Guides and practical pages
24 pages
- 800+ and family benefits for a foreigner
- Airports in Poland — getting to the city centre
- Allowances for foreigners and benefits in Poland
- Benefit for a foreigner — unemployment and the labour office
- Contact us
- Family reunification in Poland
- Filing a residence application in MOS
- First steps after arrival — PESEL, address registration, bank account
- How to get around Poland — a guide for foreigners
- Long-distance buses — cheap and with no transfers
- Permanent residence and EU long-term resident status
- Prices and services
- Problems with legal residence of foreigners in Poland — see what to do
- Public transport — tickets and apps
- Railways and PKP stations — addresses and tickets
- Residence card and legalisation of stay in Poland — FAQ
- Social assistance for a foreigner
- Temporary residence and work — how to file the application in MOS step by step
- Temporary residence permit in Poland
- Which residence application do you have to file? Choose your situation.
- Who will handle your residence card better — an independent lawyer or your employer?
- Workers' lodgings and hostels in Poland
- Working legally in Poland
- ZUS allowances for a foreigner
Articles
61 articles
- A foreigner's health contribution — 9%, the NFZ and registration with ZUS
- A mandate contract with a student or pupil under 26: no ZUS contributions, work without a work permit, and the line beyond which penalties begin
- A worse contract because you're a foreigner? That's discrimination – Supreme Court judgment
- Application left without examination — can the case still be saved?
- Avoiding double taxation — DTTs, methods and the certificate of residence
- Care allowance of PLN 215.84 for diabetes — will a foreigner receive it?
- Certificate of application submission instead of a passport stamp — what it confirms and what it does not
- Change of employer versus the residence card and work permit
- Changing employer and the residence card — the deadlines you must know
- Checklist of documents before an inspection of a foreigner's employment
- Courier's mandate contract vs. employment relationship — lessons from the Labour Inspectorate and ZUS inspection at Pyszne.pl
- CUKR residence card — 3 years of stable residence for Ukrainian citizens with UKR status
- Declaration on entrusting work to a foreigner 2026 — who, where, how much and how
- Did you not receive a summons from the office? This is how you can lose your residence card
- Digitalisation of permits and declarations — how to employ a foreigner via praca.gov.pl
- Eight times fewer work visas: what the MSWiA figures mean for foreigners and employers
- Employing a Ukrainian citizen in 2026 — procedure and notification
- Employment of a foreigner and an indefinite-term contract — Supreme Court judgment (III PK 11/16)
- End of visa-free work for citizens of Venezuela, Georgia and Colombia
- Extending a foreigner's work permit — deadlines and continuity of legal work
- Free access to the labour market — who may work without a permit
- Gender balance on the boards of public companies — what does the government bill provide?
- How a foreigner is taxed in Poland — unlimited vs. limited tax liability
- How to recover residence card documents from an employer or agency?
- Illegal employment and tax — who bears the consequences
- Illegal employment. What penalty? — Supreme Court judgment (I PKN 558/99)
- Inspections by the Labour Inspectorate and Border Guard — how they proceed and how to prepare
- Is a foreigner subject to ZUS social insurance in Poland
- Labour Inspectorate (PIP) inspections after the 2026 changes and the employment of foreigners
- Leaving a job overnight — when can an employee receive compensation?
- Liability for the illegal work of a foreigner — offence or crime
- Little Poland in India. A museum for Polish refugees is being built in Valivade
- More than 50 days off. That is how long you may stay away from work
- Obligation to submit the contract and penalties for illegal employment of a foreigner in 2026
- Penalties for illegal employment of a foreigner in 2026
- PIT reliefs for a foreigner — the young, 4+ families, seniors and the PLN 85,528 limit
- Posting and the A1 certificate — where a foreigner's contributions are paid
- Refund of stamp duty for a temporary residence application — who is entitled to it and when in 2026
- Remote Labour Inspectorate control — employer obligations step by step
- Replacement of documents of EU citizens and their family members — deadline 3 August 2026
- Return relief — PIT exemption up to PLN 85,528 also for foreigners
- Settling a foreigner's PIT — payer's obligations, PIT-11 and deadlines
- Short-term mobility — working in Poland on a status from another EU country
- Single permit — temporary residence and work for a foreigner in one decision
- Social security agreements with non-EU states
- Suspension of assistance to a foreigner (Article 95 of the Social Assistance Act)
- Tax residence of a foreigner in Poland — the 183-day rule and the centre of vital interests
- The 10 most common errors in a MOS application — and how not to lose your legal stay because of them
- The 14-day time limit for a refugee’s application for integration assistance — judgment of the Provincial Administrative Court (I SA/Wa 1092/06)
- The employer will not return your residence card documents? Here is what to do
- The new act on entrusting work to foreigners — what changed on 1 June 2025
- The office claims it sent the summons. No letter arrived, and there is no envelope in the file either
- Trusted Profile for foreigners — how to set it up in order to file an application in MOS
- Unannounced PIP inspection — employer’s rights and obligations in 2026
- When a new work permit for a foreigner is required
- Who can work in Poland without a work permit
- Withdrawal, revocation and expiry of a work permit — what to do
- Work on a visa and under visa-free travel — when it is legal
- Worker posted from the EU to Poland — where contributions are paid
- You paid once and the office wants a second payment. Stamp duty after moving to another voivodeship
- ZUS contributions for a Ukrainian citizen and the Poland–Ukraine agreement
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