Poland Visa Cost Calculator

The tourist visa is Poland's workhorse category: single entry, tourism or family visits, and the $80 base fee this calculator starts from. At $120, the multi-entry option suits anyone whose Poland trip is really two trips — one border hop in the middle changes the math fast. Poland's business category runs $200 and asks for an invitation from the company you are visiting — budget for the letter as well as the fee.

A $24 transit endorsement legalises a short Poland layover — typically 24–72 hours — without a full application behind it. Consulate routes for Poland often carry service-charge add-ons beyond the base fee, so treat the calculator's total as the government's cut, not the whole bill.

Paperwork comes before payment: passport with 6+ months' validity, a recent photo, Poland accommodation confirmations, and bank statements. Submission is portal-first for Poland: create the account, upload each document in the requested format, and keep every confirmation screenshot. The $80 base fee is payable by card on Poland's portal, or in PLN equivalent where the application is made in person.

Expect silence rather than updates: Poland rarely confirms receipt mid-review, so screenshot every submission page as you go. File 4–6 weeks out for Poland; express handling rescues late plans at +50%, which the calculator above prices for your group size.

Check the passport before anything else: under six months' validity or a full page count and Poland returns the application unprocessed. One photo on a white background, recent, taken to standard passport specification — Poland enforces this more strictly than most. Poland officers look for steady balances rather than lump sums, so statements covering 90 days beat a fresh deposit every time.

Hotel bookings and the return ticket close the loop; Poland cross-checks the dates across all of them. Business applicants add the Poland host company's invitation; transit applicants add the confirmed onward ticket — those two categories fail on missing paperwork more than fee errors.

The standard Poland decision typically lands within 5–15 business days, and seasonal backlogs push it to the top of that band. Express handling compresses the wait to 1–3 business days and multiplies the fee by 1.5 — $120 instead of $80 for a tourist visa to Poland. Most Poland refusals trace to fixable defects: an expiring passport, thin bank statements, or accommodation that stops a night short of the return flight.

Fix-then-refile is the normal path after a Poland denial; the fee is due again, so get the file right the second time. Consular calendars matter more than the published queue for Poland — local holidays on either side of the desk can add a week silently.