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From: Poznań, Poland
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delphiandomine   
20 Jan 2010
Law / Staying in Schengen - are American exempt from the 90-days-in/90-days-out rule? [23]

However, my American friend told me that Americans are exempt...that we can leave for one day and get a fresh 90 days. Can anyone corroborate this? Thanks!

And this is why many Americans end up being deported and banned from Schengen.

Americans have a loophole in Poland with the ability to start a business, thus giving them a valid reason to stay in Poland - but they certainly aren't exempt from the 90/180 rule. The only people exempt from the 90/180 rule are non-Schengen EU/EEA countries - Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, UK, Ireland and Lichtenstein.
delphiandomine   
20 Jan 2010
News / Poland's Economy Is No Joke [63]

People not having been paid for 6 months, or even up to a year.

Where on earth have people not been paid for 6 months?

And in *every* country, public services scream about not having enough cash.
delphiandomine   
18 Jan 2010
News / Too much change in Poland?! [25]

especially those fiddly little groszy.

I wish they would scrap the 1 and 2gr coins, they're worthless and abolishing them would speed up things considerably. All they have to do is adopt the model seen in some Euro countries - the final total is rounded up or down 5gr and voila. Problem solved, and much easier on everyone.
delphiandomine   
17 Jan 2010
Law / Motorcycle Polish drivers license? [37]

And I'm looking at getting this in Warsaw, if anyone has any experience in the matter.

You first of all should double check with the relevant WORD that you can sit the test - it's going to be a bloody tricky process accomodating a sworn translator too (which is required, unless you can speak Polish to a standard acceptable to the examiner).

The advice I got from the Poznan WORD was that they wouldn't do a motorcycle test with someone who isn't able to speak Polish - but your mileage may vary.
delphiandomine   
17 Jan 2010
News / Should Poland Remove Visa Restrictions? [285]

i think you can only understand if you are a white guy who has lived for many years in a Western European city that was flooded by immigrants from africa or arab world.

I lived in such a city for 23 years and never had a problem with "African or Arab" immigrants.

Come Friday night, the only people fighting in kebab shops, throwing up outside pubs, sitting crying on the kerb and more were white Brits.
delphiandomine   
16 Jan 2010
Food / Mother of all hangovers....Polish Beer! [71]

Lech Pils is actually rather nice - much better than the Green label stuff, though I'm not sure if it's actually available in the whole of Poland.

Bosman isn't too bad either, though hard to find.
delphiandomine   
16 Jan 2010
News / Should Poland Remove Visa Restrictions? [285]

Guess whose regulations are there:

Those regulations have nothing to do with the policy on issuing long term (cat. D) visas - which are *not* Schengen visas and therefore nothing to do with the EU.

The "Karta Polaka" is one example of how Poland made access to Poland easier for ethnic Poles without granting full Polish citizenship to them. Yet this Karta Polaka has nothing to do with the EU or Brussels.

You may also want to look at the German policy towards residency of the "Guest Workers" - again, nothing to do with the EU.
delphiandomine   
16 Jan 2010
News / Should Poland Remove Visa Restrictions? [285]

Poland as EU member do not conduct own visas policy. It's a competence of EU authorities according to Shengen agreement and Polish government is obliged to respect EU's directives on this issue.

Wrong.

Poland (as I've said for the millionth time) is free to adopt their own strategy concerning long term visas (cat. D). There is no harmonisation at EU level, hence why a person holding a long term Polish visa without a residence card cannot travel within Schengen.
delphiandomine   
15 Jan 2010
Travel / Travel to Silesia (contacts, places to stay?) [8]

about the mining industry that is suffering there

Just make sure you show the other side - miners getting early retirement with high pensions, often from unprofitable mines that are only kept open because Solidarność will declare hunger strikes the moment 'redundancy' is mentioned.
delphiandomine   
13 Jan 2010
UK, Ireland / Proof of Address (my Polish gf moving to the UK) [14]

(or have other motives, but that's a different story.

The amount of horror stories involved with tax not being paid (despite employers supplying seemingly-genuine documents) is a damn good reason why every person should double check *everything* tax/ZUS related.
delphiandomine   
13 Jan 2010
UK, Ireland / Proof of Address (my Polish gf moving to the UK) [14]

Some banks have special arrangements for people from other EU countries (especially Poland) who need to open an account but don't have an address. I think Barclays and the Co-op both do it.

Lloyds are also quite friendly towards foreigners.

