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PESEL contains the date of birth and sex of a given individual, and thus the number is changed if the person changes their sex or corrects their date of birth (for example, if the previously recorded date of birth was wrong). The PESEL number belonging to an individual may also be changed "if the
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The PESEL number is mandatory for all permanent residents of Poland and for temporary residents living in Poland for over 2 months. After 1 March 2015, applicants for a Polish passport without a PESEL number need to apply for PESEL prior to passport application. Otherwise, without a PESEL number,
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previous number was produced in the violation of the Law" or when the birth certificate of a person changes for any reason (e.g. adoption). When a PESEL number is changed, its owner is prohibited from further use of the previous number, and it may not be assigned to a different person.
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PESEL numbers have the form of YYMMDDZZZXQ, where YYMMDD is the date of birth (with century information encoded in the month field), ZZZ is a unique identification number, X denotes sex (even numbers for females, odd numbers for males) and Q is a
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If the result of the last operation is not equal to the last digit (K) of a given PESEL, then the PESEL is incorrect. This system works reliably well for catching one-digit mistakes and digit swaps.
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are often required to state the number at which they appear in the register of businesses, KRS - National Judicial Register (Krajowy Rejestr Sądowy), or the Taxpayer Identification Number - NIP.
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For example, a person born on December 24, 2002 would have a PESEL number starting with 023224, and a person born on December 24, 1902 would have a PESEL number starting with 021224.
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since 1979. The number is 11 digits long, identifies exactly one person, and cannot be changed once assigned, except in specific situations (such as
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The PESEL system has been designed to cover five centuries. To distinguish people born in different centuries, numbers are added to the MM field:
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The checksum is the last digit of result of the above expression subtracted from 10. If this last digit is 0, then the checksum is 0.
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3 is not equal to the last digit of the PESEL, which is 1; the PESEL number is not valid. A valid PESEL would be 12345678903.
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Having a PESEL in the form of ABCDEFGHIJK, one can check the validity of the number by computing the following expression:
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to trace personal information about its citizens. It is a direct offshoot from the previous system,
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The following is an implementation of a PESEL validation algorithm in TypeScript.
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for birthdates between 1900 and 1999 – no change to MM field is made (see below)
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The PESEL system was originally designed by the communist government of the
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A similar system of identification numbers exists for businesses, called
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Individuals in Poland are often asked to provide the number of their
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Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland
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1×1 + 2×3 + 3×7 + 4×9 + 5×1 + 6×3 + 7×7 + 8×9 + 9×1 + 0×3 = 217
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Universal Electronic System for Registration of the Population
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A×1 + B×3 + C×7 + D×9 + E×1 + F×3 + G×7 + H×9 + I×1 + J×3
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passport applications and fingerprints cannot be taken.
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The last digit is not 0; the checksum is 10 − 7 = 3
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national identification number
Poland
gender reassignment
Polish People's Republic
check digit
identity card
passport
corporations
"Passport information"
"Ważna informacja dla osób ubiegających się o wydanie paszportu"
the original
"Permanentna inwigilacja: telefon – twój osobisty szpieg"
the original
GUS - Główny Urząd Statystyczny
Central Statistical Office (Poland)
PESEL Application Form (PDF)
Ministry of Interior and Administration of the Republic of Poland
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