Law / I want to run a Persian (Iranian) restaurant in Poland! [46]

Hey, if he has the money, he's welcome. Not that expensive to start a limited company and apply for a visa on the basis of it.

(however, the talk of "business partners" makes me doubt about the money side)

Law / CRB checks in Poland? [26]


Indeed - I wouldn't want to be reporting anyone in a small Polish village for something like this. The trees have ears - and if they find out it was him, I doubt he'd last particularly long.

Let's be honest - is he really harming anyone by looking at 13/14 year old girls? When you see the way they dress in public swimming pools, it's not much of a surprise that they're attracting attention from some bloke.

I really can't figure out why anyone would want to get involved in this sort of thing as a foreigner. It's just asking for so much trouble.

UK, Ireland / Why can't the poles speak english, if they want to work in England? [35]


One day :(

I've noticed that writing in Polish is the hardest thing for me - probably because I never need to, except in official forms where the data is pretty much repetitive anyway.

Work / Moving Back to Poland after living in Canada for 24 years. IT jobs market? [26]


Forget it - give your Canadian one, as well as one to the Polish standard in Polish.

Law / I want to run a Persian (Iranian) restaurant in Poland! [46]


Turkish wouldn't work, it's associated with kebabs - but Persian would work very well. The only thing that you have to bear in mind is that the food has to be adjusted to the Polish taste - which unfortunately means sacrificing authenticity a bit. I have no idea about Persian cuisine - but expect the need for salt.


How long is a piece of string? It's impossible to say - it depends where it's located.


It's not that difficult - you can apply for a visa on the basis of owning a limited company in Poland. Long winded and tedious, but not that difficult.


If you need someone with experience, that's not a problem - plenty of foreign restaurant owners would help you out. But if you need people to invest money - forget about it.


Sorry, but that's only true in small towns and villages in backwards parts of Poland. In big cities, people have money to burn - and will happily spend a lot of money on a quality product.


Anything available anywhere in the EU is by extension available in Poland.

Work / What kind of job can I find, can I make descent money in Poland? Coming from Canada. [33]


It's doable, but only if you have the time and money to do it.

The Carnet de Passage alone is going to be an eyewatering amount of money.

Work / What kind of job can I find, can I make descent money in Poland? Coming from Canada. [33]


What's your qualifications to do so?

UK, Ireland / Why can't the poles speak english, if they want to work in England? [35]


Not a bad idea. All the scum that can't write properly (like you) wouldn't be allowed in the country. I'm willing to give up a few Poles in exchange for getting rid of the leeching, benefit claiming underclasses.

Not only that, but the lives of our teachers would be massively improved - no more "innit", no more "wat 2 b nufin" crowd would be exported....sounds absolutely fantastic. And most importantly - no more bloody chavs.

Never thought I'd see a turkey voting for Christmas.

Law / From UK to Krakow with my GF and daughter - registration to live/see a doctor? [10]


He'd need to be paying ZUS though, surely?


Not quite - it's only really for treatment at the short term level. If she was to get seriously long term sick (but not to the point of needing to be in hospital), there could be problems - the EHIC isn't intended to be used for that kind of thing (your home country is).

Using the EHIC is fine for casual visits to the doctor and emergency care, but not for long term care. On the good side - if either the original poster or his wife pays ZUS, then the whole family is covered.

UK, Ireland / Estimated number of Poles in Ireland thought to exceed 200,000 OR over 5% of population. [200]


What is it with Polish Americans and being racist morons?

(ah, wait...they're still in denial about the fact that Polish blood is about as mixed and diluted as it gets)

News / Poland leads nations in raising 90 million euros for Belarus opposition [73]


I suspect if Poland attempted any invasion of Russia, she'd not only get her ass handed to her quickly, but would also be told very quickly by her NATO partners to quit it at once.

Life / Are Poles Dis-Loyal [58]


I think swearing allegiance to a foreign power does amount to betrayal. Living elsewhere - no problem. But when you pledge allegiance to a foreign power...well.


And this is why sadly wjhy many of those peasant rednecks that moved to North America now look down on people here. I've noticed time and time again - people seem to think that Poland owes them something because they sent a few dollars over here.

Law / CRB checks in Poland? [26]


It's not so complicated - the idiotic situation with CRB checks is that *every* organisation has to apply individually, as the CRB check is only valid at the moment of issue. It's utter nonsense in every sense of the word, yet that's the regulation.


