The labour market access in Poland depends on the document that legalised your stay in Poland. If you have a visa that allows you to work, then you are allowed to work with a registered declaration of entrusting work to a foreigner or if you have a valid work permit. Your work conditions must be as stated in the mentioned documents when regarding: employer, position, salary range, the type of employment contract you signed, working hours.
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It is a temporary residence permit, that may be issued if you have a residence title issued by another EU country with annotation "ICT". You have to work in Poland as a part of a management team, as a specialist, or a trainee employee in a department or representation of the parent employer, whose headquarters are located outside of the EU for a period longer than 90 days. Learn more
It is a document which your employer can obtain from a district job agency competent according to the place of your work. This document is a result of a test, which is sometimes carried out when a non-EU citizen applies for a job in order to check that there are no suitable candidates having the required qualifications already available on the labour market to fill the position.
Labour Market Test needs to be issued not earlier than 180 days before the work permit or residence permit application submission. Only an original document of Labour Market Test will be accepted.
A formal request for entry and remain in Poland needs to be signed and submitted to the competent authorities on a valid application form. The form is specified by law. A current application form you will find on our website: files to download
An application submitted on not valid/current application form and/or not signed is considered as a formal error/formal deficiency.
There are documents without which the initiation of the proceeding is not possible, for example: completed and signed application form, photographs, a valid travel document (passport) etc.
The procedure of the application formal assessment is an initial stage during which your application form is being verified. All the required documents are being checked to enable the procedure of legalization of your stay. This stage of your procedure is the initial stage.
