The current President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, has refused to sign the amendment to the Act on Assistance to Citizens of Ukraine. This may be a huge problem for Ukrainian citizens who do not currently have a visa, a residence permit, or who fail to submit an application for such a permit in time.
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Legalizing your stay in Poland. Part 1: How to legally come to Poland?
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.
You can no longer use szkoła policealna graduation to meet the language requirement to meet requirements for Long Term EU Residence Permit orcitizenship application. Unless…
It happened. There rules regarding language requirements for Long Term EU Residence Permit and citizenship applications have changed. But how exactly? Do they affect all cases?
[UPDATED 11.07.2025] Has the rules regarding language requirement for Long Term EU Residence Permit been changed? Can I use a szkoła policealna graduation to meet the language requirement?
The question has been on many people’s minds for quite some time. Various posts and websites provide conflicting information on whether these changes were made already or will ever be made. Or how the new rules regarding language requirements are supposed to work exactly.
Temporary residence permit based on your own company in Poland
There are many options for applying for a temporary residence permit in Poland and they are all tied to a reason of your stay. One such reason is running your own company here.
Suspended deadlines in residence permit cases confirmed by the Supreme Administrative Court
The new sentence of the Supreme Administrative Court means bad news for foreigners waiting for a residence permit to be issued. According to the Supreme Administrative court, due to special rules implemented because of war in Ukraine, all deadlines to issue residence permits are suspended for all foreigners and they cannot submit court complaints.
What is Polish “awizo” and why you should bother while staying in Poland?
As I mentioned in one of the latest articles, in Poland all of the important letters are being sent only by registered mail (list polecony). This guarantees more certainty that the letter will reach the addressee and allows the sender to monitor the delivery status (on the page https://emonitoring.poczta-polska.pl/?lang=en).
7 Practical differences between Permanent Residence and Long Term EU Residence
As you may know, Permanent Residence permit and Long Term EU Residence have different lists of requirements. But are there any other differences in acquiring and using from each of these permits? Today we list 7 practical differences between Permanent Residence and Long Term EU Residence: Permanent Residence Long Term EU Residence May be granted … Read more