The mode and principles of the submission of applications for granting the refugee status

The refugee status proceedings starts at the request of the applicant called „ mover ". The application for granting the refugee status is submitted to the Head of the Office for Foreigners through competent commander of the unit of the Border Guard or the commander of the outpost of the Border Guard. The application should be submitted on the form. The submission of an application requires the personal appearance of the mover and the person, on behalf of who the mover is acting.

The mover is applying for refugee status on behalf of minor children accompanying him, on the condition that they are not married and that they are dependent on such foreigner. The refugee status proceedings shall also apply to a child of the mover given birth in the period from the initiation of proceedings all the way to finishing it with final decision.

The mover can file an application for granting the refugee status on behalf of accompanying spouse, dependant on him and minor children of such spouse, provided that they are not married and with consent of the spouse  expressed in writing. Giving consent by a spouse for submitting an application on his/her behalf shall be recognized as granting to applicant his power of attorney, including also power of attorney to act on behalf of children of such spouse. In case the spouse withdraws his/her consent for submitting an application on his/her behalf, the proceeding for granting the refugee status to him/her and his/her children shall be discontinued.

Acting for giving the refugee status is being discontinued, in the event that mover:

-          he/she made a statement about withdrawing the application,

-          he/she left the centre for foreigners applying for giving the refugee status for the long period than 7 days without the justified cause,

-          he/she left the whereabouts or the town without consent of the Head of the Office for Foreigners, set out in the decision which is being talked about in art. 89 c of the act on granting protection to foreigners within the territory of the Republic of Poland, or isn't reporting in determined time intervals to the body indicated in the decision,

-          he/she left territory of the Republic of Poland,

-          he/she failed to appear for interrogation and in time 7 days from the day appointed as interrogation won't show that the non-accomplishment of this duty was caused by circumstances for which the governing authority bearing responsibility, proceedings are giving the decision on discontinuing proceedings, if discontinuing proceedings isn't contrary to the public interest.

To the application of the mover, filed in the time of 2 years from the day of the issue of a decision about discontinuing proceedings, the organ which discontinued proceedings, reverses the decision on the redemption and resumes proceedings, however undertaken activities in the course of discontinued proceedings remain in force.