Duplicate of a Decision

1. You may submit an application for the issuance of a duplicate of a decision if you have lost your decision issued on behalf of the Voivode of Opole, or if your decision has been damaged.
2. You may also receive a duplicate if, for various reasons, you did not collect the letter with the decision, and we considered the delivery to be effective, for example:

• if you did not inform us of a change of address, the letter is considered delivered to the previous address, 
• if the letter was notified twice and you did not collect it within the time limit set by the Polish Post – it was returned to the Office, and we consider it delivered.

An application on behalf of a minor foreigner is submitted by the parents or guardians appointed by the court, or by one of the parents or guardians appointed by the court.
 

The application for a duplicate of a decision should be submitted:
by post to our ADDRESS,
at the Correspondence Registry Office of the Opole Voivodeship Office, Department for Civil Affairs and Foreigners.

Documents required to obtain a duplicate of a decision:

• an application for the issuance of a duplicate of a decision with justification of your interest in obtaining such a duplicate, 

• a photocopy of a valid travel document (only the page with the photograph),

• a proof of payment of the stamp duty.

You must enclose the proof of payment of the stamp duty with the application for the issuance of a duplicate of a decision.
 

The stamp duty is PLN 5 for each commenced page of the document and is payable at the time of submitting the application.

After verifying the documents, we will prepare a duplicate of your decision. 
In the case of non-payment or payment of the fee in the incorrect amount, you will be requested to complete the proof of payment of the stamp duty in the required amount (depending on the number of commenced pages of the document that we certify as a true copy) under penalty of return of the application.
If the stamp duty in the required amount is not paid despite our request, we will issue an administrative provision to return the application.
In justified cases, we may also issue a provision refusing to issue a duplicate.