Entry rules · Poland passport
Do Poland passport holders need a visa for Greece?
No visa needed. Poland passport holders have freedom of movement in Greece: they can live, work and travel there without a visa.
Checked against official sources on 11 Oct 2026. Two independent checks agreed.
The rule
- Entry
- Freedom of movement. Live, work and travel without a visa.
- Status
- Verified 11 Oct 2026
- Official source
- EUR-Lex: Directive 2004/38/EC, consolidated text 16.06.2011
- Applies to
- A short tourist visit with an ordinary Poland passport.
What the official sources say
The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.
Entry: freedom of movement
This Directive shall apply to all Union citizens who move to or reside in a Member State other than that of which they are a national
No entry visa or equivalent formality may be imposed on Union citizens.
Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of up to three months without any conditions or any formalities other than the requirement to hold a valid identity card or passport.
More quotes (20)
are workers or self-employed persons in the host Member State; or
The words “Union citizen(s)” shall be replaced by the words “national(s) of EC Member States and EFTA States”.
The act referred to in point 3 of Annex VIII to this Agreement (Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council), as adapted for the purposes of the Agreement shall apply, as appropriate, to the fields covered by this Annex.
The objective of this Agreement, for the benefit of nationals of the Member States of the European Community and Switzerland, is:
to accord a right of entry, residence, access to work as employed persons, establishment on a self-employed basis and the right to stay in the territory of the Contracting Parties;
No entry visa or equivalent requirement may be demanded save in respect of members of the family and posted workers
nationals of a Contracting Party shall have the right to reside and pursue an economic activity in the territory of the other Contracting Party
Dette kapittelet regulerer retten til innreise og opphold i riket for utlendinger som omfattes av EØS-avtalen eller EFTA-konvensjonen.
Oppholdsrett etter dette kapittelet gir rett til å ta opphold og til å ta arbeid eller drive ervervsvirksomhet i hele riket
Borgere av land som omfattes av EØS-avtalen, heretter omtalt som EØS-borgere, omfattes av bestemmelsene i dette kapittelet.
En EØS-borger som har gyldig identitetskort eller pass, har oppholdsrett i inntil tre måneder
4. EES-borgari: Útlendingur sem er ríkisborgari ríkis sem fellur undir samninginn um Evrópska efnahagssvæðið (EES).
EES- eða EFTA-borgara sem framvísar gildu vegabréfi eða kennivottorði er heimilt að koma til landsins án sérstaks leyfis
EES- eða EFTA-borgari hefur rétt til dvalar hér á landi lengur en þrjá mánuði ef hann fullnægir einhverju af eftirtöldum skilyrðum:
a. er launþegi eða sjálfstætt starfandi einstaklingur hér á landi,
All Union citizens shall have the right of residence on the territory of another Member State for a period of longer than three months if they: (a) are workers or self-employed persons in the host Member State; or
The right of free movement is complemented by the mutual recognition of professional qualifications, by the right to buy property, and by the coordination of social insurance systems. The same rules also apply to citizens of EFTA member states.
EEA/EFTA citizens who visit Iceland must carry valid travel documents or identity cards that are accepted for border crossing. Their travel documents must be valid beyond their stay in Iceland.
Foreign nationals from EEA/EFTA states who stay in Iceland longer than three months must register with Registers Iceland. Their registration includes legal domicile in Iceland as well as an Icelandic ID number.
The objective of this Agreement, for the benefit of nationals of the Member States of the European Community and Switzerland, is: (a) to accord a right of entry, residence, access to work as employed persons, establishment on a self-employed basis and the right to stay in the territory of the Contracting Parties;
Poland passport in other countries of the Schengen area
Checked together with Greece.
Greece for other passports
- Free movement
- Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
- Visa-freeUp to 90 days in any 180-day period
- Australia, Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States
- Visa-freeUp to 90 daysPublic data
- Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore
- Visa-freePublic data
- Norway
How this rule was checked
On 11 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against official sources, chiefly EUR-Lex: Directive 2004/38/EC, consolidated text 16.06.2011, as part of one check of all 29 countries of the Schengen area. Two independent checks reached the same result.
Before the check, public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said: visa-free. The official source shows: freedom of movement, and that is what this page shows.
See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.
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Government travel advice for Greece
- United States
- Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
- United Kingdom
- No advice against travel
- Canada
- Exercise normal security precautions
What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to Greece as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.
Plan your trip
- Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
- Compare the Poland passport with anotherWhat a second passport changes, destination by destination
- See what a second passport addsCombine passports and count the destinations they open together
- Greece visa requirements for every passportThe full table for this destination
- All destinations for Poland passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Poland passport
Before you travel
This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of Greece.