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delphiandomine   
20 Jul 2009
Law / Legalization of stay in Poland - FAQ - guide [4]

Okay, I would appreciate help with this as I'm not completely familiar with the process for non-EU citizens, nor am I familiar with the process for other types of residency granted. If anyone has anything to add, I'd be glad for the input. This is also how it's done in Poznan, and may be different elsewhere - so again, if anyone has something to add, please do!

EU Citizens

EU citizens intending to work in Poland can do so freely, however, there are certain steps that must be followed in order to legalise their stay in the country.

1) After arrival, you must visit the local Urząd Miasta in order to register your temporary stay in the Republic of Poland. To do this, you must gain the permission of the owner of a residence to 'register' you as living there. They will need to accompany you to the office. At the office, you will have to fill out a short form - bring your passport or national ID card and birth certificate. The owner of the residence will also have to have the title deeds to the residence and their relevant national ID.

Opinions vary as to whether you need to have all the listed owners present, or whether some of the owners can simply photocopy their ID along with a letter authorising the owner present to act on their behalf. As always, ask at the office for what their advice is.

2) During this time, you want to go to the Urząd Skarbowy and apply for a NIP. This is your personal tax number, and you'll need to fill in the NIP-3 form. Bring along your current temporary registration document and your passport (in case, I didn't need to show mine!).

3) This document will be valid for 3 months. After this 3 month period has expired, you'll have to go back and re-register for another 3 months.

4) After obtaining the next 3 months temporary residence permit, the next step is to visit the Urząd Wojewódzki to register your permanent stay. Unlike the previous step, you won't need the owners of the flat. Go there and ask them for a copy of the form for the permanent (5-year) residence permit. When there, also ask as to what documentary proof they require.

4a) In Poznan, they currently require the following -

- Valid health insurance - 1 photocopy (EHIC card is enough, known as EKUZ)
- Bank statements for 3 months from a Polish bank account
or
- Letter from a place of work confirming the salary paid per month
- 4x copies of the information page of your passport
- 3x copies of the application form along with the original
- Current temporary registration that you obtained from the City office.
- 1 złoty.

Sit back and wait!

Anyone want to write a guide for non-EU nationals?
delphiandomine   
20 Jul 2009
Law / How do Americans go about getting a work visa in Poland? [21]

This depends on who you talk to and what day you go to the Urzad Pracy (Work Office)..

Why would you go to the Urząd Pracy to find out about rules regarding employment by foreigners? They have nothing to do with it - only the foreigners section of the Voivode would be able to tell you, because it may vary according to the visa held. The relevant labour offices are useless anyway - anyone who's had any sort of dealing with them can tell you that they're solely interested in getting people to work.

I was told as you were (not needed for native speakers) but then when I went to apply they said its not true.

It doesn't depend at all - all the legislation and regulations are online. If you have problems, you follow the regulations combined with printing them out and taking them to the relevant office along with a Polish speaker.

Your problem seems to be trusting what an individual says over what the relevant legislation says.
delphiandomine   
20 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

I am 90% Polish but it would be hard to prove.

It's easy to prove. Got a parent or grandparent with Polish citizenship? Then you're Polsh, unless they had their citizenship revoked at some point. Otherwise, you're definitely not 90% Polish.

As for how Polish people dress - at least they're legally in Poland, eh? ;)
delphiandomine   
20 Jul 2009
News / Liga Polskich Rodzin- A worthy option? [56]

To be honest, PiS were morons for going into coalition with them and LPR to begin with. They probably would've managed to survive for the whole term if they had tried to rule by consensus (ala what the SNP have done in Scotland) as opposed to needing to jump into bed with idiotic right wing parties in order to force through their policies. Certainly, some aspects of their manifesto would have been voted for by the SLD and others would have been voted for by PO - both of which would have gave them above 50%.

Their desperation to rule by force as opposed to by consensus has probably cost them their chance of actually winning power in the next few years.
delphiandomine   
20 Jul 2009
News / Liga Polskich Rodzin- A worthy option? [56]

I couldn't find any recent election results. It seems that constant pressure from media outlets have caused the party to start decaying, slightly.

Slightly? They're finished in Poland. Most of the ones remaining that had any integrity ended up joining Naprzód Polsko, which contested the European election under the PSL banner.

As far as I know, they didn't win anything (though the PSL side of the coalition did).

PiS have modernised and this is why they commanded more support.

