Visa requirements for Polish citizens

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A Polish passport

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A Polish identity card is valid for travel to most European countries

Visa requirements for Polish citizens are public health and administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Poland.

As of 2025, Polish citizens have visa-free or visa on arrival access to 185 countries and territories, ranking the Polish passport 7th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

Visa requirements map

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Map of jurisdictions by visa requirement for Polish citizens holding ordinary passports and traveling by air.

  Poland

  Freedom of movement

  Visa not required / ETATemplate:RefnTemplate:Refn

  Visa on arrivalTemplate:Refn

  eVisa

  Visa available both on arrival or onlineTemplate:Refn

  Visa required prior to arrival

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)	Reciprocity
Afghanistan	Visa required			✓
Albania	Visa not required		ID card valid.	X
Algeria	Visa required			✓
Andorra	Visa not required		ID card valid.	✓
Angola	Visa not required		{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Angola. VOA}}	X
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required			X
Argentina	Visa not required			✓
Armenia	Visa not required			X
Australia			90 days on each visit in 12-month period if granted.	✓
Austria			ID card valid.	✓
Azerbaijan	eVisa			X
Bahamas	Visa not required			✓
Bahrain	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Bangladesh	Template:Yes-no			X
Barbados	Visa not required			✓
Belarus	Visa not required		Visa-free until 31 December 2025.	X
Belgium			ID card valid.	✓
Belize	Visa not required			X
Benin	eVisa		Must have an international vaccination certificate.	X
Bhutan	eVisa		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	X
Bolivia	Visa not required			X
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required		90 days within any 6-month period ID card valid	X
Botswana	Visa not required		90 days within any-year period.	X
Brazil	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Brunei	Visa not required			✓
Bulgaria			ID card valid.	✓
Burkina Faso	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Burundi	Template:Yes-no		From December 2021, passengers of all countries that required visa, can now obtain visa on arrival at Bujumbura International Airport, and all land borders.	X
Cambodia	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Cameroon	eVisa		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	X
Canada			eTA required if arriving by air.	✓
Cape Verde			Must register online at least five days prior to arrival(EASE).	X
Central African Republic	Visa required			✓
Chad	eVisa	90 days		✓
Chile	Visa not required			✓
China	Visa not required	30 days	Visa-free from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025. {{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|China. Transit}}	✓
Colombia	Visa not required		90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year period.	✓
Comoros	Template:Yes-no			X
Republic of the Congo	Visa required		Visa not required if Passengers with a V.I.P invitation letter.	✓
Democratic Republic of the Congo	eVisa	7 days		X
Costa Rica	Visa not required			X
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa		e-Visa holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport.	X
Croatia			ID card valid.	✓
Cuba	Template:Yes-no		Can be extended up to 90 days with a fee.	X
Cyprus			ID card valid.	✓
Czech Republic			ID card valid.	✓
Denmark			ID card valid.	✓
Djibouti	eVisa			X
Dominica	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Dominican Republic	Visa not required			X
Ecuador	Visa not required			X
Egypt	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
El Salvador	Visa not required			✓
Equatorial Guinea	eVisa			X
Eritrea	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Estonia			ID card valid.	✓
Eswatini	Visa not required			X
