Permanent residence card

Cancellation

A permanent residence card shall be revoked where:

• in proceedings for the issuance of a permanent residence card, the applicant:

- has submitted an application containing false personal data or false information or attached to it documents containing such data or information, or

- testified untruth or concealed the truth, or forged or altered a document for use as authentic or used such a document as authentic, or

• serious reasons of defence or Security of the State or of the protection of security and public order so require, or

• the marriage with a citizen of the United Kingdom who is a beneficiary of the Withdrawal Agreement, or a citizen of the Republic of Poland was concluded to circumvent the provisions defining the terms and conditions of entry of foreigners into the territory of the Republic of Poland, their passage through this territory, stay on it and departure from it, or

• the family member has acquired the right of permanent residence to circumvent the legal provisions in force in another Member State of the European Union, a Member State of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) – a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation regulating the rules for entry into, residence and exit from the territory of the European Union.

In addition, a permanent residence card may be revoked if its holder has left the territory of the Republic of Poland for a period exceeding 2 years.