flash news - Labour and employment law

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.

The EES is a European Union IT system used to register data on third-country nationals crossing the EU's external borders for short stays (up to 90 days within a 180-day period).

On 26 September 2025, the President of the Republic of Poland signed the Act of 12 September 2025 amending certain acts to verify the right to family benefits for foreigners and the conditions for providing assistance to Ukrainian citizens in connection with the armed conflict in that country.

The most important changes in the so-called Ukrainian Special Act:

• The provisions have been extended until 4 March 2026, which means that the uncertainty regarding the legality of residence and employment of Ukrainian citizens without UKR status has been dispelled;
• Both adults and minors will be able to obtain a PESEL number with the UKR annotation only in person.