Schengen Information System (SIS)

Can a foreigner check whether he is entered in the SIS?

Every person is entitled to obtain exhaustive information concerning his personal data which are processed in databases.

A foreigner or an attorney appointed in a case may also apply to the Head of the Office for Foreigners for:

1. providing information on the entering of personal data of a foreigner into the list or the Schengen Information System;
2. correction of personal data entered into the list or in the Schengen Information System if he finds that they are incorrect;
3. deletion of his personal data from the list or the Schengen Information System if they were entered there in error.

The appointment of an attorney does not have to take the form of a notarial deed. It may be drafted by hand and it should include the name of the principal (i.e. the person appointing the attorney), a full address with the principal’s postal code, date and place of birth, the scope of activities which the attorney is authorized to act in, the address of the attorney residing in Poland, the number and name of the identity document a certified photocopy of which shall be attached to the application, the applicant's signature. Sample proxies are available at:
http://www.udsc.gov.pl/WNIOSEK,DOTYCZACY,,INFORMACJI,Z,WYKAZU,1395.html

In order to obtain the above information, one should apply to the Head of the Office for Foreigners with a written request drafted in Polish, including:

- full personal data: name, surname, previous surnames,
- date of birth,
- place of residence,
- precisely specified request,
- authentic signature.

A photocopy of an identity document can be attached to the application (e.g. passport).

Issuing a certificate is subject to the payment of a stamp duty. The amount of the stamp duty is PLN 17.

Please send the documents to the following address:

Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców [Office for Foreigners]

Departament Legalizacji Pobytu [Department for Legalization of Stay]

Wydział Wykazu Cudzoziemców [Division of Foreigners’ Register]

ul. Koszykowa 16
02-564 Warszawa

or submit at the registry office in the premises of the Office at Koszykowa 16, between 8:15 a.m. and 4 p.m.