Travel requirements for Polish citizens



Travel requirements for Polish citizens are public health and administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Poland.

As of 2024, Polish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 190 countries and territories, ranking the Polish passport 6th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index.

List of territories, disputed areas or restricted zones
Visa requirements for Polish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Vaccination requirements map
Certain countries and territories require travellers arriving from Poland to be vaccinated against specific diseases. This is a map of vaccination requirements for Polish citizens and residents arriving directly from the Schengen area, excluding those arriving from third countries.

COVID-19 vaccination
Many countries increasingly consider the vaccination status of travellers with regard to quarantine requirements or when deciding to allow them entry at all. This is justified by research that shows that the Pfizer vaccine effect lasts for six months or so.

Passport not required
Polish identity card is valid for these countries :
 * 🇪🇺 EU and Europe (except Belarus, Russia, the United Kingdom [for tourism] and Ukraine)
 * 🇫🇷 France French overseas territories
 * Georgia
 * 🇲🇸 Montserrat (for max. 14 days)
 * 🇹🇳 Tunisia (for organized tours only)
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey
 * 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (individuals with pre-settled or settled status, frontier-worker permit or are a Swiss service provider can continue using national identity cards)

Passport validity length
Many countries require passports to be valid for at least 6 months upon arrival and one or two blank pages.

Countries requiring passports to be validity at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra – 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah – on arrival),  Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen.

Turkey requires passports to be valid for at least 5 months (150 days) upon entry, but identity cards valid on arrival for Polish citizens. Countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Azerbaijan, Micronesia, Zambia.

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, Bosnia and Herzegowina, Honduras, Moldova, Nauru, North Macedonia, Panama, Qatar, Senegal and French territories in the Pacific (i.e. French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna).

Countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, Maldives, New Zealand, South Africa.

Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.

Medical passport
Many African countries, including Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic,  Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire,  Gabon,   Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia,  Niger, Rwanda,  Sierra Leone and Togo,  require  incoming passengers older than nine months to one year to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis, as does the South American territory of French Guiana.

Right to consular protection in non-EU countries


In a non-EU country where there is no Polish embassy, Polish citizens, like all other EU citizens, have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.

See also List of diplomatic missions of Poland.