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Recent economic ascent in Poland has caused an increase in need for additional workers, including those from other countries. Medicine, IT, teaching, agriculture, logistics, construction, tourism are the main fields where the need for specialists is particularly high. You are planning to move to Poland in order to work there? Or you already live here…

Why do foreigners choose Kraków? What do they like most about the city? Kraków is an intercultural place with a lot of foreigners residing here. A lot of them came to Kraków to study or work, others were just visiting the city as tourists, but fell in love with it and decided to stay here…

In order to work legally in Poland, non-European Union citizens have to obtain a work permit if they intend to work longer than 3 months. It’s an employer’s responsibility to apply for this document on behalf of his/her employee. A work permit is issued for fixed time, not exceeding a 3-year period. Upon expiration, it…

According to TOKFM, foreigners are complaining that the residence and work permits are taking longer and longer to be issued. Supreme Audit Office (NIK) decided to check whether voivodes and officials are ready to provide efficient service to foreigners and what losses the budget suffers due to the inaction of the voivodes or excessively lengthy…

Polish is considered to be one of the most difficult Slavic languages with its complex grammar and words that sometimes are hard to pronounce. Even saying cześć, which means hi in Polish can cause some problems for a foreigner. Although a lot of people in Poland speak English quite well and in some places you…

More than 6,000 British people are residing in Poland. When currently, with the United Kingdom a member of the European Union, British people can freely move and reside within its borders as well as work and conduct business activity in the member states, that will change after a no-deal Brexit. To prepare for this eventuality,…

One year ago major changes to Polish immigration law have been announced, aiming to simplify the entire procedure. Some changes have been implemented already in 2018, others came into force Jan 1st. The most important changes valid since 2019: Maximum duration of Oświadczenie got extended – For Oświadczenie obtained as from 2019 the period you…

All Polish residents are liable to paying taxes on their income gained in Poland. Once a year they should file a tax statement and submit it to the competent tax office. In connection to this, a lot of confusion and additional questions may often appear, especially considering changes introduced lately. In fact, it is not…

Moving to another city or country is always a challenge, especially because, apart from new environment, you have to reconsider your monthly expenses in order to plan your budget wisely. Although Kraków is one of the biggest cities in Poland, comparing to other European cities, cost of life there is quite attractive and not that…