Polish · Karta pobytu / urząd wojewódzki
You are told your card is ready: what to say in Polish
You were told the card is ready.
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How it's done. You are told the card is ready by letter or SMS; you must collect it in person with your passport at the voivodeship office during opening hours; you can authorise someone only with a power of attorney.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.
Cheat sheet for your visit
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THEY SPEAK FIRST
THEY SAY
Dzień dobry, pana karta pobytu jest gotowa do odbioru.Dzyayn DOH-brih, PAH-nuh KAHR-tuh poh-BIH-too yehst goh-TOH-vuh doh od-BYOH-roo.
Good day, your residence card is ready for collection.
They might also say:
Dzień dobry, może pan odebrać kartę pobytu.
Dzyayn DOH-brih, MOH-zheh pahn oh-DEH-bruhtsy KAHR-teh poh-BIH-too.
Good day, you can collect your residence card.
YOU REPLY
Dziękuję. Gdzie mogę ją odebrać?
Dzyayn-KOO-eh. Gdzyeh MOH-geh yom oh-DEH-bruhtsy?
Thank you. Where can I collect it?
THEY SAY
W pokoju dwanaście, na parterze.V poh-KOH-oo DVAH-nuhsy-tsyeh, nuh puhr-TEH-zheh.
In room twelve, on the ground floor.
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YOU FINISH
Czy potrzebuję paszportu?
Chih pot-sheh-BOO-eh puhsh-POR-too?
Do I need my passport?
THEY SAY
Tak, i proszę podpisać odbiór.Tahk, ee PROH-sheh pot-PEE-suhtsy OD-byoor.
Yes, and please sign the receipt.
The course is in the app
This dialogue is part of the course “Polish for life in Poland”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.
On the website the first dialogue, the 112 category, the rescue phrases and the “Basics” are fully open.
Words worth knowing
Dzień
Dzyayn
noun
day
dobry
DOH-brih
adjective
good
pana
PAH-nuh
noun
Mr, you (accusative)
karta
KAHR-tuh
noun
card
pobytu
poh-BIH-too
noun
stay (genitive)
jest
yehst
verb
is
21 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.
If you did not understand
Proszę powtórzyć.
PROH-sheh pof-TOO-zhitsy.
Please repeat that.
Proszę mówić wolniej.
PROH-sheh MOO-veetsy VOL-nyay.
Please speak more slowly.
Co to znaczy?
Tsoh toh ZNAH-chih?
What does this mean?
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