I think most people realised that it was idiocy to split the pseudo-Catholic Right vote and decided that PiS represented the best way to keep homosexuals from marrying. That, and the fact that the hard right wing parties discredited themselves.
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

Rejected by a Yank? The only Americans I know are the ones who bothered to do things properly. Funnily enough, none of them have problems - because they did things properly.

You still haven't told me what you expect the Straż Graniczna to do with someone who is working and living illegally in Poland.
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

He didn't intend to work without the permit and the school screwed him...you are either purposefully ignoring this fact or you are an idiot.

I'm not denying it, but it's not the fault of the Straż Graniczna or the Polish civil service, is it? It's a private matter between him and the school. Unfortunately, he probably doesn't have any paperwork where the school says that they'll get him a work permit - so he's not going to have any legal remedy.

I don't see why blaming the State has any relevance here.

Why are you so interested in condemning this guy? Were you dumped by an American who was deported?

I have no time for people who don't abide by immigration regulations. It's your obligation to find out about them and comply with them, it's that simple.

People like you with no ability to reason working in the immigration office are half the problem.

There is nothing to reason about - he was working illegally in Poland. If you were working illegally in America, do you really think that they would do anything apart from throw you out?
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

I am not banned from Poland because of overstaying my visitor visa. Poland and the US had an agreement prior to Poland joining schengen. I left Poland every 90 days.

Yes you are. Poland (as with every other Schengen country) applies the 90/180 rule, which says that you can only be in Schengen as a visitor for 90 days out of every 180 days. Leaving every 90 days means nothing now. The internet still has information suggesting that a 'visa run' is enough - but it isn't.

I am banned because I did not have a work permit.

I had filed all my paperwork with the exception of my work permit. A work permit is something you need the employer to do.

How did you get the right to stay without a work permit? Anyway, working without a work permit (if required is a pretty serious offence in most countries.

If someone is purposefully breaking laws with malicious intent fine....deport them...but many cases are not so simple and MANY are the fault of Poland or those acting on it's behalf not the immigrant.

Working without a work permit is pretty malicious and deliberate, I'd say.

It's worth bearing in mind that even if the American here manages to enter Schengen without a check (quite possible!) - the Straż Graniczna have been doing spot checks throughout the country. I wouldn't want to be in the shoes of someone caught in Poland with an existing ban from Schengen, especially if you knew what the detention centres are like.
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Genealogy / Help finding a telephone number of a friend from Krakow and Poznan in Poland [25]

Hi I'm looking for my biological father and my grandparents...How do I do to find out a telephonenumber in Poznan, Poland if I have an adress?!

I don't know if they're available online, unfortunately. I don't have a phone book either, otherwise I'd check for you.

If you want, I could check that the people you're looking for are at the address?
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

Only really disgusting people would enjoy someone being separated from his loved one and his life being messed up while he was doing as he was told was right....shame on you. One day I hope you suffer a worse fate and see how smug you are then.

Who told him that what he was doing was right? The school? Anyone with an ounce of sense would know to double check *everything* in a foreign country where rules and regulations might be different, especially where immigration is concerned.

We don't know the full facts - it might be that he didn't need a work permit, but he still needed the relevant residence permit. If he didn't have it, then it's his own fault.
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

Why should Poland give assistance to people struggling with the Polish immigration system?

I was just about to say the same thing.

He could easily pay a lawyer to help. Costly, but with something with serious consequences is concerned, sensible.

I am not going to argue with you anymore...you are trying to get your intellectual rocks off while talking about someone else's misery and that is disturbing.

You still haven't told me what should be done with people who break immigration regulations.

His misery is entirely self inflicted, and while I have sympathy (he just wants to be with his girlfriend) - he has to get the services of an expert.
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

You morons act like he was a dangerous criminal...he was SCREWED by people here who were supposed to advise him....

Screwed by who? The school? Ten minutes research online will tell you to trust nothing that Polish schools say and to cross-check everything. There's enough stories on here alone about sharp practices, schools not paying tax despite providing documents saying that it had been paid (and deducted) alongside much more.

The only person who screwed him was himself. He didn't do his homework, didn't check to see if the school was registered with the Ministry of Education, didn't chase up the right offices. As a non-EU citizen, he had to comply with immigration regulations - and chose not to.

To answer your question I doubt any Germans would care if lowfunk99 came to Germany after being deported for this *********** clearly just want to argue and have no real understanding of the issues.

