A Belarusian woman lived in Poland for five years. This year she went home and received a deportation stamp at the border

Valeria shares the story of her adventures on Instagram. She says she lived abroad for five years – first studying for a bachelor's degree, then a master's. This year she defended her diploma. She started working while still studying.

In October 2024, the girl submitted documents in Poznań to obtain a new residence permit – permission to reside in Poland. A few months later, she was called to give fingerprints – meaning the process was underway, and Valeria was calm.

She explains that she initially submitted documents through an agency, but then a minor conflict arose between her and the company's representatives. Valeria says she stopped trusting them, so she periodically checked the status of her residence permit herself through a special application.

"I could go in and see what the urząd was writing – maybe some documents were missing, or they had contacted me in some way, or something else."

Valeria says that everything was fine until mid-2025. Then she saw the last update – the girl's representative added the necessary documents. After that, according to the Belarusian woman, nothing happened.

At some point, she started to worry, sought help from other agencies, but everywhere she was advised to just wait.

"You know, there was this feeling inside that something wasn't right. As if something needed to be done. But what – it was unclear. I started spamming the urząd. I started calling daily: tell me this, tell me that. I connected my agent from Warsaw, he was also on the call, we talked. And the urząd said nothing, absolutely nothing."

Her studies ended, and there was no new residence permit. Then Valeria decided to go to Belarus, take care of her affairs, and wait for the decision in her home country. The plan was simple: if a positive decision came, the girl would get a visa for another country, return to Poland, and get her residence permit there.

The Belarusian woman adds an important detail: despite having submitted her documents while still a student, Valeria applied for a work residence permit. She understood that the process of obtaining new documents would take a long time, and she already had a job.

This summer, Valeria's father came to Poland. She decided it would be convenient to use his help with her belongings. The girl rented out her apartment, notified her work that she would be absent for some time…

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Surprises began at the border: Polish border guards informed Valeria that she had received a refusal for her residence permit back in May – it turns out she had been illegally in Poland for some time.

Border guards were curious how it happened that the Belarusian woman didn't know about the refusal. Valeria, in turn, showed them the urząd's application, where the status of her documents was visible – and there were no notifications there about a decision being made.

The girl doesn't understand why she wasn't informed about the refusal during one of the many times she called the urząd herself. From the border, they called the person who issued the refusal.

"You know what she said?

'It's very strange that the girl applied for a work permit based on her previous student residence permit, even though she was still a student.'"

Valeria was deported for six months – during this time, she has the right to come to Poland for eight days.

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