31/01/2020
A residence and work permit is one of the available forms of legalizing the stay of foreigners whose primary purpose of stay in Poland is the performance of work, and the planned time of stay exceeds 3 months.
This, in principle, applies to foreigners who are required to have a work permit, but also to foreigners who are not required to have a work permit, yet work is their purpose of stay in Poland (for example, if. the foreigner performs work under the employer’s declaration, and the term of their visa or term of stay under the regulations on visa-free traffic is about to expire, they may also apply for the permit in question).
The primary difference between this permit and the “ordinary” permit is that to be able to work under the “regular” work permit, a foreign citizen must also have a residence entitlement, such as a visa, whereas the permit in question combines a residence and work permit.