A host entity is a legal person or an organizational unit without legal personality, which is granted legal capacity by law. It is typically a branch or representative office of a parent employer with its seat outside the European Union, or an entity that belongs to the same group of enterprises as the parent employer. The host entity, where the foreign national will perform work on the territory of Poland, submits the application for a temporary residence permit for the purpose of long-term mobility as well as the intra-corporate transfer permit.
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Entry and stay entitlement that entitles you to stay in Poland, granted for a period from 3 months up to 3 years. The conditions for obtaining a temporary residence permit vary depending on the purpose of stay in Poland, e.g., temporary residence and work permit, temporary residence permit due to studies, etc. The permit is issued in the form of a decision by the voivode competent for your place of residence in Poland.
You must leave the territory of Poland no later than the last day of:
• your visa validity, unless you have applied for a visa extension;
• your temporary residence card validity, unless you have applied for a new permit;
• your visa-free travel, if you are entitled to enter and stay in Poland without a visa,
• the validity of another entry and stay entitlement, (e.g. a residence card issued by another Schengen country), provided that the conditions for stay under that document are met;
If the proceedings were suspended at your request, you may submit a request to reopen them at any time. No special justification is required. It is enough to state that the suspended proceedings may now continue. If there are any changes to your address, please notify us. You have 3 years to submit a request for reopening the proceedings, counted from the date of the suspension of proceedings. After that time, it shall be assumed that you withdraw your application, and the proceedings will be closed.
Turkish citizens have special rights to work in the territory of the Republic of Poland. The rules are defined in Decision No. 1/80 of the Association Council of the Republic of Turkey and the EEC of 19 September 1980 on the development of the Association, which was established based on the Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Turkey, signed in Ankara on 12 September 1963.
Based on the agreement a Turkish citizen:
An additional form to the application for a temporary residence permit, which you must submit if the purpose of your stay in Poland is to perform work, perform work in a highly qualified profession, or run a business activity. Annex No. 1 to the application for a temporary residence permit must be completed and signed by your employer.
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If the purpose of stay for which your permit was granted no longer exists, your residence permit may be revoked. If your purpose of stay has changed but you still wish to remain in Poland, you should submit a new application form reflecting the new circumstances.
The change of the employer or the user-employer, obtaining the right to work without a work permit, or changing the conditions specified in the decision on granting the single permit for temporary residence and work — such as job position, salary, working hours, or type of contract — requires an amendment of the permit. Only a foreigner can apply for this amendment. The amendment request is subject to a stamp duty.
A permit for work performed for an employer conducting business in a sector of seasonal nature, as defined by law. The list of activities recognized as seasonal work is specified in the Regulation of the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy on subclasses of economic activities according to the Polish Classification of Activities (PKD), for which seasonal work permits are issued for foreigners. This list can be found on the website:
A document that allows a foreigner to perform legal work in Poland, provided they stay in Poland legally, i.e., have a valid visa or a temporary residence permit. Work permit is issued upon the employer's request.