I am an American who applied for a 1 year temporary residence permit in Warsaw in January on the basis of taking a polish course in preparation for further studies in Poland. I intend to reside in Poland indefinitely and later get permanent residence if possible.
I have a few questions:
1. I originally applied for the permit in August 2016, and after many delays they rejected it because of a technicality. Now I submitted my 2nd application in January. It says that my polish course will end around August of 2017. Once the temporary residence permit is granted, will it be valid for 1 year from the date it was granted, or only for 3 months until my Polish course is completed? I would hate to have gone through all this trouble to obtain a permit only valid for 3 months.
2. Upon the expiration of the permit, assuming I was in Poland the entire time, will my 90 days per 180 days limit for being in Schengen be essentially reset to zero, or will I be required to immediately leave both Poland and Schengen (or renew the permit)?
3. While I expect my application to be granted any day now, I understand that it can take a month for the card to be printed. I understand that during this time I am not supposed to leave Poland (I have already been here for more than 90 days in the last 180, so the stamp in my passport from the foreigners' office is the only thing allowing me to stay here now). If I were to leave Poland before possessing the card anyways, spend a few days in Ukraine, and the return to Poland, would I face issues coming back into Poland? I would have with me a letter saying my temporary residence permit application was granted, but not the actual card. Also my passport has around 70 stamps in it so it would take an especially thorough border guard to calculate how many days I was in Schengen.
I have a few questions:
1. I originally applied for the permit in August 2016, and after many delays they rejected it because of a technicality. Now I submitted my 2nd application in January. It says that my polish course will end around August of 2017. Once the temporary residence permit is granted, will it be valid for 1 year from the date it was granted, or only for 3 months until my Polish course is completed? I would hate to have gone through all this trouble to obtain a permit only valid for 3 months.
2. Upon the expiration of the permit, assuming I was in Poland the entire time, will my 90 days per 180 days limit for being in Schengen be essentially reset to zero, or will I be required to immediately leave both Poland and Schengen (or renew the permit)?
3. While I expect my application to be granted any day now, I understand that it can take a month for the card to be printed. I understand that during this time I am not supposed to leave Poland (I have already been here for more than 90 days in the last 180, so the stamp in my passport from the foreigners' office is the only thing allowing me to stay here now). If I were to leave Poland before possessing the card anyways, spend a few days in Ukraine, and the return to Poland, would I face issues coming back into Poland? I would have with me a letter saying my temporary residence permit application was granted, but not the actual card. Also my passport has around 70 stamps in it so it would take an especially thorough border guard to calculate how many days I was in Schengen.