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Free Legal Counselling (in Warsaw)

Are you applying for permanent residence permit in Poland? You get official correspondence, but you do not know what to do with it? You want to work legally in Poland, but you do not understand how actually do it? You want to aplly for legal stay for your family? Or you have different kind of legal problem? Sign up for a meeting with lawyers of Fundacja dla Somalii! The employees of the Foundation know how sometimes complicated can be formalities related to the legalization of stay in Poland. Theyknow that replying to the official correspondence in many cases can be a big problem. Each country is distinguished by a different legal system, which is why Polish regulations may be difficult for foreigners. To facilitate integration od foreigners in Mazovia, we have launched consultation points, where thry provide free legal advice. Their specialties include legalization of stay, labour law for foreigners, business establishment, civil law and administrative law. They can ...

Understanding Your Polish Work Permit

How to understand that your Polish work permit/ What it contains? Work Permit Number Polish authority that issued your work permit.  Identifier of Office of the Foreigner Date and Issue of Work Permit Type of Work Permit and Issue Number Name and contact of Employer Worker's name Nationality (Filipiny is the polish term for Filipino or Philippines) Worker's date of Birth Job Title/Position Minimum Gross Rate per hour Minimum Monthly Gross Salary Validity dates of your work permit Signature of Authority Inspector Signature Employer or the company representative Related Links: How to verify your employer? Work Permit I Want To Work In Poland Work Visa To Poland Working and Living in Poland

Open Day in the Office of Foreigners in Małopolska Region

Open Day of the info.opt information department is dedicated to foreigners interested in applying for a temporary stay permit in the Malopolska Provincial Office in Krakow. Open Day includes: ✔️ individual consultations ✔️ advice on required documents ✔️ assistance with completing the application ✔️ possibility to submit an application (more details below) In order to submit an application for a temporary stay permit during the event you need to schedule an appointment. To do so, by the 25th send an email titled "dzień otwarty 25/01” to rezerwacja.opt@malopolska.uw.gov.pl with the data below: ➡️ Full name ➡️ Date of birth ➡️ Citizenship ➡️ Phone number ➡️ Current legal basis of stay in Poland (e.g. visa) ➡️ Last day of your legal stay in Poland (e.g. visa expiration date) ➡️ Purpose of stay (e.g. work, study) Once you send an email with complete information to rezerwacja.opt@malopolska.uw.gov.pl you can expect a confirmation of the visit with an exact ho...

Babala: Mag-ingat sa illegal recruiters to POLAND

Paalala lang po sa ating mga OFWs sa Taiwan, sa Middle East, Asia, at sa Pilipinas: mag-ingat sa mga illegal recruiters to POLAND! 1) POEA accredited ang recruitment agency Tiyakin na yung Philippine recruitment agency na nag-aalok ng trabaho sa inyo patungong Poland ay POEA-accredited. Kapag hindi POEA-accredited, at based sa Dubai, Kuala Lumpur or kung saan-saang lugar sa abroad, at sa social media lang nakikipag-ugnay, walang opisina sa Pilipinas na accredited sa POEA -manloloko iyan - DO NOT DEAL WITH THEM! I-REPORT KAAGAD SA POEA. 2) May recibo lahat ng binabayaran Tiyakin na lahat ng fees na kinokolekta ng recruitment agency are may recibo! Pag hindi covered ng receipts, manlolokong agency iyan, DO NOT DEAL WITH THEM at I-REPORT KAAGAD SA POEA. 3) Tama lang ang deployment fee Tiyakin na ang deployment fee ay nasa humigit or kumulang isang buwang sahod lamang.   Kapag 260,000 PHP minsan 350,000-450,000 PHP pa ang bayad (dahil may 2 weeks pa ...