I've heard the same thing - the British Council are basically taking the cash and not checking the schools at all. In theory, a conviction for violence shouldn't mean anything - but this is the problem with the CRB system, that people simply won't take a chance if there's *anything* on the record.

The whole system is just completely unfit for purpose.

Life / Are Poles Dis-Loyal [58]


Lonely? Sounds like someone is talking from experience. I suppose it must be a rather lonely existence when everyone in your host country regards you as inferior, huh?


Ah, that old "WE HELPED POLAND" nonsense. Nah mate - the ones who helped Poland were the ones who stayed and built a better future, not those condescending idiots who like nothing more than to look down at their cousins back home.

Sending a few presents and visiting for two weeks does nothing to help Poland. Then again, those traitors (let's be honest, they all swore allegiance to foreign powers anyway) are all cowards anyway. Anyone who ran away in the 80's/90's because it was "too tough" is quite frankly a coward.


I pity those cowards who ran away from their country and swore allegiance to foreign powers, personally. I can't imagine ever betraying my homeland in such a way.


Someone who bothers to check "post histories" is clearly the one without a social life ;) Mine is just fine, thanks - then again, I'm not looked at as some traitorous peasant in this country ;)

(now, get back to cleaning toilets)

UK, Ireland / Advice to Polish parents in the UK about weaning babies? [15]


Did you never give him some truly horrible mix to eat, just to see if he would?

Law / CRB checks in Poland? [26]


This is the worst thing about the CRB system - someone can be in all sorts of trouble through unfounded allegations. It's particularly serious where teachers are concerned - a male teacher can find himself subject to malicious allegations, which then get reported on the CRB - and bye bye career.

The rise of the CRB checking system is causing many, many problems that it shouldn't be. It gets even worse when you consider that no-one will risk hiring anyone with a "record" - because they don't want to be responsible if that person then does something else wrong - even if the "record" was for something minor such as possession of cannabis.

@andrewwright
Keep out of it is my advice. I can't imagine Polish villagers being too happy about a foreigner sticking his nose in. Never heard the old saying - "my people are my own people, even if I disagree with them"?

UK, Ireland / UK passports if resident in Poland [19]


For employment purposes, no, it's not enough. In fact, it's not recognised at all now as being an acceptable document - because the DVLA's records are so bad that it's simply not possible to rely on them.

Yet, bizzarely, it's still acceptable to produce a birth certificate in combination with a letter from a government agency with your national insurance number written on it.

News / Poland leads nations in raising 90 million euros for Belarus opposition [73]

Cigarette and vodka smuggling, mainly. They barely speak Polish - from what I've heard from friends in L'viv, the Polish language requirement is often ignored - in exchange for some monetary compensation.

youtube.com/watch?v=FXrdGHahHeY

youtube.com/watch?v=7choEUcJNXE

Take a look at these two links - this is the (now no longer) train between Poland and Ukraine after the cigarette smugglers have been and gone.

Law / CRB checks in Poland? [26]

Depends on where. State teachers, yes (although bizzarely, this was only instituted recently). Private schools? Ask Harry.

Law / CRB checks in Poland? [26]

Yes, it's called the "Krajowy Rejestr Karny ".

Whether or not it's asked for depends on the employer. Anyway, it's 50zl, and you can get the document in many Polish cities and large towns.

UK, Ireland / UK passports if resident in Poland [19]


Nothing new there. It's hardly a secret that the Labour government somewhat deliberately destroyed the Embassy network, turning it into a network of "jobs for the boys" and precious little else.

The 600zl+ fee to get a "Certificate of non impediment" is daylight robbery.

News / Poland leads nations in raising 90 million euros for Belarus opposition [73]


Wow, one 737 was sent. There's still several thousand Polish citizens stuck there. Tokenism, that's all.


euroradio.fm/en/494/news/18516/

Belarus certainly doesn't agree that Belarusian citizenship is lost automatically. They simply behave the same as everyone else does - when in Belarus, you are Belarusian regardless of what other passport you hold. The law changed in 2002 - Belarusian citizenship can only be lost in very specific cases.


Sadly, Poland doesn't agree - what with keeping those people on the Karta Polaka and humiliating them with comprehensive border checks. If they are really Polish, then Poland as a state is pretty much treating her own people as second class citizens.