NatWest/RBS are probably the worst, mind you.
delphiandomine   
13 Jan 2010
Food / Liqueurs in Poznań [8]

"Winoteka & Alkohole Świata"
ul. Taczaka 2

Good place apparently, though I've never been in.
delphiandomine   
12 Jan 2010
News / Twinnings moving to Poland [4]

No surprise, there's a lot of new factories/etc going up there - and once the S5 gets built, it'll have a very quick, easy access to the A2. Poznan (and the surrounding area) is doing exceptionally well at the moment when it comes to attracting big business.
delphiandomine   
12 Jan 2010
USA, Canada / Moving back from Canada to Poland, yes or no? [39]

You must be supporting a drug habit.

In Ireland?

Ten years ago, it was costing well over 300,000 Punts to buy a modest 3 bedroom semi in the suburbs of Dublin. So much stuff in Ireland is hideously priced - it really isn't a cheap place to live. I'm not surprised he's struggling on 3,500 pounds a month!
delphiandomine   
12 Jan 2010
News / Should Poland Remove Visa Restrictions? [285]

Of course, native Britons wouldn't dream of sitting at home on benefits, claiming for made up illnesses that get them cars from the government, free housing, free council tax and plenty of disposable income, would they?

I have a friend who swore at the age of 16 that he would own an BMW M3 by his 18th birthday. He left school, went to work - working 16 hour days as normal, leaving home at 5am and not returning home until after 10pm, every single day. He started work in one shop, and owned 6 shops by the time he was 18.

Of course, he got the M3 - and now he's doing very, very well for himself in the UK.

Yet you would kick him out in favour of the chavs?

(as an aside, I despise the use of "Britain for the British - us Scots want very little to do with small minded English morons)

Let's be honest here - the biggest problem in the UK is the way that the entire creation is absolutely artificial.
delphiandomine   
11 Jan 2010
News / Should Poland Remove Visa Restrictions? [285]

You mean hippy idiots that ignore social problems and allow native Europeans to be hurt by agressive non-European immigrants in the name of political correctness?

Would that be like how Europeans went and physically hurt the natives elsewhere?
delphiandomine   
11 Jan 2010
News / Should Poland Remove Visa Restrictions? [285]

No, not quite. Short term visas, yes - but Long term visas (cat. D) are still very much under the control of the national governments and aren't likely to be harmonised soon. In fact, one of the major holes in Schengen is with this - a long term visa for Poland (for example) isn't good enough to cross the German border with.
delphiandomine   
11 Jan 2010
Work / Salary expectations in Poland [373]

I know the pay in Germany is crap for the service and labor jobs that most Poles are doing there.

Isn't this partially due to the way that they need work permits for Germany still?

There's the wonderfully paradoxical situation in Frankfurt (O)-Slubice, where you can cross between the towns as much as you want without anyone caring, but Poles aren't free to walk into McDonalds (two minutes walk from the border crossing) and work there.
delphiandomine   
11 Jan 2010
Law / Do I need to have an invoice to deduct expenses? [11]

So I guess, if a purchase is made by company for business purposes, it isn't VATable.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn't. The one thing that you have to bear in mind here is that what might be interpreted one way in the UK can be interpreted completely differently in other countries - in the absence of any formal ruling at European level, each country is free to interpret things as they please.

VAT is a minefield, and has been subject to endless arguments in the EU legal system.

From the sounds of things, you really need to consult properly with a Polish accountant before you start a business here. Making blind assumptions based on what you hear on forums and read online is very dangerous in Poland - the tax system here is set up to thoroughly punish those that get it wrong. I heard of an example the other day where the tax office fined an individual 100% of the amount of VAT that wasn't paid (by mistake, accountant error) - along with the VAT amount due. And that was for a minor mistake that could have been rectified quickly!

Incidentally - are you a Russian national? There are some complicated laws surrounding business formation by a non-EU national - I don't have access to my lists on this computer, but I'm fairly certain that it's not so straightforward as it is for EU citizens.
delphiandomine   
10 Jan 2010
Law / How to register for doctor in Poland (by area) [16]

My friend told me I need to take my salary list to do with the register. I'm not sure if it is the "FORMS FROM YOUR EMPLOYER TO PROVE YOUR ELIGIBILITY"?

No, it's not the same thing. There are specific forms that your employer must give you (to prove ZUS payment) - proof of salary isn't enough, you need these specific forms. Or if you have the ZUS book, then a stamp on there is enough.