Migrant Center in Gdansk

Immigrants’ Rights Protection Point is open every first Monday of the month from 16.00 to 20.00 at CWII (Immigrant Support Centre). They provide help people who experience discrimination on the basis of their nationality. Discrimination in the workplace: Incomprehensible contracts Problems with payments Illegal work Lack of health and safety standards Issues with accommodation: Lack of a written tenancy agreement Unreasonably large deposits Landlords not returning security deposits Personal safety: Violence Verbal abuse in the workplace or in public places Problematic communication with the police (e.g. when they do not provide a translator) Discrimination at school: Not enough extracullicular classes or preparation courses for children Discrimination at public offices: Officials leaving cases unreviewed, denying you access to your own files, rejecting applications, demanding documents not mentioned in the official list of requirements Discriminat...

Bank Account in Poland

If you are to stay in Poland for longer, sooner or later you will find yourself in need of a Polish bank account. The decision, however, is not an easy one. How do you choose the best offer from the wide array of bank branches and available services? Let us consider how to best manage your finances in Poland. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS  The process of setting up a bank account always requires an identity check – which in turn means presenting a few necessary documents, such as your national identity card, passport and sometimes even your Polish residence card. As you may expect, the requirements can vary greatly depending on the bank’s policy, your residency status in Poland or your country of origin. In most cases, citizens of the European Union do not need to provide any additional documents besides their ID or passport. Non-EU nationals however, are often requested to prove their residency or registered address in Poland. If you are a student, your student ID might come...

Integration Assistants

Do you need support and advice on everyday life situations? You do not know how to integrate with neighbors. Familiarizing with people from your closest environment or work is difficult due to cultural differences and a lack of high level language skills? Do you want Poland to be your second home, but there are many obstacles being put in our way? Our experienced assistants will support you in difficult steps of integration with the inhabitants of Mazovia. The Foundation for Somalia has opened a special information and advisory point, in which inter-cultural assistants will be the first contact for you. These are people who once were leaders of immigrant communities, supporting their own national or cultural groups and actively helping people using the services of the Foundation. Assistants will not only serve you with advice and help in dealing with everyday matters, but thanks to their wide education, diverse experience and origin, you will feel that they will be a real supp...

The difference between Work Permit and Residence and Work Permit in Poland.

The difference between Work Permit and Residence and Work Permit in Poland. These two at first sight very similar concepts carry quite different meanings and functions: Work permit is a document issued to foreigners intending to start working in Poland. This document is not a basis for crossing the borders of Poland or other EU member countries. To receive it, the future employer must apply for issuing such permit to the immigration office. If a foreigner stays outside of Poland, he can use #work permit to obtain a work visa at the consular section of the Polish Embassy. If a foreigner legally resides in Poland (has actual work visa), then on the basis of #work permit, he can simply start working with this employer. If a foreigner has entered Poland on the basis of work visa obtained by a #work permit from a specific employer, he can only start working with that specific employer. If a foreigner wants to change his employer, the new employer must obtain a new #wor...

1% in PIT37

This is just a part on how to submit a tax return. Here we present, how to fill up Section J where you can donate 1% of your tax to a charity group SECTION J: WNIOSEK O PRZEKAZANIE 1% PODATKU NALEŻNEGO NA RZECZ ORGANIZACJI POŻYTKU PUBLICZNEGO (OPP) Here you are supposed to indicate the organization that you want to support. Every taxpayer can give 1% of their personal income tax to any public benefit organization. It costs you nothing – you would pay that money to the government anyway. So you can use it to support a charity of your choice. Download the list of available organizations here . Find a registered organization and fill its KRS number in the field number 137 . In the field 138 put the amount of money that you want to transfer. It cannot be more than 1% of the amount from the field number 126 . You must round the amount off to the nearest 10. Sometimes an NGO leads many fundraising actions. In this case the NGO asks you to put the detailed purpose of the ...

