A form filed with an appropriate taxing authority that reports income, expenses and other pertinent tax information. Tax returns must be filed annually for an individual or business with reportable income, e.g. your wages/salary.
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A temporary admission is a type of temporary residence permit, which may be granted when you have to stay in Poland, i.e. you are obliged to appear in the court, or you have an exceptional personal situation like, i.e. awaiting a life-saving treatment. This permit is granted for a period of up to 6 months. Detailed information can be found on the website
It is a document issued to a foreigner who does not own a travel document if he/she wants to or was obligated to leave the territory of Poland. The validity of such a document does not exceed 7 days.
A fixed term residence and work entitlement is a temporary residence permit granted when your purpose of stay in Poland is to work. This permit entitles you to stay in Poland and work for the employer under the conditions specified in the decision. More information
Entry and stay entitlement allowing you to stay in Poland, granted for a period of 3 months to 3 years. The conditions for granting a temporary residence permit vary depending on the purpose of your 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 Governor competent for your place of stay in Poland.
Temporary residence permit, which is granted when your purpose of stay in Poland is to take up or continue full-time studies. Learn more about the procedure.
Temporary residence permit, which is granted when your purpose of stay in Poland is to live with your spouse or minor. Your spouse or child must have Polish citizenship or be foreigners. There are several types of permits granted to family members. Check which one applies to your family situation.
A fixed term residence entitlement for the purpose of seasonal work is a temporary residence permit, which is granted when your aim of stay in Poland is to execute a seasonal work. Seasonal industries are defined by law. This permit is granted for the period of validity of the seasonal work permit and is issued by the local head of self-government (Starost). It entitles you to remain in Poland during its validity period. Detailed information can be found on the website
A fixed term residence entitlement is a temporary residence permit, which is granted when the purpose of a foreigner's stay in Poland is to execute work as an officer, specialist in a branch or in a representative office of a parent employer whose registered office is located outside the European Union. The application for such a permit shall be submitted by the receiving unit in which the foreigner will perform work on the territory of Poland. Detailed information
Temporary residence permit/Fixed term residence entitlement to work in a highly qualified profession
A fixed term residence entitlement to work in a highly qualified profession is also called the “EU Blue Card”, a type temporary residence permit, which is granted when the purpose of your stay in Poland is to work in a profession requiring higher professional qualifications, e.g. tertiary education. This permit entitles you to stay in Poland and work for the employer under the conditions specified in the decision. Detailed information can be found on our website.
Permission to stay for humanitarian reasons is a type of authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons granted to a non-EU citizen who, for important reasons, cannot be obliged to return to their home country, e.g. an obligation to return would violate his/her right to family life. Permission to stay for humanitarian reasons is granted by the Border Guard.
A foreigner who has been granted this permit may not apply for a temporary residence permit in Poland or for a residence permit for a long-term EU resident. Instead, they can obtain a permanent residence permit.
Permission to stay for humanitarian reasons granted by the Border Guard entitles the family member of the foreigner who received the permit to apply for a stay for the purpose of family reunification. It means that the family member will be entitled to perform work without a work permit.
Temporary resident permit for humanitarian reasons due to the possession of a visa D21 is a permit granted only to citizens of Belarus who, directly before submitting the application for temporary residence, had a valid national visa with the D21 symbol. This permit is granted by locally competent Governor.
Temporary resident permit for humanitarian reasons due to the possession of a visa D21, entitles the foreigner to apply for further legalization of stay on the usual terms, such as a temporary residence permit, a permanent residence permit, a long-term resident's EU residence permit.
If a foreigner receives a temporary residence permit for humanitarian reasons due to the possession of a D21 visa, a family member of such a foreigner may apply for a permit due to other circumstances, which permit does not entitle the family member to work without a work permit.
A certificate of sponsorship/an invitation is an official document confirming that the inviting person, e.g. a Polish citizen, has assumed the obligation to cover the costs related to the planned stay of the invited foreigner in Poland. The costs include accommodation and meals as well as the foreigner's return trip to their country of origin. The possibility of fulfilling this obligation is verified during the examination of the application for entry of the invitation in the Register of Invitations. Learn more
The host entity is a legal person or an organizational unit that is not a legal person, the law grants legal personality and which is, in particular, a branch or representative office of the parent employer based outside the European Union or belongs to the same group of enterprises as the parent employer. The receiving unit, in which the foreigner will work in Poland, applies for the temporary residence permit for the purpose of the long-term mobility and intra-corporate transfer. The host entity is a party to such proceedings. The competent Governor is local for the headquarters of the receiving unit on the territory of Poland.
It is the documented willingness to remain in Poland, to lead a life, to move your centre of personal and property interests to Poland. Such documents may confirm your intentions as your employment contract, contract of mandate, lease agreement, your certificate from the university on continuing studies, a current excerpt from the Polish companies house equivalent (National Court Register), your resume.
Poland’s national post company authorized to deliver the official postal items.
It is a written document signed by a person giving another person the power to act on behalf of the person granting the power in particular activities, e.g. filing applications, documents, collecting personal mail etc. The person receiving a power of attorney is attorney-in-fact for the person giving the power. The scope of a power of attorney depends on your personal preference or trust. The attorney-in-fact will be able to act on your behalf after submitting a power of attorney to the office. Power of attorney is the subject of the stamp duty (17PLN).
The Schengen Area countries include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Italy, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Croatia, as well as Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland (the last four are non-EU Schengen countries).
Ireland and Cyprus are EU-countries which do not belong to the Schengen area.
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.
UK national or a family member of the UK national entitled to continue their stay in Poland under the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement. You are eligible, if before the end of the transition period, from 1 January 2021 you:
- 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 Brexit date and before the end of the transition period);
- still live in Poland.
Continuity of stay immediately before and after the end of the transition period will be important for the acquisition and retention of the rights of the Withdrawal Agreement beneficiary. You may be able to get that status if you were living in Poland before 31 December but you were not here on that date. You must not have left Poland for more than 6 months in any 12 month period. Continuous residence' rule which applies for the purpose of acquiring the right of permanent residence will also apply under this scheme. This rule will also apply to the assessment of the continuity of stay in Poland after the end of the transition period.
If you have residence rights under the Withdrawal Agreement, you will have broadly the same entitlements to work, study and access benefits and services as before the UK left the EU.
Who it covers?
- If you are a UK national living in an EU country by 31 December 2020 you are covered, provided you meet one of the residence conditions that you:
- are a worker or self-employed person in the country where you’re living
- are a student and can show you have enough money to live on and have comprehensive sickness insurance
- are a self-sufficient person and can show you have enough money to live on, and have comprehensive sickness insurance, or
- already have the right of permanent residence
If you are covered, your family members living with you in an EU country by 31 December 2020 are also covered.
The Withdrawal Agreement also protects you if you live in the UK or another EU country and work in a different EU country. These are known as ‘frontier workers’.
We recommend getting a residence permit. United Kingdom nationals and their families who are beneficiaries of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement can continue to apply for a residence permit containing an endorsement referring to the Withdrawal Agreement (if they have not already done so). Having such a document is beneficial as it will exempt from future Entry/Exit System (EES) registration when crossing external borders and from the need to obtain an ETIAS travel permit in relation to short-term travel to EU/Schengen countries. More information can be found here.
It is a person who is not a citizen of the European Union.
A country that is not one of the Member State of the European Union, or the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation.
