About Us

Why Krakspire? Learn more about our philosophy and work ethic.

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Integrity

We are honest and consistent in everything we do. This is why you can always rely on us when it comes to everything related to legalising your stay.

Responsibility

We will go the extra mile to make your immigration process smooth and easy.

Experience

We have many years of experience facilitating the immigration process for foreigners.

Meet our team

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Sylwia

Founder

Sylwia Fossaert (known also as Sylwia Kotula) obtained an MBA at the University of Leuven, and worked with several Belgian start-ups, mainly advising on labour mobility between Belgium and Poland.
After moving back to Krakow, she co-founded the IT-company Epikia, where she gained experience in handling work and residence permits of her (very) international team. In early 2018 she launched Krakspire to help other companies, and private people, in legalizing work and stay in Poland.

What she really loves about this job is PEOPLE

She's a very active person, after work you'll often find her (mountain)running or playing basketball but what she really enjoys, is to unwind surrounded by nature.

Tetiana

Senior Consultant

Tetiana is a Master of Law. In 2014 she graduated from Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University. In Poland, she expanded her knowledge and completed a course in Labor Law.

She joined Krakspire last year and has 5 years of experience in the legalization process. Tetiana helps companies to legalize the work of foreigners and takes care of Russian linguistic clients.

Tetiana is passionate about books and history, so it wasn’t a coincidence that she chose Krakow as a place to live.

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Bartosz

He holds the position of Senior IT Manager in our company, by education M.E. Computer Science graduate at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków.

Enthusiast of traveling, particularly to the Scandinavian and Asian countries.

After hours passionate of powerlifting, squash and water sports especially sailing and squba diving.

Marcin

Senior Consultant

Marcin Czaja joined the rapidly growing Krakspire-team in February 2021.
He worked the previous two years as a Senior Inspector in the Immigration Office at Małopolskie Voivodship Office.
Marcin holds a Master in National Security Studies from Jagiellonian University. Recently, he finished his Postgraduate Eastern Studies at the University of Warsaw and defended his thesis about the influence of Ukrainian immigration on Polish economics.

He is crazy about sports (especially football) in both active and passive ways.
In his remaining free time, he follows global and regional politics.

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Joanna

Marketing Specialist

She is a student of two majors - Applied Psychology at Jagiellonian University and Marketing at the Cracow University of Economics.

She’s taking care of our social media and the blog on our website. Contact her and say what would you like to read about next – she’s taking requests!

She's creative and has an artistic soul. She's interested in analog photography and enjoys visiting art exhibitions in her free time.

She loves animals and plants almost as much as people.

Paweł

Senior Consultant

Paweł joined the Krakspire team in November 2021, but he is not a newbie! His journey with helping foreigners started in college when he supported Erasmus students in settling in Poland. After that, for two years, he has been gaining experience in migration matters at the Department of Affairs Foreigners of the Małopolska Provincial Office, getting to know the law, solving difficult cases and climbing the career ladder up to the position of a specialist.

In the meantime, he got his Master's Degree in Internal Security and Crisis Management. Privately, he is interested in discovering extraordinary places and their history, amateur photography and his latest discovery is sailing.

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Our Clients about us

Testimonials

Amen

I highly recommend this fast growing and youthful company to any foreigner doubting which lawyer or company to pick to support them through the paperwork process of residencies permit. I cooperated with Sylwia Kotula, a youthful and fun lawyer graduate to file for a Blue-card. She is very professionnel, social and super knowledgeable about the process. She knows the people treating the applications; and she was able to tell what to focus on/amend according to the requirement of each person. Moreover, she is always present, on time, supportive and advising on all matters. I loved her social and fun personality and I will definitely come back if I need more support in the future. I heard about the same qualities for the rest of the team so, I def made the right pick. Ofc I obtained my card 🤟🏻 #krakspirerocks #youthfulpowers

Muhammad

Very professional and friendly. Higly recommended!

Delia

Great service! They solved all my doubts and advised me about the process I had to follow. Really kind and professional attention. I definitely recommend to work with them 🙂

Anastasia

Really quick and professional assistance. Thanks!

Augustina

Very knowledgeable and professional company, assisting in every step of the process of an expat arriving and leaving Poland. I strongly recommend!

Anastasia

Totally recommend Krakspire for everyone who struggles with administrative/bureaucratic side of relocation or legalization processes 👌🏽

Arash

Krakspire did an amazing job! Sylwia took care of every step of immigration processes for our employees from Middle East. We were surprised how affordable her services were comparing to other professionals

Arina

I was in touch with Sylwia and Marcin in February this year, when I needed to organise a visa in Poland. I don't speak Polish, and understanding the requirements for a visa application was quite challenging, especially, when you have other things on your plate, like finding accomodation and settling in a new country. Sylwia and Marcin communicated very clearly about the requirements of applying for the Polish visa, and we had everything ready. I recently got my visa, and the process of application went smoothly. Sylwia and Marcin can explain all steps of applying for a visa, and it gave me a peace of mind that I met all the requirements and followed the procedure correctly.

Queso

Krakspire is the most professional and cost effective legal service for foreigners in Krakow. The temporary residence permit process can be quite tricky in Poland, but the Krakspire team handled mine quickly and efficiently, even during the height of the Covid-19 lockdown. Highly recommended

Brian

Friendly professionals that get the job done. Couldn’t wish for anything more. They helped me very well with my car registration and getting my temporary residence.

Muhammad

Krakspire team is very professional, responsive and cost effective.

Muhammad

Krakspire team is very professional, responsive and cost effective.

Anastasia

Great service! I recommend to everyone who is in doubt of choosing the layer in Kraków!! Quick communication, hight level of solving problems, good knowledge of polish low, analytical thinking. Highly recommended, Tetiana

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