In a brief notice posted 4 November, the Polish Embassy in India announced that its Consular Section in New Delhi will be closed on 5, 10 and 11 November due to local Diwali celebrations and Poland’s Independence Day long weekend.
The closure halts all in-person appointments for visa, passport and notarial services. Applicants already holding e-Konsulat slots for those dates must reschedule; new appointment inventory will drop on 12 November, but past experience shows the portal can be swamped within minutes. Businesses sponsoring Indian talent for Polish national work visas should anticipate at least a one-week processing slip.
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Outsourcing agencies say biometric enrolment centres in Mumbai and Bengaluru remain open, but files cannot be forwarded to the embassy until it reopens. Travellers whose passports are currently held by the consulate for visa issuance will not be able to retrieve them until 12 November, potentially disrupting onward travel in the wider Schengen area.
Companies are advised to: 1) check employee travel dates against the closure; 2) obtain certified copies of passports for any interim compliance needs; and 3) use Poland’s digital-submission pilot wherever possible to reduce physical touchpoints.
The consulate processes roughly 150 D-type work visas per day—one of the busiest Polish missions worldwide—so even a three-day pause can create backlogs that ripple for weeks.
The closure halts all in-person appointments for visa, passport and notarial services. Applicants already holding e-Konsulat slots for those dates must reschedule; new appointment inventory will drop on 12 November, but past experience shows the portal can be swamped within minutes. Businesses sponsoring Indian talent for Polish national work visas should anticipate at least a one-week processing slip.
Outsourcing agencies say biometric enrolment centres in Mumbai and Bengaluru remain open, but files cannot be forwarded to the embassy until it reopens. Travellers whose passports are currently held by the consulate for visa issuance will not be able to retrieve them until 12 November, potentially disrupting onward travel in the wider Schengen area.
Companies are advised to: 1) check employee travel dates against the closure; 2) obtain certified copies of passports for any interim compliance needs; and 3) use Poland’s digital-submission pilot wherever possible to reduce physical touchpoints.
The consulate processes roughly 150 D-type work visas per day—one of the busiest Polish missions worldwide—so even a three-day pause can create backlogs that ripple for weeks.
