Law / Poland - Temporary Residence card - Karta pobytu - required documents [142]

Thank you for the prompt reply. So is this a fact. That as a US citizen, once my Schengen D visa expires (and I have been pretty much in Poland the whole time, and thus not using up my 90 day tourist time in other Schengen countries), I automatically have 90 days tourist time in Poland. And I will not have to leave out of Schengen or Poland to receive this?

THank you!

Law / Poland - Temporary Residence card - Karta pobytu - required documents [142]

Hello!

Hope people are checking this thread. I have an emergency situation. I am US citizen living in Wroclaw. My Schengen long-term D visa expires October 18. I had applied for Karta Pobytu (43 days before the expiration date of the visa) and the inspector said everything should be fine and all the documents are in order. But now she says it may take longer and I should leave the country, and she cannot give a provisional visa because I did not apply 45 days early. She advised me to go to Czech Republic or Germany. There she said I have to request a stamp from the police or border guards (because they are open borders of course) and then return with automatic 3 months as tourist to Poland to await decision.

This sounds fine, but I was suspicious about legality of not leaving Schengen. I called US embassy-Warsaw and they first said to leave Schengen. When I told him the advice from the Urząd Wojewódzki inspector, he was confused and then said maybe I should follow their advice and just make sure I have some letter from the inspector in case there are problems at the border.

What should I do? I am getting different answers from the government! The problem is I have a project I have to be here for next week, and I want to have the quickest option possible (i.e. go to Germany day of expiry, ask for stamp, return next day).

Advice appreciated! Dziękuję bardzo!