# Silesian Voivodeship: temporary residence cases take 658 days on average to process, MSWiA data show

- URL: https://syn.by/en/politics/authorities/silesian-voivodeship-temporary-residence-cases-take-658-days-on-average-to-process-mswia-data-show/
- Published: 2026-10-21T14:30:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-21T16:26:24+00:00
- Section: Authorities
- Language: en
- RU edition: https://syn.by/ru/politika/vlasti/silyezskoye-voyevodstvo-dyelo-o-vryemyennom-pryebyvanii-rassmatrivayut-v-sryednyem-658-dnyey-po-dannym-mswia.md
- BE edition: https://syn.by/palityka/ulady/shlionskaje-vajavodztva-spravu-ab-chasovym-znachodzhanni-razhliadajuc-u-siarednim-658-dzion-pavodlie-dadzienych-mswia.md

> The total number of cases across Poland's sixteen voivodeships has grown to 803,223, according to UdSC. Courts are upholding complaints about agency inaction less and less often.

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The queue for temporary residence in Poland is growing. According to the Office for Foreigners (UdSC), the total number of cases across the sixteen voivodeships stood at 803,223 on 1 July 2026. At the end of 2025 it was 646,232, and at the end of 2023 it was 387,312. As non-state Belarusian outlets report, in 15 of the 16 voivodeships the average time to process a temporary residence case in 2026 is longer than in 2023.

According to Poland's Interior Ministry, the average time to process a temporary residence case in 2025 was 341 days. Regional figures differ widely. In the Silesian Voivodeship, according to MSWiA data of 27 July 2026, it reached 658 days. In the Pomeranian Voivodeship it was 598 days, in the Lubusz Voivodeship 555. The gap between the latter two is 43 days, meaning Pomeranian is 7.7% longer.

Cases move fastest in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, at 242 days. In Warmian-Masurian it is 273 days, in Subcarpathian 302. For an applicant, the waiting time depends on which voivodeship the case ends up in.

The burden is unevenly distributed. As of 1 July 2026, the following cases were pending: in the Masovian Voivodeship, 202,187; in Pomeranian, 92,054; in Silesian, 86,059. In the Subcarpathian Voivodeship there were 11,420 cases, in Warmian-Masurian 9,365, in Świętokrzyskie 6,296. In this range, the maximum is 3,111% higher than the minimum.

Since 2023 the queue has grown fastest in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, by a factor of 3.1, and in Masovian, by a factor of 3. In the Podlaskie Voivodeship the number of cases rose from 4,805 to 21,208. Growth was slower in the Opole (1.5 times), Kuyavian-Pomeranian (1.4 times) and Lower Silesian (1.2 times) voivodeships.

If the agency drags out its decision, an applicant can complain to an administrative court about inaction. At present this tool works less well than before. In 2025 the courts upheld 29.5% of such complaints, whereas in 2020 they upheld 94.5%.

Court practice varies. In Gdańsk in 2025, 94.3% of complaints were upheld, in Wrocław 24.0%, in Poznań 16.7%. In Warsaw in the same year 71% of complaints were dismissed. In Wrocław 53.9% were dismissed, in Gliwice 36.8%, in Poznań 15.1%.

At the same time, Wrocław accounts for 68.8% of all complaints about inaction in the country. In the other 15 courts, the share of upheld complaints is 45.5%.

In 2025, administrative courts received 3,559 complaints about inaction. Of these, 432 were upheld, 1,032 dismissed, and another 1,873 rejected. For comparison, there were 4,329 complaints in 2020, 11,104 in 2021 and 2,303 in 2023.

Put together, the picture looks like this. The queue has grown from 387,312 to 803,223 cases, while the share of upheld complaints fell from 94.5% in 2020 to 29.5% in 2025. The court route as a way to speed up a case works worse and worse, and the outcome increasingly depends on the city where the complaint is filed. It is not yet known what measures Poland is taking to shorten processing times.