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Visa requirements for Polish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Poland. As of 1 January 2017, Polish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 162 countries and territories, ranking the Polish passport 14th in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley visa restrictions index.
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Territories
Visa requirements for Polish citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:
Vaccination
Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.
Passport validity
Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.
Countries requiring passport validity of at least 6 months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Bhutan, Botswana, Brunei, Cambodia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq (except when arriving at Basra - 3 months and Erbil or Sulaimaniyah - on arrival), Israel, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Myanmar, Namibia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Taiwan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, countries requiring passport validity of at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia, Zambia, countries requiring passport validity of at least 3 months on arrival include Georgia, Honduras, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Moldova, Nauru, Panama, United Arab Emirates and countries requiring passport validity of at least 1 month on arrival include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Macao, New Zealand, South Africa. Other countries require either a passport valid on arrival or passport valid throughout the period of intended stay.
Israeli stamps
Visitors with passport stamp of Israel are not allowed to enter a number of countries because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.
Since January 2013, the State of Israel does not stamp any passports and therefore, Polish passport holders who visited Israel after January 2013 are no longer banned from visiting certain Arab countries who participate in the Arab League Boycott of Israel
Fingerprinting
Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and the United States demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.
Right to consular protection in non-EU countries
When in a non-EU country where there is no Polish embassy, Polish citizens as EU citizens have the right to get consular protection from the embassy of any other EU country present in that country.
Non-ordinary passports
Holders of various categories of official Polish passports have additional visa-free access to the following countries - Azerbaijan (diplomatic passports), Belarus (diplomatic passports), China (diplomatic or service passports), Indonesia (diplomatic or service passports), Iran (diplomatic passports), Kuwait (diplomatic passports), Mongolia (diplomatic or official passports), Kazakhstan (diplomatic passports), Laos (diplomatic or official passports), Russia (diplomatic passports), Turkey (diplomatic, official, service or special passports), United Arab Emirates (diplomatic passports) and Vietnam (diplomatic passports). Holders of diplomatic or service passports of any country have visa-free access to Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.