Lost or stolen Polish passport

If you are at home

Report the loss to a passport authority or use the official online route if eligible. The passport becomes invalid from the date of the report ¹.

Book the required appointment for the replacement application. Take a compliant biometric photo and an identity document if available. The authority can request extra evidence when identity or citizenship needs confirmation.

If you are abroad

Report immediately at a Polish consular post. You can instead report online with a trusted profile or e-ID, or in writing with a notarised signature ¹. Honorary consuls do not accept lost-passport reports ¹.

The report itself is free, immediate, and needs no appointment. Book an appointment if you want to apply for a new passport at the same visit ¹.

Emergency travel document

After the loss report and identity and citizenship checks, a consul can issue a temporary passport for return to a permanent residence in Poland or another country ¹.

For an urgent lost-document case, contact the consular post and describe the situation with supporting records ². Check that the destination, transit authorities, and airline accept the temporary passport.

Replacement fees and forms

A new adult passport application is made in person at a Polish consular post and booked through e-konsulat ³. Consular fees are set in the mission's current fee table and converted into local currency.

The temporary-passport fee and any outside-hours charge vary by post. Use the schedule of the post handling the case. The loss report itself is free ^1,2.

If you find your passport later

Do not use it. A lost passport reported to the consul remains invalid and the report cannot be withdrawn ¹. Report the recovery to the competent passport authority in Poland or to a consul abroad and surrender the document as instructed.