Visa requirements & Consular information

Foreign participants must apply for a Visa in the Polish Embassy or consulate in their home country before arriving in Poland for the Congress.

Poland is an EU country.

Any participant in need of assistance is asked to contact the International Realtions Office.

Visa requirements according to the nationality

European Union and European Economic Area citizens

• EU - EU citizen can enter Poland with his/her ID document (a valid travel document e.g. passport, or another document certifying his/her identity and citizenship). If a participant of the Congress intends to visit Poland's neighboring countries (not all of them are EU Member States), a passport is recommended.
   
• EEA - citizens of the EEA countries are subject to the same conditions as EU citizens.
   

Non-EU citizens

• Non EU citizens - please visit  - http://www.msz.gov.pl/Visa,requirements,2346.htm
• Please be advised that the same rules apply as for travelling to Western-European, EU countries

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For complete details of the application procedure please contact a Polish consulate or embassy:

http://www2.tagish.co.uk/Links/Embassies/Countries/P.htm

 
Kozminski University issues invitation for you to obtain visa at the Polish Consulate.

Please contact:
Valentyna Guminska
Kozminski University
57/59, Jagiellonska Street
03-301, Warsaw, Poland
phone: +48 22 519 22 89
fax: +48 22 519 22 01
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Air travel

• Discounted travel with Lufthansa

• General info

Warsaw’s main airport is called the Frederic Chopin International Airport and is located about six kilometres from the city centre.  From there a regular Airport City bus and bus number 175 go to the city centre. Most buses and trains stop at the Central Station (Warszawa Centralna) in the centre of the city.
 
If you carry heavy luggage or arrive at night it is best to take a taxi. Please go to the one of the taxi desks situated in the arrival hall: ELE SKY, MERC or MPT TAXI, where they will call a taxi for you.

ELE SKY TAXI,  +48 22 811 11 11,  www.eletaxi.pl
SUPER TAXI,  +4822 578 98 00, www.supertaxi.pl
SAWA TAXI,  +48 22 644 44 44  www.sawataxi.com.pl

For safety reasons we strongly advise you to use licensed taxi services offered at Chopin Airport.
Taxi tariffs should be clearly displayed in the car window. The taxi fare from the airport to the city centre is approx. PLN 40.

Railway station

The Central Railway Station (Warszawa Centralna) is situated in the very heart of Warsaw. All inter-city services arrive at the Central Railway Station. The most convenient means of transport from the City Centre to our University is tram #18.  Alternatively, you can take any tram or bus to Rondo Starzyńskiego then change transportation in the direction of Żerań.

Railway connections can be checked on the web-site: www.pkp.pland www.pr.pkp.pl or by phone: (48-22) 94 36.
Tickets should be purchased before boarding the train. There is a fine for travelling without a valid ticket.