Ethiopia	eVisa / Visa on arrival		Passengers of Ethiopian origin may obtain a visa on arrival at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport e-Visas are available for 30 or 90 days.	X
Fiji	Visa not required			X
Finland			ID card valid.	✓
France			ID card valid (including in Overseas France).	✓
Gabon	eVisa		e-Visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.	X
Gambia	Visa not required			X
Template:Country data Georgia	Visa not required		ID card valid.	X
Germany			ID card valid.	✓
Ghana	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Greece			ID card valid.	✓
Grenada	Visa not required			✓
Guatemala	Visa not required			X
Guinea	eVisa			X
Guinea-Bissau	Template:Yes-no		Letter of authorization issued by the Migration Office of Guinea Bissau prior to arrival required.	X
Guyana	eVisa			✓
Haiti	Visa not required			X
Honduras	Visa not required			X
Hungary			ID card valid.	✓
Iceland			ID card valid.	✓
India	eVisa		{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|India. eVisa}} Former Indian citizens with an OCI (Overseas Citizen Of India) cards are eligible for unlimited travel and stay.	X
Indonesia	e-VOA / Visa on arrival			X
Iran	eVisa		Passengers who have already made an application, at least 2 days before arrival, at the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affair's e-Visa website and present the submission notification at the airport's visa desk may obtain a visa on arrival.	X
Iraq	eVisa / Visa on arrival	60 days		X
Ireland			ID card valid.	✓
Israel			Starting July 1st, 2024, the ETA-IL (Electronic Travel Authorisation) will open for application submissions.	✓
Italy			ID card valid.	✓
Jamaica	Visa not required			X
Japan	Visa not required		Extendable once.	✓
Jordan	eVisa / Visa on arrival		Conditions apply. Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)	X
Kazakhstan	Visa not required			X
Kenya	Electronic Travel Authorisation		{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Kenya. eTA}}	X
Kiribati	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	X
North Korea	Visa required			✓
South Korea			The validity period of a K-ETA is 3 years from the date of approval.	✓
Kuwait	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Kyrgyzstan	Visa not required			X
Laos	eVisa / Visa on arrival		{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Laos. Visa on arrival}}	X
Latvia			ID card valid.	✓
Lebanon	Template:Yes-no		Extendable for 2 additional months. Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.	X
Lesotho	eVisa			X
Liberia	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Libya	eVisa			X
Liechtenstein			ID card valid.	✓
Lithuania			ID card valid.	✓
Luxembourg			ID card valid	✓
Madagascar	Template:Yes-no			X
Malawi	Visa not required	30 days		X
Malaysia	Visa not required			✓
Maldives	Template:Yes-no			X
Mali	Visa required			✓
Malta			ID card valid.	✓
Marshall Islands	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Mauritania	Template:Yes-no	30 days	Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.	X
Mauritius	Visa not required			X
Mexico	Visa not required			✓
Micronesia	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Moldova	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period. ID card valid.	X
Monaco	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid.	✓
Mongolia	Visa not required		The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia has exempted visas for 34 countries from January 2023 to December 2025.	X
Montenegro	Visa not required		ID card valid for 30 days.	X
Morocco	Visa not required			X
Mozambique	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Myanmar	eVisa	28 days	e-Visa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung or India — Rih Khaw Dar and Tamu. e-Visa available for both tourism (allowed stay is 28 days) or business (allowed stay is 70 days) purposes.	X
Namibia	Template:Yes-no		Available at Hosea Kutako International Airport. 3 months within a calendar year.	X
Nauru	Visa required			✓
Nepal	Online Visa / Visa on arrival			X
Netherlands			ID card valid.	✓
New Zealand			May enter using eGate. International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.	✓
Nicaragua	Visa not required			X
