Warszawa 19115 - Miejskie Centrum Kontaktu

You can obtain a PESEL number with UKR status if you are a person who legally arrived in Poland in connection with the military operations conducted in Ukraine from 24 February 2022, and at the same time you are:

• a Ukrainian citizen who lived in Ukraine before February 24, 2022, or you are a member of his/her family,
• a stateless person or a citizen of a third country other than Ukraine who benefited from international protection or equivalent national protection in Ukraine before February 24, 2022, or you are a member of his/her family,
• a stateless person or a citizen of a third country other than Ukraine, who can prove that he/she legally resided in Ukraine before February 24, 2022, and who cannot return to his/her country or region of origin in safe and sustainable conditions.

[!] If you want to obtain a trusted profile in order to be able to handle official matters in Poland online, you must have:

• a mobile phone with a number from a Polish operator and you must also be the sole user of that number. 
• an active e-mail address you are using.

1. Download and complete the application for a PESEL number in connection with the conflict in Ukraine.
   [!] You can also obtain the form at the office. 
2. Submit your application to any Administration & Resident Services District Delegation.
3. The clerk will take your fingerprints and a signature. We do not take:
   1. We do not take fingerprints from:  
      1. a person who is under 6 years of age,
      2. a person from whom it is temporarily physically impossible to take fingerprints of any of the fingers, 
      3. a person from whom fingerprinting is physically impossible. 
   2. copy a handwritten signature from a person:
      1. a person who is under 12 years of age,
      2. where it is physically impossible to sign.
4. We will assign you your PESEL number immediately.

1. Application for a PESEL number in connection with the conflict in Ukraine
   1. in Polish-Ukrainian (PDF, 3,26 MB),
   2. in Polish-Russian (PDF, 5,81 MB).
2. For inspection - a valid travel document that proves your identity.
3. A 35×45 mm colour photograph taken on photographic paper no earlier than 6 months before the date of application. The photograph must meet the requirements set out in the regulations. Check what conditions your photo should meet.
4. Documents that confirm the parents' details if a PESEL is to be assigned to a minor.  

If you want to know what your rights are in relation to the processing of your personal data in this case, please read our Information Clause (PDF, 225 kB).

You do not need to pay a fee for assigning a PESEL number due to the conflict in Ukraine.

You may submit your application in person at any Administration & Resident Services District Delegation of the City of Warsaw.

Administration & Resident Services Department of the City of Warsaw

We will respond to your request promptly.

You cannot appeal in this case.

1. You cannot apply for temporary protection by assigning a PESEL number with UKR status if you meet any of the following conditions: 
   • you have permission:
     • for permanent residence, 
     • for temporary residence, 
     • for the residence of a long-term EU resident, 
   • you have a status of a refugee, 
   • you have subsidiary protection, 
   • you have permission:
     • for tolerated stay,
     • for residence on humanitarian grounds, 
   • you have submitted or have submitted applications for international protection in Poland,
   • applications for international protection have been submitted on your behalf,
   • you have received temporary protection in the territory of a European Union Member State other than Poland, granted due to war operations conducted in Ukraine,
   • you have entered the territory of Poland based on a local border traffic permit.
2. An application may be submitted by a person who has full legal capacity. 
3. On behalf of a person who lacks legal capacity or has limited legal capacity, or of a person who, due to a health condition or disability, is unable to make the application individually, the application shall be submitted by one of the parents, a guardian, a court-appointed administrator, a temporary guardian appointed by the guardianship court, or a person who has actual custody of the child. 
4. If you are over 18 years of age, you can agree on assigning a PESEL number to enter your data (e-mail address, mobile phone number) in the contact data register and to confirm your trusted profile.
5. You must submit an application for a PESEL number with UKR status within 30 days of crossing the border.
6. If you do not apply for a PESEL number within 30 days of your arrival, you will lose the right to temporary protection in Poland.
7. You will lose the right to temporary protection if you leave Poland for more than 30 days. 
8. The existing certificates of temporary protection in Poland issued by the Head of the Office for Foreigners are replaced by the assignment of a PESEL number with UKR status, and consequently, downloading a mobile document, i.e. the Diia card.

[!] You can find more information online at "Temporary Protection Office" 

1. Act of 24 September 2010 on Population Registration
2. Act of 13 June 2003 on Granting Protection to Foreigners within the Territory of the Republic of Poland