{"id":211122,"date":"2026-11-09T20:45:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211122\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T20:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T17:52:46","slug":"poland-notes-obstacle-to-extending-validity-period-of-travel-document-for-foreigners","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/211122\/","title":{"rendered":"New obstacle to extending validity period of Poland’s travel document for foreigners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 9, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Poland\u2019s interior ministry said that the validity period of the Polish travel document for foreigners should be extended beyond one year only after it is converted to a biometric format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a written reply to Stanis\u0142aw Trociuk, Poland\u2019s deputy commissioner for human rights, Undersecretary of State Maciej Duszczyk expresses opposition to \u201cinterim measures\u201d that would make the current version of the document valid for more than one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Responding to Trociuk\u2019s argument that the EU\u2019s 2004 regulation requires the validity period of travel documents for beneficiaries of subsidiary protection to exceed one year, Duszczyk says that this requirement cannot be treated separately from to need to enhance the documents\u2019 security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duszczyk promises that regulations will be amended and the biometric travel document will be introduced \u201cat the earliest possible moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 4, the opposition United Transitional Cabinet reported following a meeting between its Deputy Head Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka and Tomasz Cytrynowicz, head of Poland\u2019s Office for Foreigners, that Poland is amending its regulations to extend the validity period of the Polish travel document for foreigners from one to two years and to authorize its use for identification purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland\u2019s travel document is reserved for foreigners who do not have a valid national passport. Exiled Belarusians around the world are unable to renew their passports as a result of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s move three years ago to ban Belarusian diplomatic missions from providing this consular service to citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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