jon357
14 Aug 2017
Food / Best place/way in Poland to buy groceries in bulk? [6]
If you know someone with a Makro card, that's a pretty good shop.
If you know someone with a Makro card, that's a pretty good shop.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Work / Polish employer suggests I have my own company in UK [21]
Ask the authorities whoi are very quick to investigate such things - scams can and do come back and bite people.
ask taxi drivers who are registered as Lithuanian, Czech, or UK companies - it's called social security dumping
Ask the authorities whoi are very quick to investigate such things - scams can and do come back and bite people.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Work / Polish employer suggests I have my own company in UK [21]
He'd need to pay it anyway if he's working in Poland.
He'd need to pay it anyway if he's working in Poland.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Work / Polish employer suggests I have my own company in UK [21]
These links may be useful for you. Remember, Poles often say 'company' or 'firm' when they actually just mean self-employed person; they confuse this. If you're self-employed in the UK, it's too informal for Poland. You would need to have a Limited Company to be able to use it in PL.
It's probably easier just to register as self-employed (Jednoosobowa działalność gospodarcza) in Poland. There's plenty of advice on here about how to do it.
These links are about using a UK entity in Poland, a well as being self-employed.
accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/aexea/limited-company-opening-a-branch-in-poland
contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractor_guide_contracting_overseas_poland.aspx
contractortaxation.com/book/export/html/25583
These links may be useful for you. Remember, Poles often say 'company' or 'firm' when they actually just mean self-employed person; they confuse this. If you're self-employed in the UK, it's too informal for Poland. You would need to have a Limited Company to be able to use it in PL.
It's probably easier just to register as self-employed (Jednoosobowa działalność gospodarcza) in Poland. There's plenty of advice on here about how to do it.
These links are about using a UK entity in Poland, a well as being self-employed.
accountingweb.co.uk/community/blogs/aexea/limited-company-opening-a-branch-in-poland
contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractor_guide_contracting_overseas_poland.aspx
contractortaxation.com/book/export/html/25583
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Work / Polish employer suggests I have my own company in UK [21]
However before you take that as advice (or not) wait a bit, since it's just from a memory of something over a decade ago and may not apply to your kind of business, and I'll post you a link to the people who did the presentation.
that you still need to
However before you take that as advice (or not) wait a bit, since it's just from a memory of something over a decade ago and may not apply to your kind of business, and I'll post you a link to the people who did the presentation.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Work / Polish employer suggests I have my own company in UK [21]
This is the key. If a visitor comes and issues a bill, it isn't an issue. If someone living there is doing it, it becomes an issue. The Urząd Skarbowy employ special teams to hunt this down.
I attended a presentation on how it can be done legally - the gist was that you still need to register a branch of your business there and may as well just register the whole thing in Poland.
if you live and work mostly in Poland
This is the key. If a visitor comes and issues a bill, it isn't an issue. If someone living there is doing it, it becomes an issue. The Urząd Skarbowy employ special teams to hunt this down.
I attended a presentation on how it can be done legally - the gist was that you still need to register a branch of your business there and may as well just register the whole thing in Poland.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Food / The best tatar in Warsaw [12]
The other local bar owners and the town drinkers call that place a mordownia. Late at night on a weekend, it doesn't have a great reputation.
If you want nice tatar, go to Amatorska - they have a high turnover so it's very fresh, and a good reputation.
Piotruś over the road has good food too, especially in the daytime or after 10pm when the landlady's in.
a place
The other local bar owners and the town drinkers call that place a mordownia. Late at night on a weekend, it doesn't have a great reputation.
If you want nice tatar, go to Amatorska - they have a high turnover so it's very fresh, and a good reputation.
Piotruś over the road has good food too, especially in the daytime or after 10pm when the landlady's in.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Work / Polish employer suggests I have my own company in UK [21]
If you become a Polish resident, there is some paperwork. There's a (British run) Polish law firm who publish some useful information on this. When I get back home, I'll have a look for their details.
I'm not clear on what my financial responsibilities will be when I am in Poland re: tax, ZUS, etc. or even if this idea is legal (or moral?)
If you become a Polish resident, there is some paperwork. There's a (British run) Polish law firm who publish some useful information on this. When I get back home, I'll have a look for their details.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
Absolutely. It's one area where all paperwork relating to your time in Poland has to be perfect, all income tax/ZUS payments paid and shown to be paid, any period of physical presence in Poland covered by the appropriate visa or other legal basis with no gaps at all. Each and every contact you've had with the state must be in perfect order. And they do check with systems in your home country. I had all this to go through - fortunately everything was up-to-date and squeaky clean..
