Law / I'm an EU citizen and want to get "officially registered" in Poland [7]

Hi youngman, In what city are you living? There would be a local office there that you would have to register in. It might be on harm to contact your embassy as they might be able to direct you to the right office. You will have to bring someone with you who spieaks polish.

There are tourist guides out there called inyourpocket. and they do a number of cities in poland. They will normally have a section about living in poland and will give the local address ofwhere you have to register. You should be able to get a copy of this from a tourist office or the foyer of a hotel. They also have a website just put www in front of their name and .com at the end. You can select the city from the menu. PS sounds like a slightly dodgy english school...make sure they dont get behind in paying you.

Life / Thinking of Moving to Warsaw...can you help, give advice? [9]

Is that Beegees in Poznan? Where is that?

Life / Thinking of Moving to Warsaw...can you help, give advice? [9]

Dannyboy...Unfortuantely I am not part of the Dunnes empire...!!
Anyway, what made me move over here. Got the opportunity to work over here for a few months back in 2002. I have always had itchy feet. When the contract finished, i decided i wanted more and decided to move over here. It took a few years as i was working on a contact back home. Now In poznan trying to set up a little business.

What do i miss about home...sorry to say very little...of course i miss friends and being able to go up to the local for a pint..but apart from that, i have very little desire to go back to live in ireland.

Life / Thinking of Moving to Warsaw...can you help, give advice? [9]

Hi. I am from Irealnd and moved to poland last year. I currently live in poznan and visit warsaw occasionally.
Warsaw is slightly different than other polish cities. Most of the social life happens around the Rynek i.e. main square, whereas in warsaw, it is more spread out and you have to do a little bit of searchin but believe me, there is a great social life in warsaw with plenty of top notch clubs along with other more homely offerings.

The language issue probably wont be a huge problem in warsaw. I have found that a lot of the people especially the younger people speak english. I never have any problems when visiting warsaw.

AS the previous mail says, cost of living depends on how much you want to spend. It you go to the normal expats places, expect to pay a little bit more than the more local polish offerings.

There is lot to do in poland and is a great place to visit other places in Europe. The transport systems are great.
As any move to a new country can take a bit of getting use to but if you are a sociably individual, you should not have any problems and would doubt that you would regret the move. Everyone i know who has visited warsaw from ireland has been very pleasantly surprised.

Best of luck.

Work / 19% tax for self employed persons [18]

Hi Davidpeake. Thanks for you mail. I have since confirmed with my accountant that I can. As you probably know, it takes a while to get answers over here. I do be in wroclaw a lot and would be interested in hearing your experiences.

Study / List of English Schools and Translation companies in major Polish cities [4]

Thanks all.

Real Estate / Apartment purchase in Poland [226]

[Moved from]: Estate Agents fees if you are buying a new apartment

When you buy a NEW apartment from an estate agent in Poland, do you have to pay the estate agent a fee. I know you have to pay a fee if you are buying a second hand property?

Life / Internet providers in poland [11]

Thanks for that.

Life / Internet providers in poland [11]

Thanks. You'd recommend them?

Travel / Gonna go on mission to Poland! [18]

Wroclaw is a fun town with loads of bars and clubs on the square. Check out "inyourpocket.com". Put www in front of it. Really good tourist guide