flash news: #foreigners
The beginning of December marks the end of the six-month period for replacing the executive acts governing the employment of foreigners, which were issued on the basis of the Employment Promotion and Labour Market Institutions Act (this deadline was established in Article 113 of the Conditions for the Admissibility of Entrusting Work to Foreigners on the Territory of the Republic of Poland Act, which came into force on 1 June 2025).
On 18 November 2025, the Sejm Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs considered the Senate's amendments to the amendment to the Act on Foreigners concerning the digitisation of residence permit procedures and voted in favour of adopting them all.
Yesterday (12 November 2025), the Mazovian Provincial Office in Warsaw posted a notice on its website stating that the inPOL appointment booking calendar had been disabled as of 7 November 2025.
The Ministry of the Interior and Administration has presented a draft regulation concerning new templates for documents (applications and attachments) to be submitted by foreigners applying for temporary residence permits. The proposal results from recent amendments to the Act on Foreigners and the Act on the Conditions for the Admissibility of Entrusting Work to Foreigners.
On 27 October 2025, a debate entitled "Challenges and directions of change in the area of citizenship and repatriation" was held at the Ministry of Internal Affair’s headquarters. During the meeting, the planned draft changes to the rules for acquiring Polish citizenship, which the ministry is currently working on, were presented.
Alongside the introduction of the EES (Entry/Exit System), which will ultimately replace passport stamps confirming foreigners’ entry to and exit from the EU, the Polish authorities are also planning to abandon other stamps relating to foreigners. These include stamps confirming the submission of residence permit applications and the legality of a foreigner’s stay while awaiting a decision on the issuance of the relevant permit.