Basically, keep copies, never lose the receipts, declare all income and keep your nose very very clean.
And remember that yes means yes, and no means no - there are no blurred lines.
Having one's affairs in order is *vital* before attempting to claim Polish citizenship.
Absolutely. It's one area where all paperwork relating to your time in Poland has to be perfect, all income tax/ZUS payments paid and shown to be paid, any period of physical presence in Poland covered by the appropriate visa or other legal basis with no gaps at all. Each and every contact you've had with the state must be in perfect order. And they do check with systems in your home country. I had all this to go through - fortunately everything was up-to-date and squeaky clean..
Basically, keep copies, never lose the receipts, declare all income and keep your nose very very clean.
And remember that yes means yes, and no means no - there are no blurred lines.
jon357
14 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
Actually they are, if they can't get a passport, can't get the country they say they're a citizen of to agree they are, and can't get residence in that country.
Assuming such documents exist. Do you have copies of them?
Fewer rights. As an English Teacher you should know that.
since they are not non-EU citizens
Actually they are, if they can't get a passport, can't get the country they say they're a citizen of to agree they are, and can't get residence in that country.
needed documents available
Assuming such documents exist. Do you have copies of them?
less rights
Fewer rights. As an English Teacher you should know that.
jon357
13 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
Not normally. I know a family who had this issue, which they were able to resolve in the end. There are quite complex patriality rules necessitated by the legacy of Empire, and there was a cut-off date a few years ago for those who wanted to establish citizenship through a grandparent, however even those who can establish it through a parent can have certain issues with healthcare and welfare, student tuition fees etc.
Worth stressing that the above only applies to those who actually have paperwork to prove their claim. I doubt many/any people have ever suggested that the state is hiding the proof from them!
This makes sense. If he's a legal eagle he could petition the court himself assuming he can get into Poland legally, if not, he should hire a good immigration lawyer.
British citizens born outside of the UK and with no link to the UK do not pass on citizenship, as far as I'm aware.
Not normally. I know a family who had this issue, which they were able to resolve in the end. There are quite complex patriality rules necessitated by the legacy of Empire, and there was a cut-off date a few years ago for those who wanted to establish citizenship through a grandparent, however even those who can establish it through a parent can have certain issues with healthcare and welfare, student tuition fees etc.
Worth stressing that the above only applies to those who actually have paperwork to prove their claim. I doubt many/any people have ever suggested that the state is hiding the proof from them!
the OP should begin by taking a case in W-Wa Srodmiescie, where I think the relevant USC for foreigners is.
This makes sense. If he's a legal eagle he could petition the court himself assuming he can get into Poland legally, if not, he should hire a good immigration lawyer.
jon357
13 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
And the courts have not decided in favour of anyone from outside Europe who is unable to demonstrate that they are a citizen of a country they have no supporting documents for.
Assuming such documents still exist or have ever existed. Those who have a valid claim don't seem to have this problem - and thousands of people around the world claim EU citizenship every year on the basis of descent.
Parish birth, death, marriage records aren't hidden at all. Perhaps the OP just doesn't have a claim.
Assuming he's able to legally (and given the current tax/ZUS crackdown, safely) able to enter the EU on his way back to the US.
Ultimately these issues get decided in the courts
And the courts have not decided in favour of anyone from outside Europe who is unable to demonstrate that they are a citizen of a country they have no supporting documents for.
if the OP genuinely believes that the Polish state is hiding them from him
Assuming such documents still exist or have ever existed. Those who have a valid claim don't seem to have this problem - and thousands of people around the world claim EU citizenship every year on the basis of descent.
Parish birth, death, marriage records aren't hidden at all. Perhaps the OP just doesn't have a claim.
Assuming he's able to legally (and given the current tax/ZUS crackdown, safely) able to enter the EU on his way back to the US.
jon357
13 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
For citizens of EU countries. Not for foreign citizens who say they've got a European grandpa but have no documents to prove it.
Half the people in every port city in Africa or Asia could say their biological father was a sailor from Marseilles - that doesn't get them an EU passport unless they've got the papers to prove it.
Freedom of movement is a fundamental right in the E.U.
For citizens of EU countries. Not for foreign citizens who say they've got a European grandpa but have no documents to prove it.
Half the people in every port city in Africa or Asia could say their biological father was a sailor from Marseilles - that doesn't get them an EU passport unless they've got the papers to prove it.
jon357
13 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
No it doesn't.