I think the German Federal Police would have quite a lot to say about someone who has a 'hit' in SIS4All with a currently valid ban from the Schengen zone. His passport is stamped with the ban, and even after the ban, getting the tourist 90 day stamp will not be a formality with previous form for overstaying.

If he wants, I've got the Schengen handbook somewhere if he wants to check to see if the stamp in his passport confirms the ban.

It is really easy for you to talk when you are not affected by these situations. You obvioulsy have NO idea what you speak of when it comes to rules. They DO NOT FOLLOW THEM. the law may say they have to reply in 45 days for example but they often don't...give no reason...wont discuss it/wont answer phones/are on holiday etc....I dont care what you THINK you know this is what happens in practice.

Is that any reason to break immigration regulations? You can't blame anyone but yourself if you don't comply, it's that simple.

lowfunk didnt do anything serious as you claim...you are heartless and dont have a clue how it really works. People give false info all the time...IN OFFICIAL OFFICES...and who pays when it falls down? Not the office worker....

He didn't do anything serious? I would love to know what the American authorities think of people who overstay. I'm sure they'll be all 'hey, it's allright, you broke our immigation regulations, but we'll let you stay'. Of course America doesn't throw people out and effectively ban them from ever returning.

People give false information in official offices throughout the world. The UK's HMRC is renowned for giving wrong information - to the point where you have to receive all communication in writing simply to cover your own back. What's new?

I still want to know what you think should be done with people who break immigration regulations.

Poland could easily give quarter/assistance to people having troubles because of their stupid and indecipherable system...but they dont......because "its not their problem"...and this is the underlying problem in Poland...taking responsibility for faults and fixing them...the immigration system is screwed up not lowfunk99...

Stupid, indecipherable system? The system is pretty easy as far as I can tell.

As far as I'm aware, you can't convert the 'visa waiver' into a valid residence visa in America. You can do so in Poland - so who's messed up here?

If he followed the rules, he wouldn't have been deported. Simple.
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

Poles are refused US visas so often because such a high percentage overstay...its simple...and again my point is there should be no basis for Poland to ban someone from the EU...the Schengen treaty dropped the ball on that one..

Dropped the ball? If you have open borders with Poland, don't you think that Poland might want to ensure that people deported stay deported? Likewise, if you're German, do you really want to have someone deported from Poland entering your country?

Someone caught breaking immigration regulations has to go, it's that simple. And to make Schengen work, then you need Schengen-wide bans.

If you read it properly his school misadvised him...hardly his fault and its not like he was scamming...

I feel sorry for his plight, but it's his obligation, not the schools to sort out the relevant permits.

In addition even people following the ever changing and oft made up rules are being screwed. The system is horribly broken and nobody can be bothered to fix it. Like most things here..

What ever changing rules? Poland has easy rules to follow - and they're well documented online. I believe Harry here has made countless posts around the internet about the process. Yes, the rules changed after Schengen, but that wasn't exactly Poland's fault.

Tell me, for someone caught breaking immigration regulations in a serious way, what should be the punishment?
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

They cant ban him from working in the EU...They can only ban him from Poland...They were talking shite! England cant ban someone from working in Poland, how the hell would they know if some American was going to work there...

Yes they can. So many people here don't seem to understand Schengen rules. To have open borders, the deal is that a ban from one country counts in all. For that reason, a ban from Poland is a ban from Schengen.

He'll be allowed to come to the UK/Ireland/Cyprus/Romania/Bulgaria - but he's banned from all Schengen member states. There's no guarantee he'll actually get into those countries - UK immigration would be inclined to thoroughly check someone who was currently banned from Schengen due to overstay.

As Harry says, those countries have agreed (as part of Schengen) that they will enforce bans on anyone removed from a Schengen member state. This is part of what makes Schengen work.

This is a huge problem here...their rules are so screwed up and they dont even know them so often that they screw a lot of good people over. I dont support illegal immigration but if you do everything they ask and follow the rules and

He *didn't* follow the rules. He was here after 90 days without a work permit (and was working, something prohibited!) and without a valid residence permit. You're allowed to stay in Schengen for 90 days out of every 180. Therefore, he received a ban.

The rules are pretty straightforward - you come here on a tourist stamp, then you've got 45 days to sort out a work permit and a residence permit in order to complete the paperwork before the 90 day period expires. If you don't comply with them, then you're going to be in trouble if you're caught. Simple.

