Polish Embassy for Australia - Address / Phone Number

Embassy of the Republic of Poland in the Commonwealth of Australia

Address: 7 Turrana Street, Yarralumla ACT 2600
City: Canberra (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: (02) 6272 1000
Fax:  (02) 6273 3184
Emergency phone: (+61) 411 540 466
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 16.00
Consular hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 11.00, Wednesday 11.00 - 13.00

Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Sydney

Address: 10 Trelawney Street, Woollahra NSW 2025, Australia
City: Sydney (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: (+61-2) 9363 9816
Fax:  (+61-2) 9327 2216
Emergency phone: (+61) 0419 488 67

Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Darwin

Address: 867 Stuart Highway Pinelands, The 11 Mile near Darwin, NT 0800, Australia
City: Darwin (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +9:30 hours)
Tel.: (+61-8) 8931 1966
Fax:  (+61 8) 8932 3421

The Polish Embassy in Canberra as well as the General Consulate in Sydney provides a wide variety of consular and other services to their citizens and locals. Their services include:

• Visas
• Legal issues: deceased person transportation
• Polish passport
• Polish Citizenship

Schengen States issue the following types of uniform visas which entitle the holder to enter and stay in the Schengen territory:

• Airport transit visa (A) - valid only for airport transit, does not entitle the holder to leave the transit zone of the airport;
• Transit visa (B) - valid for transit through the Schengen territory for a period not exceeding 5 days;
• Short-stay visa (C) - valid for stays of no more than 90 days per period of 180 days.

Apart from uniform visas, Schengen States issue national long-stay visas (D) and residence permits which are valid only for the territory of the issuing State. Long-stay national visas entitle their holders to a maximum 5-day visa free transit through the Schengen territory. Holders of residence permits issued by one of the Schengen States are allowed to travel within the Schengen area during a maximum 3-month period.

The Embassy is closed during the following public holidays:

• 1st January - New Year
• 6st January - Epiphany
• First day of Easter
• Second day of Easter
• 1st May - Public Holiday
• 3rd May - National Holiday of the 3rd May
• Corpus Christi
• 15th August - Holy Mary
• 1st November - All Saints
• 11th November - National Independence Day
• 25th December - first day of Christmas
• 26th December - second day of Christmas