Law / Is "residence permit" necessary before entering Poland? [3]

Hi manojit,

I've been through the same stuff, so to answer your questions:

1. A residence permit is not necessary for entering Poland. A visa is enough.

2. Once you enter Poland, you can apply for a residence permit, which will allow you to move around the Schengen area. A D08 working visa won't allow you to step out of Poland.

3. If you applied for the job directly from your country, then I suppose you are not holding a work permit, but rather a work permit promise. In that case, once you arrive in Poland, the company should go to the labor office and apply for the work permit for you.

It's a very complicated process, but I recommend you to call the city hall to address your situation and they'll tell you what exactly you should do. They've been really helpful so far and do speak fluent English, at least here in Gdansk, hehe.

Hope you will find it helpful.

Cheers,
Jing

Law / Setting up a Chinese Language School in Poland - good business idea? [41]

Hi D_Anderson,

I know language schools in Tricity offering Chinese courses, but they also offer other language courses. Never heard of a single language school only offering Chinese language courses.

My boss in my previous job has been learning Chinese for 2 years due to the reason that he's doing business with China. He speaks English perfectly and all the Chinese courses he's been taking are taught in Chinese and English.

Besides Chinese, Japanese is pretty popular outside of Asia.

I'd have to say that you've spotted a niche market, but we still don't know how big the market is.

P: I'm a Chinese working in Poland.

Work / Any advice to help with my move to Gdansk/Gdynia in March 09? [20]


I work in a local construction company dealing with procurement. 10 days in January? checking out the place? Let me know if you'd like to meet up and grab a beer. I will be in China end of January, but we'll see.

Oh btw, about a good Polish school, Reuters has this language exchange program among the employees. Volunteers set up courses of their native languages and give lessons during lunch break. There's Polish course, as I remembered.

Work / Any advice to help with my move to Gdansk/Gdynia in March 09? [20]

hey moonlight!

omg, i cant believe another person coming to Reuters, lol. Gdynia is packed with Reuters ppl. I've been here for more than a year, and all the time surrounded by Reuters ppl.

Gdynia/Gdansk is beautiful in summer, lucky u don't have to fight with the winter here...errrr...

message me if u have any questions. i would love to be of any help.

Travel / Other than Krakow or Warsaw, which cities should I visit? [18]

Gdansk/Sopot/Gdynia, Wroclaw

Work / Job opportunities in Poland for a foreigner? (other than a teacher) [175]

Hey all,

I'm Chinese, speak fluent Chinese & English, hold bachelor degree in Business Administration. Have been working in Gdynia, Poland for 1 year in sales and management consulting in 2 local Polish companies.

My current contract will finish end of this month, and I'm looking for a new job in administrative work in a company.

I don't speak Polish, but I hold a residence permit & work permit for Poland valid from July 1, 2008 to July1, 2009.

Is there any chance I can get an OK job? Really worried...

Cheers,
Sara

Law / What are the best Polish owned companies? Database of companies in Poland. [12]

My company! LOL
doradca.com.pl/en/

Travel / More activities in the Tri City area [3]

#4 go for an hour and half's drive from Gdynia to Leba, and take a 30mins cycling, u'll see the amazing moving sand dunes

Law / Where would be best to set up an office in Poland? [13]

Gdansk would be a good choice. There's Gdansk University, and Gdansk University of Technical. Plus, it's much cheaper to run a business in Gdansk than in Warsaw or Krakow.

If you decide to locate your business in Gdansk, we can help you set up the company, recruit people, legal service and accounting service, apply for work permit, etc.

We are a local consulting company in Gdansk, with strong local influence, good connections with local authorities and universities.

Doradca Consultants Ltd (Gdynia & Warsaw)

Sara Jing Wang
Tel: +48 58 621 9186, 621 9187.
Fax: +48 58 621 9927.
Email: swang@doradca.com.pl

Travel / The Tri City: I can see why you live here [17]

I am living in Tricity, and I'm soooo looking forward to the coming summer, oh my beaches, lol.