I honestly don't care...it is simply WRONG to be banned from the entire EU because of POLAND. It makes about as much sense as being kicked out of CarreFour and not being allowed into any shop every again in the entire continent...how dare POLAND say I can't go to Finland, Gemany, Spain etc...they have no claim and its stupid.

It's not about if you care or don't care - the point is that in order to have 'soft' internal borders, there are exceptionally tough punishments for anyone caught breaking the rules.

But the excuse used is some violation of rules in POLAND. Not right or fair to punish you in other places. To not be able to even set foot in another EU nation because of what he went through is just plain stupid and wrong...whether this is the actual case or not I dont know as I have heard others being told they are banned...but dont know anyone who tried to enter after. They claim they flag your details and if you enter a Schengen port you will be denied...again if true its ********...

It is right and fair - Schengen rules are rules, and one of those rules are that if you break the immigration regulations, then you're banned from the entire zone. If you don't like it, don't enter Schengen.

Yes, they'll enter his details onto SIS4All and it should be checked upon entry. There are ways to enter Schengen without too tough checks (via the UK is a easy way, the French rarely conduct systematic checks at Dover) - but even attempting to enter Schengen while banned is enough cause for the state in question to prolong your ban.

There's also the point that Poland may deny a residence permit in future to anyone that has a criminal record in Poland - which is why the poster should be seeking the services of an imimigration lawyer as a priority.

If you break immigration law, what do you expect to happen? To be invited to drink tea with the President?

It's not an excuse: it's a reason. Not that countries need any reason to refuse to allow foreigners into their territory (look at the way some Poles are refused US visas). Personally I'd say that previous violation of law is a fairly good indication of future behaviour. This guy has already got form for working while on a tourist visa....

You're much more of an expert than me, do you know what his chances are of actually getting a residence permit (or even visa-free entry?) after his ban is up?
delphiandomine   
19 Jul 2009
Life / I'm an American who lived in Poland for 6 years. I'm not welcome anymore. [169]

If you apply for a work permit in another member state, I would be 99% sure you will not be refused because of what happened in Poland. Just dont mention it on the relevant documents.

You'll have a record in SIS4All saying that you've got a ban from Schengen territory, combined with a stamp in the passport which essentially says 'banned'. The application for a work permit will reveal this - and it's quite possible that even attempting to gain a work permit in Schengen will be enough to land a further ban.

It's not a matter of mentioning it or not mentioning it - these things are held at a Schengen-wide level.

You can get a 90 day holiday visa in Ireland or the UK, without any background checks. Just proof of sufficent funds. While there, apply for work.

What use is this? No-one in the UK or Ireland will hire you without documentation proving your right to work in the UK/Ireland - and even a work permit for those countries won't be enough to gain access to Schengen.

There's also the issue that if he's caught in Schengen (or trying to enter!) - then he could face more serious punishment than merely a ban from the zone.

Poland should have no say at all about your visiting other EU nations. That is an incredibly stupid and lazy way to administrate...but it doesn't surprise me here.

Schengen rules are rules - if you receive a ban from one Schengen country, you're banned from the whole lot. It's the only way that open borders can work.

How do you think Spanish police are going to deal with someone who is listed as having a ban from Schengen? They're not going to invite him for tea and crumpets - they're going to invite him to the local police station in order to process his deportation.

I was just ejected from Poland a bit more then a month ago. I had filed my paperwork for temporary residence. My school kept telling me that I did not need a work permit. One day I walked back to my appartment and the border patrol was waiting for me. They gave me one week to leave Poland. I wrote an appeal but it was turned down. This mistake was my schools fault not mine, however, I will pay the price. I never tried to work illegal. I filed my paperwork, had a bank account and even paid taxes.

You need to get an immigration lawyer who is capable of dealing with this. It'll cost you, but it's possible to get such decisions overturned *if* you get someone capable of dealing with it.

Incidentally, I've heard of the American authorities deporting people from the USA at gunpoint who have overstayed their visa waiver. You should be glad that the Straż Graniczna allowed you a week.
delphiandomine   
16 Jul 2009
UK, Ireland / The paradox of Polish drivers getting car insurance in the UK [14]

to be honest you can't blame them as the quality of driving tuition in Poland is horrific

Now now, the quality of the driving tuition is decent, just the inability for people to practice outside of formal lessons combined with nearly **** all enforcement of bad driving is what causes a lot of the trouble here.

