India passport holders in Poland
Data as of 27 Oct 2026 · Partly confirmed
Passport: India. Destination: Poland. Rule for a typical traveller: Embassy visa, 90 days.
Typical traveller: ordinary passport, tourism, by air, no other visas or permits.
Embassy visa90 days · 90 days in 180 days
Easier ways in, when their conditions hold
Visa-freeHolders of a Schengen residence permit or long-stay (D) visa· 90 days
Rule text, quoted in its source language: Holds a valid residence permit or national long-stay (D) visa issued by a Schengen state (Art. 6(1)(b) Schengen Borders Code; Art. 21 CISA).Visa-freeSchool pupils resident in a visa-exempt country on a school excursion· 90 days
Rule text, quoted in its source language: School pupil who lives in a third country listed in Annex II (or the UK), travelling in a group of pupils on a school excursion accompanied by a teacher of the school (Reg. 2018/1806 Art. 6(2)(a); Act on Foreigners art. 24(2); Commission table 2.1).How to apply
VFS Global Visa Application Centre; decided by the Embassy in New Delhi (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal) or the Consulate General in Mumbai (Andhra Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andaman and Nicobar Islands)
Decision within 15 calendar days of an admissible application, up to 45 in individual cases (Visa Code Art. 23, repeated on the New Delhi embassy page); longer when prior consultation applies. Appointment slots are released weekly for New Delhi and monthly for Mumbai.
Sources
- Embassy of Poland in New Delhi: C-Type Schengen Visa
- Embassy of Poland in New Delhi: Notice on visa procedure and appointment registration system
- Embassy of Poland in New Delhi: Visas - general information
- Embassy of Poland in New Delhi: Consular fees
- Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (Visa Code), Article 23 (legislation.gov.uk revised text)