Polish passport

Polish passports are issued to Polish citizens to travel outside of Poland. For traveling inside the European Union, as well as to Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Andorra and the British dependencies in Europe (ie. Gibraltar, Jersey, Isle of Man, Guernsey), Polish citizens can use their national ID card.

The statement in a Polish passport declares in Polish, English and French:

::"THE AUTHORITIES OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND HEREBY KINDLY REQUEST ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TO PROVIDE THE BEARER OF THIS PASSPORT WITH ALL ASSISTANCE THAT MAY BE DEEMED NECESSARY WHILE ABROAD."

There are currently three designs of Polish passports in use - one with biometric data and the inscription "EUROPEAN UNION" in Polish on the cover (introduced in 2006), and two without those features: one with a red cover (issued 2001-2006) and one with a navy-blue cover (issued prior to 2001). Passports of the old designs retain their validity until the expiration date but are not issued anymore. All three designs are fully equivalent to each other.

The two more recent designs are trilingual and written in Polish, English and French. The oldest of the three designs is additionally written in Russian with the exception of the page with personal data which is only bilingual (Polish and English).

Polish passports are issued for the period of 10 years.

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ee also

* Polish nationality law
* List of passports

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