Oh, and the fact that Polish men are still REAL MEN who have to prove their worth.
delphiandomine   
16 Jul 2009
News / POLAND'S CREDIT CRAZE [34]

[quote=magdalenaG]you'e listening to too much Jim Corr...
That was fantastic! Jim Corr has clearly gone mad...
delphiandomine   
15 Jul 2009
Life / Why build a supermarket with 20 checkouts with only 3 till staff? [46]

another thing i heard is that an old couple were shopping in tesco spent over £300 then arived at their car only to find they had a fine of £100 for using the car park for over an hour.

Those 'fines' aren't enforcable at all in the UK, although they try and intimidate people into paying thme.
delphiandomine   
15 Jul 2009
Food / Wroclaw has an Indian Restaurant [34]

I might have to make a trip up to Wrocław. My jaw almost dropped off as I saw the price of a jar of Sharwoods here, 30PLN. Not even half the size of a meal in a nice Indian restaurant and no atmosphere.

5zl in Marks and Spencer for their own label stuff that is absolutely fantastic.

Yes, the place is a godsend ;)
delphiandomine   
14 Jul 2009
UK, Ireland / Recruitment agencies advertise for Polish only workers [162]

and when I hear some of the recent immigrants talking about how they can smugly tell everyone that they will "go home in a few years and buy a large house, car and dzialka" on wages which only keep a Briton in a bedsit, is it really surprising that so many people in the UK are pissed off with immigration?

I have a good feeling that many of these houses will be on the market within a few years. How do they expect to maintain a house if they're not earning enough money to actually maintain it?

I've also heard from a Polish friend that people here are becoming very reluctant to hire Poles that have gone to the UK because of perceived attitude problems - so I suspect much of the smugness will be very quickly wiped off their faces.
delphiandomine   
14 Jul 2009
Life / Why build a supermarket with 20 checkouts with only 3 till staff? [46]

Asking for change? Everybody knows that in Poland there is a perennial shortage of change.

If the local slightly-mad woman who owns the local vegetable shop can manage to always have change and never sulk, I'm sure Tesco/Carrefour/et al can manage.

Funny thing is that at supermarkets only about 1/3 of employees is till trained.

Speaking of this, I've noticed that Polish till staff aren't trusted in the same way as elsewhere - they often have to phone for double check prices and be given permission to sell something.

It really is a mystery to me as to why Tesco is such a well oiled machine in the UK, yet is so dismal in Poland - as far as I know, they were all originally set up and overseen by UK management, so there's really no excuse.
delphiandomine   
14 Jul 2009
Life / Why build a supermarket with 20 checkouts with only 3 till staff? [46]

anyone else got any views on this idiotic practice?

Tesco at the end of Pestka by any chance?

To be honest, the fact that they open such little checkouts, then spend an age getting the exact change from people is something that drives me mad.

What exactly is the express part of Carrefour Express?

Last time I was in one, we counted an average of 22 seconds was wasted by the cashier asking for the exact change. Absolute joke :/

Still, always great fun paying with a 50/100 note and watching the sulky reaction after telling them that you don't have change. It's not fair to do it when people are waiting, but if there's no queue, they're fair game.
delphiandomine   
13 Jul 2009
Life / How much Zloty to have an average life in Poland? [98]

Clearly you don't live in Warsaw either. And no doubt you're one of those people who religiously avoid going to any places where foreigners go and think that doing it makes him cool. In reality avoiding places where expats go only because expats go to them is as much of a twat's move as going to places where expats go only because expats go to them.

To be honest, I go to the best place I can find. I'm yet to find anyone who actually has had a decent night out in any place where you get English menus/speakers as standard. I couldn't really care less about whether expats go there or not - but it's a pretty undeniable fact that expensive Rynek bars are absolutely devoid of atmosphere.

Sounds rather less than likely to me. I refuse to believe that a glass of wine costs less than 5zl so two of them will be at least 10zl. You don't say what 'extras' are but let's assume that they cost 4zl each. That leaves the princely sum of 11zl for each main course. I'm sure those will be fantastic!

Extras - garlic bread at 3zl for two pieces. Wine - 4zl a glass. Main courses are about 13zl or so - so yes, it's perfectly possible. The place is always busy too - and the food is more than decent. You're welcome to come and try if you want, it's a gem of a place. Polish ran, so perhaps lacking in authenticity - but who cares when the food is good?

