A document confirming your tax declaration for a given financial year, submitted to the competent tax office.
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A temporary residence permit granted when, due to an obligation to appear in court or an exceptional personal situation — such as life-saving medical treatment, you must stay in Poland. This permit is granted for a period of up to 6 months.
A document issued upon request to a foreigner who does not possess a passport and is unable to obtain a new one, in cases where they intend to leave the territory of Poland or have an obligation to leave the country. The document is issued for a period of 7 days.
A fixed term residence granted when your purpose of stay in Poland is to perform work. This permit entitles you to stay in Poland and work for the employer under the conditions specified in the decision.
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.
A temporary residence permit granted when the purpose of stay in Poland is to take up or continue full-time studies.
A temporary residence permit granted when your purpose of stay in Poland is to live with your spouse or minor child. Your spouse or child may be Polish citizens or foreigners. There are several types of permits available for family members.
A fixed term residence granted when the purpose of stay in Poland is to perform seasonal work. Sectors considered seasonal are specified by legal regulations. This permit is granted for the duration of the seasonal work permit issued by the district governor (Staroste) and entitles you to stay in Poland during its validity. For detailed information, visit: https://cudzoziemcy.e-wojewoda.pl/
A temporary residence permit granted to a foreigner when the purpose of stay in Poland is to work as a managerial employee or specialist within a branch or representative office of a parent employer based outside the European Union. The application for this type of permit is submitted by the host entity where the foreigner is going to perform work in Poland.
Temporary residence permit/Fixed term residence entitlement to work in a highly qualified profession
EU Blue Card — a temporary residence permit granted when the purpose of your stay in Poland is to perform work in a profession requiring high professional qualifications, such as having higher education. This permit entitles you to stay in Poland and work for the employer under the conditions specified in the decision.
Permission to stay for humanitarian reasons is a type of stay granted to foreigners who, for important reasons, cannot be obliged to return to their country of origin — for example, if the return would violate their right to family life. This type of permit is issued by the Border Guard.
A foreigner who is granted such a permit cannot apply for a temporary residence permit in Poland or for an EU long-term resident permit. However, they may apply for a permanent residence permit.
A permission to stay for humanitarian reasons granted by the Border Guard entitles a family member of the foreigner to apply for residence for the purpose of family reunification, and consequently, to obtain a permit that allows the family member to work without a work permit.
A residence permit for humanitarian reasons based on holding a D21 visa is a temporary residence permit issued only to Belarusian citizens who, immediately before applying for the permit, held a valid national visa marked with the D21 symbol. This permit is issued by the locally competent authority/voivode.
While staying in Poland on the basis of this temporary residence permit granted for humanitarian reasons due to holding a D21 visa, a foreigner may apply for further legalisation of their stay under regular conditions, such as a temporary residence permit, permanent residence permit, or EU long-term resident permit.
If a foreigner is granted a temporary residence permit for humanitarian reasons due to holding a D21 visa, their family member may apply for a residence permit on other grounds. However, this type of permit does not entitle the family member to work without a work permit.
Also referred to as a certificate of sponsorship or an invitation — it is a document confirming that the inviting person (e.g. a Polish citizen) has undertaken the obligation to cover the costs related to the planned stay of the invited foreigner in Poland, including accommodation, meals, and return travel expenses to the country of origin. The ability to fulfil this obligation is verified during the processing of the application for the entry of the invitation into the Invitation Register.
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. The host entity is the party to such proceedings. The application is examined by the voivode competent for the seat of the host entity within the territory of the Republic of Poland.
It is the documented willingness to reside in Poland, lead a life, and to move the centre of your personal and financial interests to Poland. This intention can be confirmed by documents such as an employment contract, contract of mandate, rental agreement, certificate from a university confirming continuation of studies, current extract from the National Court Register (KRS), or a CV.
The national postal operator, i.e., the company designated to deliver official correspondence in Poland.
It is a written statement authorizing a designated person to perform specific actions on your behalf, such as submitting applications and documents, collecting correspondence, etc. The scope of the authorization depends on your personal preference. The authorized representative, namely the attorney-in-fact, may act on your behalf only after submitting an original document of the power of attorney to the Office. Granting a power of attorney is subject to a stamp duty.
The Schengen Area is a zone in Europe where internal border checks have been abolished. It currently includes 27 countries, among them almost all European Union member states except Ireland and Cyprus. Additionally, four non-EU countries are also part of the Schengen Area: Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
The agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community.
The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and entered a transition period that lasted until 31 December 2020.
The "Withdrawal Agreement": citizens’ rights
Under the Withdrawal Agreement, EU citizens with a right of residence in the UK, and UK nationals with a right of residence in the EU, will be in full scope of the social security coordination provisions.
Those covered by the social security coordination provisions under Article 30(3) (The Withdrawal Agreement beneficiaries) are:
- EU citizens lawfully residing in the UK, or who have a right to reside in the UK, on 31 December 2020. This must be residence in accordance with EU law, which includes those residing as a worker, self-employed, jobseeker, self-sufficient person with comprehensive sick insurance, a person with permanent residence, or a student with comprehensive sickness insurance;
- UK nationals lawfully residing in an EU member state, or who have a right to reside in an EU member state, on 31 December 2020. This must be residence in accordance with EU law;
- UK/EU dual nationals who, by 31 December 2020, have exercised their free movement rights under EU law before acquiring citizenship in the host country;
- EU citizens who reside in an EU member state and work as frontier workers in the UK by 31 December 2020 and continue to do so after that date;
- UK nationals who reside in the UK and work as frontier workers in an EU member state by 31 December 2020 and continue to do so after that date;
- the family members of those listed above whose residence in the host state is facilitated by the primary right holder under EU law.
A UK national or a family member of the UK national who is entitled under the Withdrawal Agreement to continue their stay in Poland after the transition period under the same conditions as before, provided that:
– they exercised the right of residence in Poland in accordance with EU law before the end of the transition period (this also applies to the United Kingdom citizens who entered Poland after the date of Brexit but before the end of the transition period);
– they continue to reside in Poland.
Continuity of stay immediately before and after the end of the transition period is important for the acquisition and retention of the rights of the Withdrawal Agreement beneficiary.
Stays of up to 3 months (without the need to meet the conditions applicable to stays exceeding 3 months) are also taken into account. UK nationals are not required to be present in Poland on 31 December 2020 in order to retain residence rights under the Withdrawal Agreement. Absences (interruptions in residence) that are permissible for the purpose of acquiring the right of permanent residence are accepted. This rule also applies when assessing the continuity of residence in Poland after the end of the transition period.
A non-EU national is a person who is not a citizen of the European Union.
A country that is not a member of the European Union, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) — parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or the Swiss Confederation