I have received several emails from numerous people asking me about Polish Visa for Ghana nationals. I’m therefore putting this informative article together to let you know how you can acquire it.

All you need to do is to trust the Polish embassy where you are going to (Ghana) to do a good job. If they have already started processing your request, they will definitely finish it perfectly. Try to confirm their credibility and authenticity by searching Google or any other search engine of your choice. Or maybe ask someone you trust whether their efforts are genuine or not.

Poland is a beautiful country and inhabited by wonderful people. Poles welcomed Polish citizens with open hands. Even if you are not a Polish, your application for Poland visa will be accepted again and again. You can get an appointment to obtain a long-term visa in just two weeks: it’s not the years you wait for the US or Canadian embassy, but 14 days!

Having a Polish visa is often easier with the right form of help. First-time visitors and those looking to stay longer in Poland now have a chance to get their visas without having to wait in long lines at consular offices, thanks to the Polish Visa Center. With this method of getting a visa, applicants can complete the entire application process from their home or office. This eliminates time wasted and eliminates stress involved when completing applications on-site at a consulate.

How To Get Poland Visa In Ghana

There are two ways to obtain a short‐stay visa for visiting Poland. When you just need to cross the border in Poland, you can use a Schengen Visa, which allows travelling within other states that belong to Schengen area. The second and easier (but more expensive) way is obtaining a Short-term Residence Permit (A) which will allow you to enter and leave Poland multiple times. Obtaining A is recommended and I will explain why.

Poland Schengen Visa Application Requirements

Depending on the purpose of your travel to Poland, there are different types of visas that will apply to the occasion.

Whether you are planning to go on a visit, study or work and reside in Poland permanently, you will have to apply for a different Polish Schengen Visa, accordingly.

You can apply for the Polish Schengen Visa since 2007 when Poland as a Member State of the European Union also became a member state of the Schengen Area.

See the list of countries whose citizens need a visa to enter Poland by clicking Do I need a visa to visit Poland?

Poland Entry Restrictions in Response to Coronavirus

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, Poland, as well as the rest of the EU and Schengen Area members imposed an EU-wide entry ban on third-country nationals in mid-March 2020.

To this day, only the following are permitted to enter the Polish territory:

• Polish citizens
• Citizens and residents of Georgia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, South Korea, Tunisia and Australia
• Foreigners who are spouses or children of citizens of Poland or remain under the constant care of citizens of Poland
• Polish identity Card Holders
• Diplomats
• People entitled to permanent or temporary residence in the Republic of Poland or who hold a work permit
• Foreigners who run a means of transport designed for the transport of good
• Citizens of EU Member States, EFTA Member States – parties to the Agreement on the EEA or the Swiss Confederation and their spouses and children, when travelling through the territory of the Republic of Poland to their place of residence or stay
• Those with a permanent residence permit or a long-term resident’s EU residence permit, in the territory of other EU Member States, a Member State of the EFTA – parties to the Agreement on the EEA or the Swiss Confederation and their spouses and children, when travelling through the territory of the Republic of Poland, to their place of residence or stay.

Additionally, in particularly justified cases, the commander of the Border Guard post may allow a foreigner to enter the territory of the Republic of Poland in accordance with the procedure specified in the Act of 12 December 2013 on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2020, item 35), always after obtaining the consent of the Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard.

Those coming to Poland from outside the EU are obliged to go through a fortnight of quarantine, whereas those crossing the internal EU borders are exempt from the requirement of quarantine.