Law / 'Two years of continuously stay in Poland prior application' - Interpretation of clause in Permanent Residence [13]

@Tidy, I was answering a specific case. I don't know your case.

Law / 'Two years of continuously stay in Poland prior application' - Interpretation of clause in Permanent Residence [13]


Yes, you can. Call the office and schedule the appointment for application on the very last day of validity of your 2 year residence card, because on that day you will have fulfilled the 2 year stay condition.

News / F-22 Raptor fighter-bombers in Poland thumb nose at Tsar Vlad [6]


That is correct. But still not a match for NATO or even the US alone for that matter. Remember, the US indirectly defeated the Soviet army (which was numerically stronger than current Russian army) in Afghanistan by providing light and medium weapons to ground based insurgents (and these insurgents eventually ended up attacking the US). In simplest of terms, the US has a lot more money to spend on proxies vs. Russia.


In terms of ultimate mechanical and aerodynamic performance not so much, but F22 was designed from concept to completion with stealth capabilities while the SU27-30-33-35 family was not, and the F22 has significantly better electronic warfare capabilities, and this is why (in my opinion) it would win in real world battles. It essentially thinks faster, therefore allowing the pilot to take action MUCH faster, often before its opponents have even achieved situational awareness.

4 x F22 practically means the Russians could lose entire small sorties of their most capable fighters with zero or near-zero loss to NATO.
If the Russians throw in 50 x MiG29 then they CAN create a lot of aerial trouble, but they are likely to lose planes at a ratio of 10:1 against NATO specifically because of the electronic warfare superiority mentioned earlier.

News / F-22 Raptor fighter-bombers in Poland thumb nose at Tsar Vlad [6]


There is no true functional equivalent to the F22 in Russia's possession. The technological gap between the F22 and SU27 family (including 30 and 35) is not inconsiderable. More comparable Russian designs are either in concept or prototype stage (no serial production yet) and all such programs are problematic to say the least. Recently, the lack of certain parts from Ukrainian suppliers is putting entire projects on hold.

On the other hand, putting 4, 40 or even the entire American stock of 187 F22s in this region may change certain aspects of the game but won't be a game changer (my personal opinion) because Putin has strong potential to put his ego before logic.

Law / Legalization Of Documents in Polish Embassy. [2]

I don't know how it is in Pakistan.

In other places, they used to do legalization on the spot while you wait, but you needed to make an appointment for it. I don't know if anything changed. Call them and ask. For sure you will need to have your documents legalized by your ministry of foreign affairs before hand.

Love / I'm a Polish girl (my boyfriend is British) and I'm proud [58]

Speaking of people that live here :)

We need to remember that two people living in the same town and even the same street can have vastly different experiences due to unique individual circumstances. Harmless example is the bra story. We have one example of someone that buys them in general stores (InPolska) and then there are other women that I know here in Warsaw that NEVER buy bras in general stores and only get them in speciality stores. I don't think this tells us anything particularly useful except that women wear different bras and/or that every woman may have her unique shopping preferences.

Another recurring theme is the subject of Poles dating or marrying foreigners. Every individual is unique and you can't put them all in the same basket. I know some incredibly nice Poles (men and women) and I also know some horrible ones. I can say the same about ANY nationality, and nobody is better or worse than anybody else.

People are people. I am married to a Polish woman, and I don't go around writing blogs about it.
Your perception of marriage is far more important than your perception of the nationality of the person you want to marry or are married to. Problems happen when you become obsessed with the nationality issue.

At the end of the day, marriage needs communication, mutual compromises and a lot of work if you want it to last. That is true for all marriages. I am one of those people that believe marriage is a lifelong commitment. Some other people believe marriage can be opened and closed at their convenience. These are the kind of difference that you really gotta pay attention to.

A Canadian friend of mine (male) had just run into a group of Polish women while travelling in a another country. He wrote to me saying he is totally blown away by how "feminine" they behave. I said to him people are people, and novelty eventually wears off. Everyone and everything is new and interesting when you start, then you have to work on keeping it going. I think I bummed him out, but as they say, keep it real. Today she can be your "Polish girlfriend" and tomorrow she will be your "girlfriend". Put boyfriend, wife or husband in the quotation marks and this is still valid. Unless you are obsessed with the nationality issue, in which case you should report to your local shrink.

Law / Advice needed on why my Poland National Visa D has been refused? [49]


Reply to an appeal can take months, and initial reply only states whether appeal will be considered, and if yes, sets a future date for the proceedings. So you might not even hear from them this year all together.

Wrong info on application or false documents = guaranteed rejection. It means something you entered in the application does not match something in one of your documents. Typical example can be, in some Arabic countries, they write the father's name automatically as your middle or second name. Sometimes this is not consistently applied to every document - check the spelling of your name in English on your bank statement and compare to your passport.

Law / Advice needed on why my Poland National Visa D has been refused? [49]

@mouhamed, whining to us about it won't change anything. We don't work for the government. If you want advice then you need to tell us the full story, not just what you want us to hear.

Law / Poland student visa refusal - 'intention to leave' [51]

They don't stamp the passport anymore - as far as I know. The information is saved in a central computerized system these days. All countries in the Schengen zone have access to this data. Non-disclosure of a visa application refusal on future applications is a sure way to another refusal and possible red flag in the system for the purpose of denial of entry, lasting up to several years.