Stating that a Polish citizen born or living abroad must return to Poland to "become: a citizen only proves that presently discrimination does exist.
No it doesn't.
jon357
13 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
I suspect this is the same guy that was grumbling in another thread recently. He seemed to think he should get preference over someone who has settled there for life, paid taxes and has made PL their only home.
I suspect this is the same guy that was grumbling in another thread recently. He seemed to think he should get preference over someone who has settled there for life, paid taxes and has made PL their only home.
jon357
13 Aug 2017
Law / Status of Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights [63]
No. It's a right, providing someone meets the legal criteria. A basic thing as well as a duty.
To quote the late Maria Deraismes, a lady much revered in Poland, "If someone has equal responsibilities, they also have equal rights".
No. It's a right, providing someone meets the legal criteria. A basic thing as well as a duty.
To quote the late Maria Deraismes, a lady much revered in Poland, "If someone has equal responsibilities, they also have equal rights".
jon357
13 Aug 2017
Work / Paramedic salary in Poland [69]
There are some very good opportunities for this generally. I think though that he'd be hampered by a lack of Polish language skills and a lack of connections. Most of that sort of thing in PL is done by doctors who want to give up medicine for something more lucrative, like sales. It's also very competitive and capitalistic too.
There's always alternative therapies (Poles are suckers for this sort of thing), however there's the language issues again, along with the market for this being in the larger cities - a long way from his rural idyll.
I've wondered the same. Poland may come as a shock to him, when his neighbours on one side have swinger parties, his neighbours on the other side hold pagan moots in their garden and the two women opposite both transition into men.
A left field suggestion - he should look for work with a startup in the medical field.
There are some very good opportunities for this generally. I think though that he'd be hampered by a lack of Polish language skills and a lack of connections. Most of that sort of thing in PL is done by doctors who want to give up medicine for something more lucrative, like sales. It's also very competitive and capitalistic too.
There's always alternative therapies (Poles are suckers for this sort of thing), however there's the language issues again, along with the market for this being in the larger cities - a long way from his rural idyll.
I don't know where this "family values" thing is coming from, though.
I've wondered the same. Poland may come as a shock to him, when his neighbours on one side have swinger parties, his neighbours on the other side hold pagan moots in their garden and the two women opposite both transition into men.
jon357
12 Aug 2017
Feedback / Why would Polishforum be banned on a server [24]
That sounds right. I'm in a country for a while that has 'less-stable' internet and it happens all the time for all sorts of sites, even the Radio Times or Amazon sometimes. If I connect to my UK VPN that I use for watching TV etc, it connects without a problem. A technical glitch sounds most likely.
A couple of times over the past year or so, PF has been off for a while everywhere, probably maintainance either by the service provider or by PF. Usually lasts a few hours.
Probably just some glitch.
That sounds right. I'm in a country for a while that has 'less-stable' internet and it happens all the time for all sorts of sites, even the Radio Times or Amazon sometimes. If I connect to my UK VPN that I use for watching TV etc, it connects without a problem. A technical glitch sounds most likely.
A couple of times over the past year or so, PF has been off for a while everywhere, probably maintainance either by the service provider or by PF. Usually lasts a few hours.
jon357
12 Aug 2017
Feedback / Why would Polishforum be banned on a server [24]
In that case, it's probably the network being blocked rather than anything else. Did you get a picture of one of the mods with a bit of text about the IP address being associated with trolling/spamming? That's what I got on the train - I wasn't logged in because I was using a spare phone and couldn't remember my password.
no i wasnt even logged in
In that case, it's probably the network being blocked rather than anything else. Did you get a picture of one of the mods with a bit of text about the IP address being associated with trolling/spamming? That's what I got on the train - I wasn't logged in because I was using a spare phone and couldn't remember my password.
jon357
12 Aug 2017
Feedback / Why would Polishforum be banned on a server [24]
That's about your account rather than the IP or the network. Two different issues.
I had much the same recently. It was only a temporary thing, lasted a few minutes. Not sure what that was about.
well recently i was suspended and couldnt even access the forums
That's about your account rather than the IP or the network. Two different issues.
would not allow access because the owner apparently didn't have a valid security certificate
I had much the same recently. It was only a temporary thing, lasted a few minutes. Not sure what that was about.
jon357
12 Aug 2017
Feedback / Why would Polishforum be banned on a server [24]
They can't. It looks like it's to do with the network rather than the person. I'm not banned or suspended, yet I couldn't post from the PKP wifi on a train in Poland or a cafe wifi in Berlin - it looks like the whole system they use is blocked.
one network
How iw thst oossibly pf can track you or your device across networks?
