is late or wrong
- Polish office late with your case? Send a ponaglenie (art. 37 k.p.a.)
A Polish office missed its time limit? Send a ponaglenie (art. 37 k.p.a.). When it is not too early, where it goes, what to write, how to send it.
- Appeal an administrative decision in Poland: 14 days, how and where
Disagree with a decision from a Polish office? Appeal (odwołanie) within 14 days of delivery, through the office that decided. What to write, and what next.
- Complaint about a Polish office or official (skarga, art. 227 k.p.a.)
Complain about a Polish office or official (skarga): who deals with it, how to send it, a month to answer, and when to appeal instead.
- Public information request in Poland: how to ask, 14 days
Any public office in Poland must give you public information within 14 days. Ask by email or post, no reason needed. What to write, fees, refusal, silence.
- How to send a letter to a Polish office so that it counts
Post, in person, e-Doręczenia, ePUAP, the ZUS profile or email? Which channel counts for each letter, what keeps a deadline, and what proof to keep.
Work, benefits and money
- ZUS stopped or refused your 800+: you have 14 days
ZUS refused, ended or cut your 800+? Appeal to the President of ZUS within 14 days, only through your ZUS profile. What to write, and how.
- Dobry Start 2026: 300 zł per pupil, apply to ZUS by 30 November
Dobry Start (300+): 300 zł per pupil once a year. Apply online to ZUS by 30 November. The 2026 work rule for foreigners, and how to appeal a refusal.
- Employer not paying wages in Poland: PIP complaint and labour court
Wages in Poland are due by the 10th of the next month. Paid late, less or not at all? What to collect, how to complain to PIP, and the labour court.
- Landlord not returning your deposit (kaucja) in Poland: what to do
A landlord in Poland must return the kaucja within a month of your moving out, minus only what you owe. How to demand it, and what comes next.
Residence card offices, by city
- Residence card office in Wrocław
- Residence card office in Bydgoszcz
- Residence card office in Lublin
- Residence card office in Gorzów Wielkopolski
- Residence card office in Łódź
- Residence card office in Kraków
- Residence card office in Warsaw
- Residence card office in Opole
- Residence card office in Rzeszów
- Residence card office in Białystok
- Residence card office in Gdańsk
- Residence card office in Katowice
- Residence card office in Kielce
- Residence card office in Olsztyn
- Residence card office in Poznań
- Residence card office in Szczecin
Questions
- Is it free?
- Yes. No payment and no account. The project is funded by the European Union.
- Which languages?
- You can describe your problem in any language, typed or spoken. The site itself is in Ukrainian, Belarusian, Polish and English. The letter is always in Polish, because the office reads Polish.
- What letters can it write?
- Letters to public offices: when a case takes too long, when you disagree with a decision, when an office handled something badly, when you want an office to act or to give you information. Also residence permits (a delay, an appeal, a travel document), labour law, ZUS and tax. And letters to the other side: a landlord who won't repair something, someone who owes you money, a shop that won't accept a complaint, a return of something bought online.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. The letter rests on Polish law in force, but it is not advice. If your case is in court, you were told to leave Poland, or a deadline has passed, talk to a person first. We point you to free legal help.
- Do you send the letter for me?
- No. You download it, sign it and send it yourself, by e-Doręczenia, post or in person. That keeps the case in your name. If you believed we had filed it and we had not, you could miss a deadline.
- What happens to what I write?
- We keep nothing you write. Your description, your recording and the letter exist only while the page is open. We keep only monthly counts, with no content and no dates, to report how many people the project helped. But to read your problem and write the letter, the text is sent to Google's AI and processed under Google's terms.
- Is it safe if I'm worried about my data?
- We ask nothing about who you are, and you need no account. Your IP address is used to stop abuse and, through the country it comes from, to pick the page's language. It is never stored with your letter. Still, Google's AI sees the text, so write only what the letter needs, and leave out anything you would not want anyone else to see.
- What if my problem isn't on the list?
- The site says so plainly instead of guessing, and points you to free legal help and organisations that can help.
- Can I email it to the office?
- Not a formal letter to an office: by law, the office leaves one sent by email unexamined (art. 63 § 1 k.p.a.). Use e-Doręczenia, the registry desk, or registered post, and keep the proof. Not ePUAP: since 1 January 2026, a letter sent through it no longer counts as delivered. A letter to a person, such as a landlord, can go by email.
- Where do I take it in person?
- To the office's registry desk (kancelaria), at the address on the letter. Bring two copies and ask for a dated stamp on yours.
- How long do I have?
- Count from the day the decision reached you, not the date printed on it. How many days you have is written at the end of the decision (the pouczenie): often 14, but only 7 for a return decision. If the deadline is close, talk to a person first: the site lists free legal help.
- Who made it?
- It is built within the 2026 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship, funded by the European Union. The privacy page names who runs it.
Who makes it, and how we check the law
Respubliko is a free tool, built within the 2026 Eastern Partnership Civil Society Fellowship and funded by the European Union. When a letter cites the law, it cites only Polish law in force, read from the official texts the Sejm publishes and checked every night for changes. It is not legal advice, and we never send anything for you.