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5 November 2025
MPs propose exempting students from paying social security contributions between degree courses

A private members’ bill extending until 31 October of a given year the period of student status for persons who have obtained a bachelor’s degree or equivalent engineering qualification has been submitted for its first reading to the Sejm's Education and Science Committee.

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4 November 2025
New application forms for temporary residence permits for foreigners

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.

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29 October 2025
Work is underway on a list of occupations most in-demand

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has announced that it will compile by the end of this year a draft list of occupations most in-demand.

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28 October 2025
The Ministry of Internal Affairs is proposing four grounds for acquiring Polish citizenship

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.

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Law on length of service and deregulation to do with documentary notifications to social security officially promulgated

A law changing the calculation of the length of service by which periods of work under a contract of mandate (or other contracts for the provision of services) and operating a business, among others, will be included in a period of employment, has been signed by the president and published in the Journal of Laws.

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Are the intended changes for the better? No more confirming the legality of foreigners' stay with a stamp in their passport.

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.

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