That is complete and utter bollocks. 600zl isn't going to get you a room anywhere in Warsaw. And as for "you might have to live with others", do you think the word 'might' means 'most certainly'?

I was using the word 'might' in a sarcastic sense, because obviously a 20-something living with Poles can be seen as a great disaster by some people. I've just had a look on Gumtree Warszawa and there's plenty of rooms going for 600zl - so who's speaking bollocks here? They might be shoeboxes, but a room's a room.

Oh please, I spend half that much on cat food every month!

Are you buying some sort of special foreigners cat food available at six times the price?

That's certainly going to be more than enough to really live the high life!

If someone can't earn a good deal more than that in Warsaw, they're either bone idle or utterly moronic.

But this isn't about living the high flying, limousine riding lifestyle - it's about how to live an ordinary, average life. And on all evidence, it's perfectly possible to live in Warsaw or anywhere in Poland for 2500zl a month.
delphiandomine   
13 Jul 2009
Work / tell me about poznan hospitality jobs i have four years experience [9]

Don't take this the wrong way, but it's going to be very, very hard for you to get 20zl an hour. Minimum wage here is 1276zl a month, which translates to around 800zl a month net - or about 5zl an hour after tax.

Without Polish, you won't get a job where you can make your money up through tips - such customer facing jobs will demand fluent Polish. English teaching also isn't an option for you because Polish people simply will not hire someone with an Asian sub-continent accent when they can get Poles with perfect British/American accents. You'll also find a lot of discrimination from people - there is an attitude in Poland that non-whites simply cannot teach English properly. Even educated people will share this opinion.

In all honesty, the only jobs that you'll likely have even half a chance at are physical jobs not requiring language skills. But these will pay minimum wage or just above - 20zl just won't happen. To get 20zl/hour would mean a full time salary of 3200zl. Bear in mind that in Warsaw, the average wage is around 3000zl a month - Poznan isn't so expensive, nor are salaries so high.

If you had an IT background, you may have had a chance at something - but without serious IT skills, you won't have a chance of being considered for this.

I would seriously reconsider moving to Poland if you need to earn 20zl/hr in order to survive here. It's simply not doable. The person I know that could be interested in you simply wouldn't pay more than 8zl an hour for you - it's quite possible to get a Polish speaker with English language abilities for that price, and you simply wouldn't have the skills to demand 20zl an hour.
delphiandomine   
13 Jul 2009
Travel / Best connecting airports to Poland from the UK? [9]

Is Copenhagen via SAS? If so, I'd avoid them - SAS are going downhill rapidly and have been prone to sending people on bizzare routings due to cancelled flights from Poland.

I'd recommend going via Frankfurt for a reliable connection - and I think Frankfurt offers both Lufthansa and LOT which plays in your favour, especially as LOT and Lufthansa are part of the same alliance, so if one carrier lets you down, the other should see you okay.
delphiandomine   
12 Jul 2009
Travel / Driving around Poland, is diesel available and can we find lodgings as we go? [22]

In all seriousness - if you need to ask such questions, you should really consider doing another country than Poland. I'm not being offensive, just the way it is - if you don't know such basic things - then you're unlikely to be able to distinguish between a genuine roadside motel and a brothel for instance.
delphiandomine   
12 Jul 2009
Life / How much Zloty to have an average life in Poland? [98]

Why do people talk such nonsense, unless your prepared to live in a cellar and eat lard and and drink water coming down the drains.

Clearly someone doesn't actually live in Warsaw, or indeed does and spends his entire life in expat hellholes paying ridiculous prices just so he can be served at his table.

2500zl is 84zl a day, ah these people must cheat the system not pay for trains and trams etc. Pehaps jihozapad would like to explain what she pays for rent and food etc in a month.

If you go on 2500zl, your public transport will cost 78zl a month. That's absolutely nothing compared to 2500zl - especially considering people in the UK will be dropping 10% of their salary on public transport.

Rent can be as low as 600zl if you don't try and live in 'expat gated osiedle hell' and accept that you might have to live with others.

You could live there, all expenses paid for 1000zl a month, leaving you with 1500zl to do as you please. If you buy from markets and local shops, you're going to struggle to spend more than 500zl a month on food - leaving you with 1000zl a month to spend as you please.

So many expats seem to have a ridiculously inflated view of how much it costs to live in Poland...