Niger	Visa required		Visa on arrival if a letter of invitation (Visa Volant) issued by the Ministry of Interior is conferred.	✓
Nigeria	eVisa		Holders of written e-Visa approval issued by the Immigration Authority can obtain a visa on arrival, provided they hold a visa application form and e-Visa application payment receipt and have an invitation letter from a Nigerian company accepting immigration responsibilities.	X
Template:Country data North Macedonia	Visa not required		ID card valid.	X
Norway			ID card valid.	✓
Oman			e-Visa is valid for 30 days is also available. Holders of diplomatic or official passports is up to 90 days.	X
Pakistan	eVisa		Issued free of charge as of August 2024.	X
Palau	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Panama	Visa not required			✓
Papua New Guinea	eVisa		Available at Gurney Airport (Alotau), Mount Hagen Airport, Port Moresby Airport and Tokua Airport (Rabaul).	X
Paraguay	Visa not required			✓
Peru	Visa not required		90 days within any 6-month period.	✓
Philippines	Visa not required			X
Portugal			ID card valid.	✓
Qatar	Visa not required			X
Romania			ID card valid.	✓
Russia	eVisa	16 days	Visa waiver available for passengers arriving by cruise only who are staying in Russia for a maximum of 72 hours.	X
Rwanda	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required			X
Saint Lucia	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required			X
Samoa	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
San Marino	Visa not required		ID card valid.	✓
São Tomé and Príncipe	Visa not required			X
Saudi Arabia	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Senegal	Visa not required			X
Serbia	Visa not required		90 days within any 6-month period. ID card valid.	X
Seychelles	Visa not required			✓
Sierra Leone	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Singapore	Visa not required			✓
Slovakia			ID card valid.	✓
Slovenia			ID card valid.	✓
Solomon Islands	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Somalia	Template:Yes-no		{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Somalia. VOA/3}}	X
South Africa	Visa not required			X
South Sudan	eVisa		Obtainable online. Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travel.	X
Spain			ID card valid.	✓
Sri Lanka	eVisa / Visa on arrival		{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Sri Lanka. eVisa}}	X
Sudan	Visa required			✓
Suriname	Visa not required	90 days	{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|Suriname. Information}}	X
Sweden			ID card valid.	✓
Switzerland			ID card valid.	✓
Syria	Visa required			✓
Tajikistan	Visa not required		Visa also available online. e-Visa holders can enter through all border points.	X
Tanzania	eVisa / Visa on arrival			X
Thailand	Visa not required		Maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air.	X
Timor-Leste	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Togo	eVisa			X
Tonga	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Tunisia	Visa not required			X
Turkey	Visa not required		ID card valid. Former Turkish citizens with a Turkish "Blue Card" (Mavi Kart): Freedom of movement.	X
Turkmenistan	Visa required		Pre-approved visa can be picked up on arrival.	✓
Tuvalu	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
Uganda	eVisa			X
Ukraine	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
United Arab Emirates	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	✓
United Kingdom	Visa not required			✓
United States			{{#section-h::Template:Transcluded sections for the visa articles|United States. ESTA}}	✓
Uruguay	Visa not required			✓
Uzbekistan	Visa not required			X
Vanuatu	Visa not required		90 days within any 180 day period.	X
Vatican City	Visa not required		ID card valid.	✓
Venezuela	Visa not required			X
Vietnam	eVisa / Visa not required		30 days visa free when visit Phu Quoc Island Temporary visa-free regime from 1 March 2025 until 31 December 2025 when travelling with Vietnamese travel agency.	X
Yemen	Visa required			✓
Zambia	Visa not required		Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.	X
Zimbabwe	Template:Yes-no		Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.	X

