Polish_by_Proxy
23 Jul 2008
Work / How hard is it for an American in Poland? I'm computer networking IT / salary [12]
Any luck getting an IT job in Szczecin?
Any luck getting an IT job in Szczecin?
Polish_by_Proxy
23 Jul 2008
Law / How do Americans go about getting a work visa in Poland? [21]
Hello All,
After countless hours of researching the Consulate's website, reading and re-reading everything, im still a bit confused about how to obtain a work visa. It seems to me that I have to be invited by a company before I could even be granted a work visa?
My situation is kind of strange I guess, I’m a US contractor working in the Middle East. I want to take a year off and work in Poland as well as attend school, but I haven't found a job there yet or have been accepted to the school.
Would I be able to apply for a work visa once I have arrived in country? If not I guess my question is to all the other Americans on this forum that are currently living and working in Poland, how did you go about getting a work visa?
Thanks in Advance for any help you guys can provide.
Hello All,
After countless hours of researching the Consulate's website, reading and re-reading everything, im still a bit confused about how to obtain a work visa. It seems to me that I have to be invited by a company before I could even be granted a work visa?
My situation is kind of strange I guess, I’m a US contractor working in the Middle East. I want to take a year off and work in Poland as well as attend school, but I haven't found a job there yet or have been accepted to the school.
Would I be able to apply for a work visa once I have arrived in country? If not I guess my question is to all the other Americans on this forum that are currently living and working in Poland, how did you go about getting a work visa?
Thanks in Advance for any help you guys can provide.
Polish_by_Proxy
24 Jul 2008
Law / How do Americans go about getting a work visa in Poland? [21]
hahahahah less backwards? I dont know about that, I've been out here for almost 2 years on and off. I've also worked in Kgryzstan, and have been thrown in their freaking jail just because im American. The money is great though, dont know many places in the world that still pays network engineers 250,000 dollars a year and bonuses just to sit on my ass doing nothing. But then again not many engineers have to worry about getting blown up. I just wanna get back to Europe, and Poland has been the nicest place that I have visited so far besides Spain. I love the Polish culture and the people, so I figured why not live there for a year and get a feel of how its like to be a local and not a tourist :)
Anyways, for anyone that stumbles on to this post, I found out the answer to my own question, I just had to call the right Polish embassy. What the consulate told me is that I do not need to get a long-stay visa. Once I have entered the country I could go down to the immigration office and apply for temporary residence. After I get that I could go find a job or attend school if I so choose to, simple as that!... well I hope its simple as that hahah.
hahahahah less backwards? I dont know about that, I've been out here for almost 2 years on and off. I've also worked in Kgryzstan, and have been thrown in their freaking jail just because im American. The money is great though, dont know many places in the world that still pays network engineers 250,000 dollars a year and bonuses just to sit on my ass doing nothing. But then again not many engineers have to worry about getting blown up. I just wanna get back to Europe, and Poland has been the nicest place that I have visited so far besides Spain. I love the Polish culture and the people, so I figured why not live there for a year and get a feel of how its like to be a local and not a tourist :)
Anyways, for anyone that stumbles on to this post, I found out the answer to my own question, I just had to call the right Polish embassy. What the consulate told me is that I do not need to get a long-stay visa. Once I have entered the country I could go down to the immigration office and apply for temporary residence. After I get that I could go find a job or attend school if I so choose to, simple as that!... well I hope its simple as that hahah.
Polish_by_Proxy
24 Jul 2008
Law / How do Americans go about getting a work visa in Poland? [21]
Yeah I did a search for Visa, most of the posting I found were from people that were lucky enough to already have a company sponsering them, or have already enrolled at a school. So they already had a plan. As for me Im just some guy that has no clue on what I want to do for the next year beside have a nice long vacation from getting shot at while trying to install a cisco switch :)
I guess I could have just gotten a long-stay visa, and then apply for temporary residence if I wanted to get a job. Oh well, my mind is at ease now, I can't wait to get there now.
Yeah I did a search for Visa, most of the posting I found were from people that were lucky enough to already have a company sponsering them, or have already enrolled at a school. So they already had a plan. As for me Im just some guy that has no clue on what I want to do for the next year beside have a nice long vacation from getting shot at while trying to install a cisco switch :)
I guess I could have just gotten a long-stay visa, and then apply for temporary residence if I wanted to get a job. Oh well, my mind is at ease now, I can't wait to get there now.