If I tell the doctor I don't feel well, will they have me checked right away, or I still need to make appointment and wait for a long time?

Depends very, very much on the individual practice. You're free to go to any doctor, though in my limited experience, you usually need to call or visit the practice first thing in the morning to get an appointment for the same day.
delphiandomine   
10 Jan 2010
USA, Canada / Moving back from Canada to Poland, yes or no? [39]

If he is Canadian, he will need a visa even though you have Polish citizenship

No he won't. He'll need the EEA Family Permit, which is free and isn't a visa.

Most EU countries will allow him to apply for legal residence once in the country on a tourist stamp though - the UK has wrongly interpreted the EU directives in this case and will likely be forced to change it sooner rather than later.
delphiandomine   
10 Jan 2010
Law / Setting up small business in Poland? [191]

is it easy to get eu funds? how much money i could get? ( i have polish passport)

No, it's not easy at all. EU funds are in desperately short supply at the moment - if you're not in one of the 'priority' groups (unemployed, under 25, over 50, disabled, returning to work after giving birth) - then you're not going to get anything. There are funds available for unemployed people (equal to 6 months minimum wage) - but these funds, again, aren't in huge supply and you'll struggle if you aren't in a priority group.

EU money for bigger projects is possible, but you'll need to have a significant amount of money behind you before thinking about that. Polish banks aren't too happy to lend money at the moment, so you can forget about getting a loan on the basis of EU money.

The fact that you want to try in Krakow is even more against you - you might have some success in smaller, more deprived provinces (think Lubuskie or Podkarpackie) if you can generate employment.

Why do you want to set up a business in Poland?
delphiandomine   
10 Jan 2010
Law / How to register for doctor in Poland (by area) [16]

But I heard I will a medical card with IC chip set, instead of a book. Maybe it depends on different province

The introduction has either been delayed or scrapped - I can't remeber which. For now, you can continue using the existing book, or if you're newly insured, you need FORMS FROM YOUR EMPLOYER TO PROVE YOUR ELIGIBILITY.

What an utter joke of a system. Why they don't just insure everyone and save on the bureaucracy is entirely beyond me.

As for your question - it all depends on the doctor. You might get it free, you might not - the best bet is just to tell them that you don't feel 'right' and want a check up.
delphiandomine   
10 Jan 2010
Language / Which is the BEST, EASIEST to learn & most helpful"POLISH FOR FOREIGNERS"course? [32]

Pimsleur Polish (Comprehensive - 30 lessons) is very good.

Looks like Callan - for Polish.

Given the extraordinary amount of difficulty that most students have with understanding English grammar structures from within the cofines of Callan/Avalon/etc - what hope can people have with Polish grammar structures?
delphiandomine   
10 Jan 2010
Language / Which is the BEST, EASIEST to learn & most helpful"POLISH FOR FOREIGNERS"course? [32]

1. Polish in 4 weeks (level 1) (but it takes longer than 4 weeks to complete it). You also get a computer program to listen to the dialogs.

The one failing with that book is the CD-ROM is incredibly basic - the files are in MP3 format.

They could have done so, so, so much more with it - it's a shame, because the book is very well written.
delphiandomine   
9 Jan 2010
Law / Do I need to have an invoice to deduct expenses? [11]

delphiandomine, so I guess, signature on invoice isn't so important? And many US service suppliers don't charge VAT at all, moreover, you can pay them via paypal.

They're breaking the law by not charging VAT - I can't recall the name of the EU Directive in question, but there is an obligation for non-EU sellers to register to pay EU VAT if they supply digital goods to consumers. If they don't add the VAT, then you'll have to pay it regardless - just like you would pay if you received a physical item from a non-EU country.

And no, signature/stamp on the invoice doesn't matter - unless someone can point to me otherwise, my understanding is that a printed invoice is more than enough.

Personally - I would steer clear of dealing with suppliers that can't account for EU VAT on digitally supplied goods. It's just not worth the hassle with the tax office.
delphiandomine   
9 Jan 2010
Law / Do I need to have an invoice to deduct expenses? [11]

You usually do get an invoice - any reputable online supplier should be giving them. You'll have to print it yourself, but that's no issue. If you don't get an invoice, I'd be questioning what they're doing with the 22% VAT that you'll be paying.

But yes - you're just asking for trouble if you attempt to deduct something without an invoice to back it up.