List of territories, disputed areas or restricted zones

Visa requirements for Polish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Visitor to	Visa requirement	Allowed stay	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Europe
Abkhazia	Visa required
File:Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church.svg Mount Athos	Special permit required	4 days	Special permit required (EUR 25 for Orthodox visitors, EUR 35 for non-Orthodox visitors, EUR 18 for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100 Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.
Template:Flagicon Brest and Grodno	Visa not required	Visa-free for 10 days
Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months	ID card valid.
Template:Flagicon UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required		Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid.
Gibraltar	Visa not required	6 months from January 2021.	ID card valid.
Guernsey	Visa not required	6 months from January 2021.
Jersey	Visa not required	6 months from January 2021.
Isle of Man	Visa not required	6 months from January 2021.
Template:Flagicon Jan Mayen	Permit required		Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days	ID card valid.
Russia	Special authorization required		Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.
South Ossetia	Russian multiple entry visa required		Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.
Transnistria	Visa not required	24 hours	Registration required after 24h.
Africa
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required		Special permit required.
Template:Flagicon Canary Islands			ID card valid.
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required		To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).
Template:Flagicon Madeira			ID card valid.
Mayotte			ID card valid.
Réunion			ID card valid.
Template:Country data Ascension Island	eVisa	3 months within any year period.
Saint Helena	Template:Yes-no		Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required		Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Visa not required	90 days	Same visa regime as Morocco.
Somaliland	Template:Yes-no	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.
Sudan	Travel permit required		All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Template:Flagicon Darfur	Travel permit required		Separate travel permit is required.
Asia
Template:Flagicon Hainan	Visa not required	30 days	Individual tourists need to select a tour agency and inform them their schedule.
Hong Kong	Visa not required	90 days
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required		Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.
Template:Country data Iraqi Kurdistan	eVisa	30 days
Kazakhstan	Special permission required		Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.
Template:Flagicon Kish Island	Visa not required		Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.
Macao	Visa not required	90 days
Template:Flagicon Sabah and Sarawak	Visa not required		These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.
North Korea outside Pyongyang	Special permit required		People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving)
Template:Country data Palestine	Visa not required		Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.
Taiwan	Visa not required	90 days
Template:Flagicon Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OVIR permit required		OVIR permit required, can be obtained with e-visa application for an additional USD 20. Locally it may be obtained for 15+5 Tajikistani Somoni. Another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.
Template:Flagicon Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required		Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).
Turkmenistan	Special permit required		A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.
Template:Flagicon Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone
Template:Flagicon UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone
Template:Flagicon Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days
Yemen	Special permission required		Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Template:Flagicon Azores			ID card valid.
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days, extendable to 180 days
Bermuda	Visa not required	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival.
Template:Flagicon Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	3 months
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	30 days, extensions possible
Cayman Islands	Visa not required	6 months
Curacao	Visa not required	3 months
Greenland	Visa not required	90 days
Guadeloupe			ID card valid.
Martinique			ID card valid.
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months	ID card valid. (max. 14 days)
Puerto Rico		90 days (same as for USA)
Saint Barthélemy	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Saint Martin			ID card valid.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Template:Flagicon San Andrés and Leticia	Template:Yes-no		Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required	90 days
U.S. Virgin Islands		90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years
Oceania
American Samoa	Electronic authorization	30 days
Template:Flagicon Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required		Special authorisation required.
Template:Flagicon Clipperton Island	Special permit required		Special permit required.
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days
Template:Flagicon Lau Province	Special permission required		Special permission required.
Guam		90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years	ESTA required.
New Caledonia	Freedom of movement		ID card valid.
Niue	Visa not required	30 days
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa not required		Visa not required under the Visa Waiver Program, for 90 days on arrival from overseas for 2 years. ESTA required.
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days	Landing fee USD 35 or tax of USD 5 if not going ashore.
Template:Flagicon French Polynesia	Visa not required		ID card valid.
Tokelau	Entry permit required
Template:Flagicon United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required		Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required		ID card valid.
South America
French Guiana			ID card valid.
File:Bandera Provincia Galápagos.svg Galápagos	Online pre-registration required		Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Falkland Islands	Visa not required	1 month	A visitor permit is normally issued as a stamp in the passport on arrival.
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required		Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).
Antarctica	Permit required		Special permits required for British Antarctic Territory, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Argentine Antarctica, Template:Flagicon Australian Antarctic Territory, Template:Flagicon Chilean Antarctic Territory, Template:Flagicon Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Template:Flagicon Peter I Island, Template:Flagicon Queen Maud Land, Template:Flagicon Ross Dependency.

Vaccination requirements

Vaccination requirements map

Certain countries and territories require travellers arriving from Poland to be vaccinated against specific diseases. This is a map of vaccination requirements for Polish citizens and residents arriving directly from the Schengen area, excluding those arriving from third countries.

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Vaccination requirements for travellers arriving from Poland

   Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (ACYW135) requiredTemplate:Refn

  Polio vaccination required

  Yellow fever vaccination required

  Vaccination not required

Quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination (ACYW135)

Meningococcal vaccination requirements for international travel

Country or territory	Details
Gambia	All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine (ACYW135) upon arrival.
Indonesia	Travellers arriving from or departing to Saudi Arabia must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135.
Lebanon	Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers departing Lebanon and going to Hajj, Umrah, and to certain African countries.
Libya	All travellers must show proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 upon arrival.
Philippines	Proof of vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW-135 is required for travellers going to Hajj and Umrah (in Saudi Arabia).
Saudi Arabia	Proof of vaccination is required for travellers 2 years of age and older who are Hajj or Umrah pilgrims and seasonal or pilgrim workers in Hajj and Umrah areas. Vaccination with quadrivalent ACYW135 (either polysaccharide or conjugate) must be issued not less than 10 days before arrival and not more than 3 years (polysaccharide vaccine) or 5 years (conjugate vaccine) before arrival. The immunisation certificate should clearly state if the traveller was vaccinated with the conjugate vaccine for the 5-year validity to apply. Vaccination is also required for domestic pilgrims, residents of Mecca and Medina, and any persons participating in Hajj or Umrah or seasonal or pilgrimage work in Hajj and Umrah zones. At the discretion of the Ministry of Health, travellers may be administered prophylactic antibiotics upon arrival.

