flash news: #foreigners
On 27 March 2026, a draft regulation was published on the RCL website concerning countries whose citizens holding a work permit are not entitled to work whilst staying in Poland under the visa-free regime.
The Office for Foreigners has published two key pieces of information regarding the imminent overhaul of residence legalisation. These include the implementation of a new version of the MOS portal and a special procedure for Ukrainian citizens: the CUKR residence card. According to information shared by provincial administration offices, the MOS II system is scheduled to launch on 13 April 2026.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a major digitisation project – the Electronic Consular Services Platform (ePUK), which is to replace the existing tools used to manage consular matters for foreigners and Polish citizens (including the eKonsulat system). At the same time, an amendment to the Consular Law Act is being prepared to adapt the regulations to new e-services and technological realities, as well as to streamline and improve processes that are currently scattered, time-consuming, and inconsistent.
On 6 February 2026, details appeared in the legislative schedule of the Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy about a draft regulation regarding countries whose citizens will not be entitled to work while visiting Poland under visa-free travel.
According to the latest information from Statistics Poland (GUS) (published on 10 February 2026), at the end of August 2025, over one million foreigners (1.1 million) were working in Poland. Their share in the total number of people working in Poland was thus 6.7% which represents a 5.6% increase in the number of foreigners working in Poland (compared to the previous year's data).
A regulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration came into force on 1 January 2026 extending until 30 June 2026 the period during which Belarusian citizens can apply for a Polish travel document for foreigners.