Residence card in Łódź, Gdańsk, Opole and Poznań — office addresses, hours and checking your case

Four offices, four portals and four different sets of opening hours — and one procedure, identical across the country. The statute is the same in Łódź, Gdańsk, Opole and Poznań. What differs is the address you walk into, the system where you check your case and how quickly the office answers letters. See how we run residence cases remotely across Poland.

One procedure, four counters

Since 27 April 2026 the application for a residence permit is filed electronically only, in the case-handling module. The statutory deadline is the same everywhere: 60 days from the moment formal deficiencies are remedied (Article 112a(1) of the Act on Foreigners). An appeal against a refusal goes, in every one of these voivodeships, to a single authority — the Head of the Office for Foreigners in Warsaw.

Which voivode examines your application is decided by where you actually stay, not by your registered address or your employer’s address — we cover that separately in our text on what a residence card looks like outside Warsaw. Below we gather what that text does not cover: the actual addresses, hours and systems of these four offices.

Where you physically file and collect the card

The application goes in electronically, but fingerprints and card collection require a visit. Addresses and opening hours as of August 2026:

• Łódź — Łódzki Urząd Wojewódzki, ul. Piotrkowska 103; the foreigners’ division receives on Monday, Thursday and Friday 8:30–14:30 and on Tuesday 10:00–17:00, by prior booking only; helpline for foreigners 42 664 17 97;
• Gdańsk — Pomorski Urząd Wojewódzki; service at ul. Chmielna 74/76 on Monday 8:00–18:00 and Tuesday to Friday 8:00–15:15, but correspondence goes to ul. Okopowa 21/27; phone 58 30 77 466;
• Opole — Opolski Urząd Wojewódzki, the Foreigners’ Service Centre on the ground floor at ul. Piastowska 14, open Monday to Friday 7:30–15:30; residence legalisation 77 45 24 543 and a free helpline 800 033 010;
• Poznań — Wielkopolski Urząd Wojewódzki, Foreigners’ Affairs Department at pl. Wolności 17, Monday 9:00–18:00 and Tuesday to Friday 8:15–15:15; helpline 61 850 87 77.

The portal where you check your case

Each of these offices runs its own service for foreigners: Łódź — wsoic.lodzkie.eu, Gdańsk — wsc.gdansk.uw.gov.pl, Opole — cudzoziemcy.e-wojewoda.pl, Poznań — migrant.poznan.uw.gov.pl. On top of that comes the case-handling module, where you see your application, the summonses and the letters.

It is worth knowing what none of these systems will show you. A status of "in progress" does not say whether something is missing from the file, whether the official is waiting for another authority to reply, or whether the case has any chance of ending well. That only shows in the file itself — and the right to inspect the file belongs to the party and its representative, not to everyone who logs into a portal.

What actually separates these four offices

Not the rules, the practice. Some offices send one comprehensive summons to remedy deficiencies, others send several in a row, and each one stops the case in its tracks. What differs is the wait for a fingerprint appointment, the way slots are booked, and how fast the office reacts to letters. In Gdańsk and Poznań Monday is the extended day, in Opole service runs evenly all week, in Łódź Tuesday starts later and finishes latest.

These differences show up in the numbers rather than in the offices’ announcements — the real timelines are in our text on how long a residence card takes. The mechanics are the same nationwide; only the months differ.

Why the office address stopped deciding your choice of lawyer

The application is electronic, correspondence goes to the representative’s address, and the appellate authority sits in Warsaw whether the case is run by the Łódź, Pomeranian, Opole or Greater Poland voivode. The city where your lawyer works has stopped changing anything. What counts is how many cases of that type they have run and whether they know what to expect from a particular office.

How we run cases in these cities

Remotely, without pulling you out of work. We establish the legal basis for your stay and a document list tailored to your situation, file the application, receive correspondence at the firm’s address and watch the deadlines. You travel to the office only for fingerprints and to collect the card — we do the rest. We work in eight languages and accept documents as photos from your phone.

How we start

By reading what you already have: decisions, summonses, your employment contract and your travel document. A quarter of an hour is usually enough to see whether the case is on the right track or was heading somewhere it could not end well from the very start.

Your case is heard where you live — but it can be run by a firm that does this every day. Start with online residence legalisation. You upload photos of your documents and we take care of the rest.