Polio vaccination

Polio vaccination requirements for international travel

Country	Details
Afghanistan	Travellers from polio-endemic countries (Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Afghanistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of polio vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) when departing from Afghanistan.
Belize	Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Belize residents travelling countries with confirmed polio cases also need proof of vaccination.
Brunei	Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Egypt	Travellers from Afghanistan, Angola, Benin, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, China, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, and Somalia need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Template:Country data Georgia	Travellers from at-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof are offered OPV vaccination upon arrival.
India	Travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Iran	Travellers from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival.
Iraq	Travellers aged 15+ from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival; children under age 15 must have received three doses of polio vaccine before travel. Travellers without proof will be vaccinated upon arrival. Travellers departing Iraq to Afghanistan and Pakistan must also provide proof of vaccination upon departure.
Jordan	Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Lebanon	Travellers from and to polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Libya	Travellers from Afghanistan and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Maldives	Travellers from and to polio-exporting countries, as well as Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Morocco	Travellers from polio-affected countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Nepal	Travellers from Afghanistan, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Papua New Guinea need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Oman	Travellers from polio-exporting countries need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Pakistan	Travellers from ALL countries planning to stay in Pakistan for more than 4 weeks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV vaccination upon arrival. Residents and ALL travellers staying in Pakistan longer than 4 weeks need proof of OPV vaccination when departing from Pakistan.
Philippines	Travellers from or to high-risk countries need Carte Jaune proof of polio vaccination upon arrival or before departure, respectively. Due to an ongoing local VDPV2 outbreak, the government recommends all others travellers to consider getting a polio vaccine or booster dose, depending on their situation.
Qatar	Travellers from polio-exporting countries (identified by Qatar as: Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Philippines) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Travellers from polio-endemic countries as identified by WHO (Afghanistan and Pakistan) need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Saudi Arabia	Travellers from active-transmission (including wild or vaccine-derived poliovirus) and at-risk countries, as well as all travellers from Afghanistan, Congo-Kinshasa, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen, need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. Regardless of immunisation status, all travellers from Afghanistan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen will be given an Oral Polio Vaccine dose upon arrival.
Seychelles	Travellers from countries with polio outbreaks need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival.
Syria	Travellers from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, and Pakistan need Carte Jaune proof of OPV or IPV vaccination (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure) upon arrival. ALL Syria residents departing Syria to any country also need proof of vaccination.
Ukraine	Long-term visitors departing to states with wild or circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus transmission should present Carte Jaune proof of vaccination with at least one dose of bivalent OPV or IPV (received between 4 weeks and 12 months before departure). Persons obliged to undertake urgent international travel must be immunised with a single dose of polio vaccine before their departure. There is also risk of poliovirus transmission inside Ukraine itself, and travellers to Ukraine are recommended to be up to date with their polio vaccination before entry.

Yellow fever vaccination

Yellow fever vaccination requirements for international travel (July 2019)