Don't Fall for a scam

Don't fall for a scam!  Watch this video made by Department of Foreigners in Mazowia (Mazowiecki Urząd Wojewódzki)! Related Links: Beware of Illegal Recruiters in Poland

POLO Geneva

Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Geneva Office of the Labor Attaché Philippine Mission to the United Nations 47 Avenue Blanc, 1202 Geneva Tel: (4122) 7161930 polo_geneva@dole.gov.ph #pinoyworkersinpoland #pinoysinpoland

Buhay OFW - Radyo

--- Related Links: Beware of Jobs Scams to Poland POEA probes 3 agencies over placement fees Thousands of careers in Poland open to Pinoys — PASEI Inihahandog muli ng inyong DZXL Radyo Trabaho, sa pamamagitan ng RMN Centro Serbisyo, sa ika-8 ng Enero 2020, araw ng Jueves, alas 3:00 ~ 4:00 ng hapon (Manila Standard Time), ang pinakabagong tahanan ng ating mga Bagong Bayani: BAHAY OFW! Kasama ang inyong Radyoman Jenny Pahilanga at Radyoman sa serbisyo publiko, Raul J. de Vera Jr. Usapang trabaho sa abroad, buhay ng mga bagong bayaning OFW, isyu ng kanilang kalusugan at tahanan kasama ang kanilang mga mahal sa buhay. Ang panauhin ay sina: (a) Atty. Cheryl L. Daytec-Yañgot, our official Labor Representative (with a rank of Labor Attaché) in POLO-Geneva, Switzerland, with jurisdiction over Poland and the Czech Republic. Before joining DOLE, she was an Assistant Secretary of Justice of the Philippines. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, she was a p...

Balik-Manggawa or Returning OFWs

Filipino workers who returned to the Philippines after working abroad for a time need to obtain an overseas employment certificate (OEC) to ensure that they would be registered as a documented overseas Filipino worker (OFW). Read on for guides and information about the processing of returning OFWs or Balik Manggagawa: There are several types of Balik-Manggagawa OFWs (BM-OFWs): Workers-on-Leave - OFWs who are in the Philippines for a short vacation but would return to the same employer overseas and is still under a valid and existing job contract. Re-hires - OFWs who returned to the Philippines after finishing an employment contract overseas but would return to the same foreign employer because they are re-hired. POLO registered workers - These are returning workers whose employment contracts were not processed by POEA, but were verified by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in the jobsite. They would return to the same employer either as a worker-on-leave or re...

English Mass in Poznan

The Roman-Catholic Church in Poznań - Mass in English Dominican Church al. Niepodległości / ul. Kościuszki 99 / Poznań, tel. +48 61 852 31 34 poznan.dominikanie.pl Mass in English offered every Sunday at 3 pm Chaplains: Fr. Grzegorz Kuraś, O.P. Fr. Michał Golubiewski, O.P. Related Links English Mass in Warsaw English Mass In Bydgoszcz English Mass in Gdynia English Mass in Katowice English Mass in Lublin English Mass in Wroclaw English Mass in Krakow #pinoyworkersinpoland #pinoysinpoland

Minimum Wage in 2020

As of January 1, 2020 , the minimum wage in Poland rises to PLN 2,600 gross (EUR 610.5), which is an increase of PLN 350 from 2019. The minimum hourly rate has increased from PLN 14.70 last year to PLN 17. Source PolandIn Using 8hrs a day, 5 days a week, and 4 weeks a month Minimum rate: 17.00PLN (Gross / Brutto - before tax deductions) - update Jan 2020 ~12.30PLN (Net / Netto - after tax and other deductions) - Updated 2020 12.30PLN x 8hrs x 5days x 4 weeks ( 160hrs a month )  = 1968PLN or approximately 26,000.00 PH Pesos if you are fortunate that your company offers more than 8hrs of work per day... 12 hrs (Monday to Friday, 6 hrs on a Saturday x 4weeks (264 hrs a month) 10.70PLN x 264hrs a month  = 3247.20PLN or approximately 42,900 PH pesos 12 hrs, 6days x 4 weeks (288hrs a month) 10.70PLN x 288hrs a month  = 3524.40PLN or approximately 46,800 PH pesos ** For welders, it can be a slightly higher rate per hour ** This computation is ju...