Language / Sentences: stół z powyłamywanymi nogami / Nasi przodkowie na mchu jadali [25]

Staying out of this one while watching with tepid curiosity

Law / Car Insurance in Poland (A/C) [32]

As far as I know, what the insurance agent told you is correct. If the car will go back on the road one day then it must remain insured during storage. Anyone else knows otherwise?

News / Polish-foreigner marriages increasing [48]


@km123 you might be right in terms of daily observations, but I advertised the job on a leading Polish web portal and received application from (presumably) all over Poland. We did say however that the job is based in Szczecin.

News / Polish-foreigner marriages increasing [48]

Actually, by age 30 there are more women than men, because (in my opinion) young men are more likely to emigrate than young women. There are no accurate statistics regarding how many Poles have moved to other EU countries (remember, no passport control internally except to UK, and while UK may or may not record entry of other EU nationals, other EU countries do NOT records the departure of their own citizens). So existing statistics cover only those that deliberately registered themselves as non-residents. I say there are more women based on nothing more than personal observations. For example, recently I advertised an engineering job, and surprisingly, about 55% of applicants were women, which is highly unusual in engineering jobs by the way.

News / Is Kinga Duda of Poland the most beautiful first-daughter of the world? [50]

The image posted by OP is photoshopped - a lot. Changes to contrast, skin tone and exposure were quite badly applied, and skin "corrector" was wrongly used too. Looks like an amature job. If a graphic designer working for me produced or used this image I'd quite frankly fire him.

Also the image of Putin girls is the product of photoshop. Sorry Pol3, nothing to breathe there :)

Law / Overstaying Tourist Visa and not getting deported from Poland? I'm from USA [13]

I suggest you consult a lawyer as soon as possible because time is working against you. In theory, there might be ways to legalize your residence if you've overstayed your visa, but I am not familiar with them. By how many days did you overstay?

Love / Could you marry a Polish girl whose sister is prostitute?! [7]

I assume OP is trolling to be honest.

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]


Sure. The rotten apple has to be taken out.

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]


Interesting you say that. When I lived in Vancouver, there was a tiny (less than 1,000 strong) Persian immigrant community. Most of them were Persian elite that left Iran when the regime changed. They were generally very wealthy and very well educated. Yet as a minority group they received a notorious reputation for violent crime. Apparently there was a small gang that called itself "Persian Pride". For some reason this particular gang got a hugely disproportionate amount of media coverage, which led to the entire community being badly stereotyped.

Another example of disproportionate media coverage is biker gangs. I have known dozens of bikers and every one of them is a law abiding citizen. Yet you may have noticed that biker groups in general have a bad reputation. It is all about disproportionate media coverage. If bikers were a "race" then most people would be accused of being racist against them.

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

2000? I didn't even see 1. I hope I never see any here.

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]


100% correct...

Law / Registering Marriage in Poland [16]

Marriage can be registered through embassy or consulate where you live. Both wife and husband need to visit the embassy to sign applications, plus provide documents. The embassy should have a current list of required documents.

News / Polish-foreigner marriages increasing [48]

And that is NOT including marriages that took place outside Poland, which are several times more than marriages in Poland (as mentioned in the same article).

Life / Fitting balanced flue Gas Central heating boiler in Poland [32]


Yup 2016...

@Delph; this guy is the same guy that comes every year, so I know him, but I am familiar with the fake ones also :) Amazing how people will jump on any opportunity to scam others...

@Dolnoslask; if you have any questions related to pumps, solar-thermal, adsorption cooling, centrifugal separators, intake screens... don't be shy.

News / Poland in ruin or flourishing? [35]

Anyone can present plenty of examples to support either theory. But anyone saying the "average" standard of living hasn't improved is either lying or disconnected from reality. EU investments in particular are doing wonders for Poland.

Life / Fitting balanced flue Gas Central heating boiler in Poland [32]

Yesterday the chimney sweeper came by with his calendar. Anyone else familiar with these? I will take a picture of it and post it here later today :)

Life / Fitting balanced flue Gas Central heating boiler in Poland [32]

Avalon, did you ever deal with industrial boiler installations?

Law / Tunisian man got married with a Polish girl. How to get a temporary residence in Poland? [29]


If that is the case (I don't follow French politics in detail) then it is not unique to French governments - many EU governments are guilty of the same thing, including the one right here and the one across the pond as well.

Life / Fitting balanced flue Gas Central heating boiler in Poland [32]


Yeah it is not annoying at all when you wanna buy something and every single box of the same thing has been torn apart :) It is like people are not satisfied by checking the item from an already open box, they have to open a new box, examine it, probably damage it, then proceed to take a closed box (if they buy in the first place). Let me know what you find. I was at Leroy yesterday looking for a fan actually since one of mine burned out. I did not notice anything balanced physically in the store.

Life / Fitting balanced flue Gas Central heating boiler in Poland [32]

From what I have seen, nobody wants to look at balanced flue in Poland. It is mostly forced (newer) or natural draft (older). I can't tell you whether it is a matter of code or local trade tradition. Recently a client asked me about heat recovery units for an old natural draft boiler for the purpose of preheating combustion air - I have no idea how to balance such a system. I raised a white flag. Sorry couldn't offer more useful feedback.

News / Poland loses bid to built Jaguars and Land Rovers [23]


I believe their largest market is the US, followed by the GCC then UK then the rest of Europe. It used to be that way, but I am not sure how it looks now.