Incorrect CEIDG application: system notification or office request?

This guide concerns responding to an incorrect application for entry in CEIDG, not changing details in an existing entry. Start by distinguishing an online system notification from a request issued by the office.

Online application: read the system notification

If an application submitted online is incorrect, the ICT system will notify you. This rule is set out in the Biznes.gov.pl guide to registration in CEIDG.

Read the notification and check what it concerns. Do not apply the deadline of 7 working days from receipt of the request to it: the source assigns that deadline to an office request concerning an application submitted in person or by registered post, not to an online system notification.

Office request: check the scope and deadline

If an application submitted in person or by registered post to your chosen city or municipal office is incorrect, the office will promptly request that you correct or supplement the application within the specified scope. You have 7 working days from receipt of the request to correct or supplement it, according to the description of application checks on Biznes.gov.pl.

When reading the request, pay attention to the specified scope of the correction or supplementation and when you received it. Do not replace a deadline expressed in working days with one counted in calendar days.

Important context: registration channels from 1 November 2026

From 1 November 2026, applications to register a business in CEIDG must be submitted electronically only. The exception concerns an application for a minor entrepreneur: it may only be submitted at a city or municipal office or sent by post. This information is provided by Biznes.gov.pl.

Do not therefore interpret the description of a request concerning an application submitted in person or by registered post as meaning that paper registration remains generally available from that date.

Optional checklist for organising corrections

As an organisational aid, you can prepare your own list covering:

• the omission or item requiring correction identified in the notification or request;
• the correction or supplementary information you have prepared;
• your own note indicating whether you have checked that item.

This is solely an optional organisational recommendation, not an additional obligation or a required document. For an office request concerning an incorrect application submitted in person or by registered post, follow the specified scope of correction or supplementation and the deadline of 7 working days from receipt of the request.