Polish President signed the act on foreigners
Foreigners who are highly qualified will have the way for obtaining residence and employment in Poland facilitated – this change is provided by the amendment (from 27 April 2012) to the Foreigners Act and the Act on employment promotion and labor market institutions, signed on Tuesday by President Bronislaw Komorowski.
The amendment to the Polish legal solutions implements regulations provided in the EU (eg Council Directive of 25 May 2009 – 2009/50/EC). The new regulations are primarily to provide facilities for foreigners wishing to work in Poland, but only those with high professional qualifications.
According to the amendment, the formalities for skilled foreign workers will be limited to a single administrative procedure. During the conference, voivode will have to check whether the alien meets the requirements for granting him permission to stay and work in Poland.
Verification in such cases will include include whether the entity wishing to employ a foreigner can meet their staffing needs in the local market. In addition, earnings received by a foreigner would have to exceed the amount established by the Minister of Internal Affairs (150% of annual gross salary).
Working foreigner will have the right to stay in Polish, even in casehe lost his job if the period of unemployment does not exceed 3 months. The condition for using this option will be a notification – authorizing an alien to reside and work in Poland – to the voivode within 7 days after the loss of employment.
Source: Gazeta Prawna, podatki.biz
