If you plan to come to Poland to work in seasonal work, your employer applies for a seasonal work permit at the local labour office (PUP) competent for their registered office or place of residence (the registered office concerns a legal person, e.g. an enterprise, and the place of residence natural person).
In the application, your employer specifies, among others: proposed remuneration, working hours or number of working hours per week or month, type of contract being the basis for your the work and period of validity of the permit.
The Head of the local labour office (Starosta) verifies the application and enters it in the register of applications for seasonal work or refuses to issue the seasonal work permit. Entry in the register takes place within 7 working days from the date of submission of a complete application unless an explanatory procedure is conducted. In such a case, the entry takes place within 30 days. Entering the application in the register, the Head of the local labour office (Starosta) issues the entity entrusting the performance of work with a foreigner a certificate of entry of the application in the register of applications for seasonal work.
Then, your employer will provide you with this certificate confirming that your application for a seasonal work permit has been entered into the register of applications for seasonal work. This certificate you will present when applying for a visa for seasonal work or when entering Poland in the visa-free scheme, it works as a confirmation of the purpose of entry into the territory of the Republic of Poland.
