Law / I forgot to renew my Poland's temporary residence permit, what should I do? [9]

Just to follow up on this one and answer my own question (in case it might be useful for other readers).

Six weeks ago, I went to the foreigners office and applied for permanent residence, with copies of my passport, expired Karta Pobytu, Zameldowanie, wedding certificate, work contract and PIT-11 from the last 9 years. They said that this documentation would probably be enough to grant me permanent residency even if the temporary residence permit had expired 3,5 years ago, but couldn't give me any guarantees.

Yesterday I got a positive decision and today I picked up the card. It has an expiry date 10 years from today, so I guess it is not really that permanent, but oh well, my problem is solved.

Law / I forgot to renew my Poland's temporary residence permit, what should I do? [9]

@DominicB Sure, I simply wanted to spare myself another trip to this wydział (who seems to be very busy) by asking my questions here... I know better than to trust a group of 'random qualified individuals' but thought I'd give it a go anyway. Thanks for your opinion.

@dovla Yes, I saw this, thanks. I am just wondering if there is any way around not having a (valid) residence permit of any kind... If simply proving my uninterrupted stay in Poland the past 9 years with other documents would be enough. I am guessing 'no' would be the answer. Also thank you for the link, good to know just in case.

@Sparks11 The lady at the urzad insisted that I should show a valid Karta Pobytu and didn't care that I brought my passport... And who am I to argue with her, because she has a point. Another person at another stanowisko might have accepted the passport and not cared about the expired Karta Pobytu... Getting a new dowód rejestracyjny is not the problem here, as my wife can simply go and sort this out (we are both registered as owners). Thanks anyway!