Country or territory	Status	Vaccination required for travellers coming from	Traveller age
Albania	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Algeria	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Angola	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Antigua and Barbuda	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Argentina	Risk provinces: Misiones, Corrientes	NoTemplate:Refn	–
Aruba	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Australia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Bahamas	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Bahrain	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Bangladesh	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Barbados	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Belize	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Benin	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Bolivia	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	1 year or older
Bonaire	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Botswana	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Brazil	Template:CRecurring	NoTemplate:Refn	–
Brunei	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Burkina Faso	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Burundi	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Template:Country data Cabo Verde	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Cambodia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Cameroon	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Central African Republic	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Chad	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
China	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Christmas Island	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Colombia	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Congo-Brazzaville	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Congo-Kinshasa	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Costa Rica	Template:CMain	Risk countries	9 months or older
Template:Country data Côte d'Ivoire	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Cuba	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Curaçao	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Dominica	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Dominican Republic	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Ecuador	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Egypt	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
El Salvador	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Equatorial Guinea	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	9 months or older
Eritrea	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Eswatini	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Ethiopia	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Fiji	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
French Guiana	Template:CRecurring	All countries	1 year or older
French Polynesia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Gabon	Template:CRecurring	All countries	1 year or older
Gambia	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	9 months or older
Ghana	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Grenada	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Guadeloupe	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Guatemala	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Guinea	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	9 months or older
Guinea-Bissau	Template:CRecurring	All countries	1 year or older
Guyana	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Haiti	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Honduras	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
India	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Indonesia	Template:CMain	Risk countries	9 months or older
Iran	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Iraq	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Jamaica	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Jordan	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Kenya	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	1 year or older
Kyrgyzstan	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Laos	Template:CMain	Risk countries	Unknown
Lesotho	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	6 months or older
Liberia	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	9 months or older
Libya	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Madagascar	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Malawi	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Malaysia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Maldives	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Mali	Template:CRecurring	All countries	1 year or older
Malta	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Martinique	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Mauritania	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	1 year or older
Mayotte	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Montserrat	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Mozambique	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Myanmar	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Namibia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Nepal	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
New Caledonia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Nicaragua	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Niger	Template:CRecurring	All countries	1 year or older
Nigeria	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Niue	Template:CMain	Risk countries	9 months or older
North Korea	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Oman	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Pakistan	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Panama	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Papua New Guinea	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Paraguay	Template:CRecurring	Risk countries	1 year or older
Peru	Template:CRecurring	NoTemplate:Refn	–
Philippines	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Pitcairn Islands	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Rwanda	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Saint Barthélemy	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Saint Helena	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Saint Lucia	Template:CMain	Risk countries	9 months or older
Saint Martin	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Template:CMain	Risk countries	1 year or older
Samoa	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
São Tomé and Príncipe	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Saudi Arabia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Senegal	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Seychelles	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Sierra Leone	Template:CRecurring	All countries	Unknown
Singapore	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Sint Eustatius	Template:CMain	Risk countries	6 months or older
Sint Maarten	Template:CMain	Risk countries	9 months or older
Solomon Islands	Template:CMain	Risk countries	9 months or older
Somalia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
South Africa	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
South Sudan	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Sri Lanka	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Sudan	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Suriname	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Tanzania	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Thailand	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Togo	Template:CRecurring	All countries	9 months or older
Trinidad and Tobago	Risk region: Trinidad	Risk countries	1 year or older
Uganda	Template:CRecurring	All countries	1 year or older
United Arab Emirates	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older
Venezuela	Template:CRecurring	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Wallis and Futuna	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Zambia	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	1 year or older
Zimbabwe	Template:CMain	Risk countriesTemplate:Refn	9 months or older

COVID-19 vaccination

Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all. This is justified by research that shows that the Pfizer vaccine effect lasts for six months or so.

Passport requirements

Passport not required

Polish identity card is valid for these countries :

• EU and Europe (except Belarus, Russia, the United Kingdom [for tourism] and Ukraine)
• France French overseas territories
• Template:Country data Georgia
• Montserrat (for max. 14 days)
• Tunisia (for organized tours only)
• Turkey
• United Kingdom (individuals with pre-settled or settled status, frontier-worker permit or are a Swiss service provider can continue using national identity cards)

Blank passport pages

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Passport validity length

Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages.

Countries requiring passports to be validity at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival), Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.

Turkey requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months (150 days) upon entry, but identity cards valid on arrival for Polish citizens.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar, Senegal and French territories in the Pacific (i.e. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna).

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa.

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Medical passport

Many African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Togo, require Template:Em incoming passengers older than nine months to one year to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.

Entry bans

Criminal record

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Persona non grata

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Israeli stamps

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Right to consular protection in non-EU countries

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Diplomatic missions of Poland

In a non-EU country where there is no Polish embassy, Polish citizens, like all other EU citizens, have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Poland.

See also

• Visa policy of the Schengen Area
• Polish identity card
• Polish passport