They can't. It looks like it's to do with the network rather than the person. I'm not banned or suspended, yet I couldn't post from the PKP wifi on a train in Poland or a cafe wifi in Berlin - it looks like the whole system they use is blocked.
jon357
12 Aug 2017
Law / A father (foreigner) of a Polish child. How to protect my/daughter's rights? [19]
You should speak with a specialist immigration lawyer on this - they will be able to give accurate and up-to-date advice as well as make any necessary court filings. Do not, repeat do not, leave it to a. the last minute, or b. chance.
hat are my Father rights here in poland???
You should speak with a specialist immigration lawyer on this - they will be able to give accurate and up-to-date advice as well as make any necessary court filings. Do not, repeat do not, leave it to a. the last minute, or b. chance.
jon357
12 Aug 2017
Law / After divorce my Polish wife can use my sir name? [8]
You can ask her. She doesn't have to agree.
Exactly.
I want after divorce she do not use my sir name.
You can ask her. She doesn't have to agree.
You should not have married her if you didn't want her to use your name.
Exactly.
jon357
12 Aug 2017
Feedback / Why would Polishforum be banned on a server [24]
They were probably just guessing. Most likely someone had been posting rubbish from the cafe in question (or the network they use) and PF blocked the IP.
I asked the staff why the site had been banned, they advised it was on a list of sites not to be accessed.
They were probably just guessing. Most likely someone had been posting rubbish from the cafe in question (or the network they use) and PF blocked the IP.
jon357
11 Aug 2017
Work / Paramedic salary in Poland [69]
Always a good idea.
As a well-trained professional, there must be plenty of interesting options for him. He should explore all of them, and perhaps use a little lateral thinking - there may be an option that hasn't yet occurred to him.
Patalogia I think in one word. But thats easy, stay away from hick towns and small minded people family or not
Always a good idea.
As a well-trained professional, there must be plenty of interesting options for him. He should explore all of them, and perhaps use a little lateral thinking - there may be an option that hasn't yet occurred to him.
jon357
11 Aug 2017
History / Alexander the Great - Macedonski. Poland connection? [254]
And it exists now as a country. The capital is Skopje.
And it exists now as a country. The capital is Skopje.
jon357
11 Aug 2017
History / Alexander the Great - Macedonski. Poland connection? [254]
Yes, the country is Macedonia.
And in Northern England they once spoke Cumbric, in Washington they once spoke Algonquian. It means nothing.
Macedonia.
Yes, the country is Macedonia.
and they spoke Doric
And in Northern England they once spoke Cumbric, in Washington they once spoke Algonquian. It means nothing.
jon357
11 Aug 2017
Work / Paramedic salary in Poland [69]
You should reflect carefully, look at all the opportunities that your and your wife's current qualifications and experience can bring, and above all, talk to any and all Polish colleagues you may have. Also, do a bit of lateral thinking - there could be a perfect solution that wouldn't obviously occur to you.
Remember these are big things, and the IOCs don't due to local registration requirements (and NOCs don't only, due to quality issues) employ locals. I know of people who work in the Gulf in Nursing/Paramedical jobs and live in Spain and elsewhere in Europe..
here in the past and the answers were food for thought.
You should reflect carefully, look at all the opportunities that your and your wife's current qualifications and experience can bring, and above all, talk to any and all Polish colleagues you may have. Also, do a bit of lateral thinking - there could be a perfect solution that wouldn't obviously occur to you.
paramedics, though, aside from drilling operations.
Remember these are big things, and the IOCs don't due to local registration requirements (and NOCs don't only, due to quality issues) employ locals. I know of people who work in the Gulf in Nursing/Paramedical jobs and live in Spain and elsewhere in Europe..
jon357
11 Aug 2017
Work / Paramedic salary in Poland [69]
Remember that some of us have real, direct experience of these places - and there are good opportunities out there.
And I've worked with lots of
I was considering doing
Remember that some of us have real, direct experience of these places - and there are good opportunities out there.
jon357
11 Aug 2017
Genealogy / Osolek, Russia (Poland) or damn you transcribers! [15]
This is an interesting possibility.
This is also a possibility. There's a Diocesan Museum in Siedlce which may have access to archives.
14 people named Parys in Ostrowek
This is an interesting possibility.
contact the diocese of Siedlce to check the birth records
This is also a possibility. There's a Diocesan Museum in Siedlce which may have access to archives.