Nothing to do with it - it's everything to do with the EU simply not wanting a flood of "Polish" people into the EU - they know Poland can't cope with them, and the EU doesn't want them. Don't forget, these people have the FSU mentality - they might be ethnically Polish, but their mentality is very much in the East. I've seen and spoken to these people - they really have no respect for Poland, as witnessed by their behaviour at Medyka, Dorohusk, Terespol, Kroscienko and more.

Either way, it's a disgrace for Poland to give citizenship to Americans, Israelis, et al - without giving citizenship to the people of Belarus, Ukraine, etc who also can be claimed as Polish.

Work / Moving to Warsaw - any advice on my new life and job prospects? [14]


Forget it if you're a student - there are no jobs in Poland for foreign students.

If you can't afford to live here without working - don't come here.

Life / Are Poles Dis-Loyal [58]


Nah, I personally love more the non-EU citizens who come here and end up living in some dismal tiny flat, having to resort to "konwersacje" to pay the bills because the only school that will give them a work permit just so happens to be the one that pays peanuts. It's cute, really - they seem to be so upset with life and so full of hate. Then again, if I was earning 1500zl a month, I'd be upset and full of hate too!

What's even funnier is that when they get fired/leave the Callan school, they very often end up pretending to be some sort of big shot - all the while leeching off their parents from the home country. They, unsurprisingly, get rather upset with their inability to do anything here. I suppose there's only so many dumb Polish girls that fall for the "I'm SOMEONE" line when there's no evidence of it ;)

Mark Biernat is probably the best example of this, though.

But I forgot - the best example of them all are the Poles who ran away to another country (usually in North America - so patriotic and proud) - and who then think that they're some sort of expert on the country that they visit for 2 weeks a year to stay with Babcia. Of course, all they read is Gazeta Polska and other right wing rags - but hey.

News / Poland leads nations in raising 90 million euros for Belarus opposition [73]


Hahahaha. Right - that's why they haven't even organised an evacuation of Polish citizens from Egypt yet!


In Belarus, it's not recognised by the Belarusian authorities, but under Belarus law - there's nothing preventing it. Same as Poland and most other countries - you are simply recognised as a Belarusian citizen while in Belarus if you hold both a Belarus and other passport. It is, like most countries, illegal to declare yourself to the Belarusian authorities using a foreign ID document if you are a citizen of Belarus.

The Karta Polaka was a direct result of Brussels telling Warsaw to "think twice" in 1991 - Poland had to guarantee to take back anyone from the Soviet Union/FSU that crossed into the Schengen signatory countries in order to gain visa free access to the Schengen countries in 1992. Nothing more, nothing less - the Karta Polaka therefore allowed Poland to pretend that she cared about the citizens, while doing a good job of making sure that they could still be denied entry into Poland at any time they wished. There was, understandably, huge concern about mass illegal emigration through Poland - and this is more or less why Warsaw never gave citizenship to those Poles stuck "abroad".

After EU entry, this was highlighted even more - and the Karta Polaka was introduced as a way to ease the pain of visas suddenly being required for people who considered themselves ethnically Polish. For what it's worth, most of these Poles can't even speak Polish properly.


They aren't able to acquire Polish documents while living in Poland. The Karta Polaka sees to that - while they have certain rights, they don't have any right to settle/reside in Poland or the EU. The Wikipedia article is quite comprehensive on this subject - it's clear that the Karta Polaka still keeps out any undesirable "Poles" who might be a burden on the Polish State.

As I said - Poland doesn't care less about those stuck in the FSU.

News / Poland leads nations in raising 90 million euros for Belarus opposition [73]

It's all lip-service.

If Poland really cared about what was going on there, they'd give the Poles there a proper Polish passport, not the "Karta Polaka".

News / Polish teenager gives birth live on British TV [15]

Dowód osobisty = ID card.

Life / Are Poles Dis-Loyal [58]

Ah, gotta love casual internet racists. All mouth and absolutely no action :)

Life / Do Poland take care about their Culture ? [39]

You obviously do forgive if you call Ukrainians "brothers".

Incidentally, plenty of Arabs are also European citizens.

Life / Do Poland take care about their Culture ? [39]


You might want to talk to most Poles about what happened in Wołyń before you start calling them "brothers". Most Poles certainly wouldn't describe them as brothers - murderers, yes, but certainly not brothers.


Well done. Now, as there's no such thing as Polish blood or race, you can stay away :)


Great - I know some Poles who hate not only Germans, but also Lithuanians.