Polish rules for legalizing your stay can be confusing. And there are also a lot of misleading and conflicting information on the Internet that can make matters even more difficult.
My goal for this series of articles is to make an overview for the rules that will allow you to plan your arrival and further stay in Poland. This part is about coming to Poland – the very first step.
The Polish government has recently (1st June 2025) changed the list of foreigners that are eligible for registering companies in Poland.
Not every business requires an office. A lot of them can easily operate without it. But can you register a business if you don’t have a location for it?
Limited liability company (spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością or sp. z o.o. in short) is the most popular kind kind of company in Poland. It is also a company available to most foreigners. Are there any requirements you have to meet to register and run this type of company?
Registering a limited liability in Poland may be a very different experience, depending on the type of proceeding you start. This is a simplyfied step-by-step description of the two ways of registering a company.
When registering a company in Poland, usually two main factors are of the essence: cost and time. Registering a limited liability company (i.e. spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością or in short sp. z o.o.) takes different amount of money and time, depending on the type of procedure you choose.
Last time (article here) we talked about what kind of companies can be run in Poland by foreigners. Now that you know that you can start all kinds of companies, it’s time to learn something what are their specifics and differences. As a reminder – all Polish standard types of business activities are: jednoosobowa działalność … Read more
The first question that may come to your mind, when you decide to open a business in Poland is probably: “is it even possible to establish and run a company in Poland by a foreigner?”