News / Poland Plans New Canal from Vistula to the Baltic. Drought? [12]


It's not so simple, because things must have potential of future saving/earning to be economically justified, nut just work for the sake of work creation.

It's happening probably since 20 years, that from time to time Russians forbid Polish ships to cross from Zalew Wiślany to Baltic Sea through their territory. This channel will give independent access to the sea to Elbląd - 4th largest city on Polish coast. Maybe it will be a boost for port/shipping investments and industry there, when Russian risk will disappear. But only maybe, if not, then it will be mostly wasting of money, which could be used in some more useful way.

Real Estate / Moving to the Katowice area soon! Safe neighborhood for an Irish man? [38]

If you're not in Katowice yet, you can see how various neighborhoods look like through Google Street view:
google.com/maps/place/Francuska+GTC+Sp.+z+o.o.+Centrum+biurowe/@50.2480831,19.0272532,1631m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x4716ce4cfaee94b1:0x5d0ecb1ea7b28467

Study / Do any Polish universities offer a 3 year MSc in Pharmacology or Pharmacy? [3]

You mean in English? If yes then check this website: study in poland .pl/en/. It's not there, then probably it doesn't exist. Germany has similar website with all programs: study-in.de/en/

Related: Education, pharmaceutical process in Poland


You may check the biggest pharmacy forum (in Polish language though): forum-farmaceutyczne.org

Life / Arts & Crafts Stores in Warsaw, Poland? [18]

Check ebooks: empik.com/ebooki

Work / Is it going to be hard for me to find a part time Job in Warsaw? [25]

Advertise yourself in:

gumtree.pl
goldenline.pl/grupy/Zainteresowania/jezyk-chinski-20013-25991/
e-korepetycje.net/mazowieckie/warszawa/jezyk-chinski
korepetycje24.com/jezyk-chinski/
korepetycje.ekorki.pl/korepetycje_jezyk-chinski
mojekorki.pl/kategoria-39-0/korepetycje/jezyk-chinski.html

Mind that you cannot work legally without work permit, except of the time of summer break.

News / Poland's demographic, migration & fertility rate disaster [34]


That's an important point. I've read on the Internet, that quite many professionals have tried to come back to Poland, but their top experience from abroad was considered worse than Polish. Some companies did not want to employ them, because they were afraid that people with valuable foreign experience may have too high salary demands or simple be more likely to leave for a better job. Moreover Poland has less advanced industry, so there is less jobs for specialists, combining it with high number of graduates, there is bigger competition for specialized positions than in western countries.

So it's harder to get a good job and later it's much less payed.

News / Poland's demographic, migration & fertility rate disaster [34]

That's really a problem. In my view joining Poland to EU was the main cause. If not that, then people would not leave in so big quantities. The difference in earnings has been too big not to expect mass emigration. And Szalawa you're not right, because people leave and come back, but all the time more leave than comes back, and it will not change in next decades.

And statement, that it's all because of high taxation is nonsense. Poland has similar taxation level to other EU countries. Biggest problem is low earnings and relatively high apartment prices.

History / What Was Happening in Poland around 1905? [73]

If he was living where he was born, then this Kobrgaf should be located east from the red line on this map of Poland:



Most likely where one of these green spots is, because there were living most of Germans. Probably the name is wrongly written, because any city/town which existed in 1885 must be at least mentioned somewhere in the internet. Perhaps you have some original document with this city name so you could upload a picture.

Law / Working in EU countries and in UK with Poland's Residence Card (Karta Pobytu)? [51]


No. info-migrator.pl/us-2-the_legalization_of_stay-9-residence_card.htm


foreigner in poland/polish-law/stay-poland.html

News / PO support drops by 4 pps after tape scandal according to WBJ [18]

Korwin said that he could form a coalition with anybody, also with PIS.

Genealogy / Do I look Polish? (my picture) [375]

Your problem is that you live in Canada. Poland is in other continent. When we talk in Poland about Koreans and Chinese, then we make similar mistakes. Don't expect from your colleagues there to know anything about Poland.

Food / Poland's best cheap beers? [72]

According to GoEuro Warsaw has the cheapest beer prices out of 40 measured capitals:



0.79EUR per can. 2nd is Germany with 0.82EUR. But if the price was related to salary then of course Germany has the cheapest beer in the world.


Can you present some example?

Work / What is the job situation like in Poland? I am thinking of moving to find work [18]

There is enough jobs, but mostly low payed and not in your dreamed profession. Half of young people has some bachelor or master so diploma doesn't make it much easier to get a good job.

Here you have a list of the best payed professions. It's median PLN net:


I guess that doctors get their money mostly in bribes, that's why they're not included.

Life / Moving to Poland Part-Time (probably Katowice) [56]

Check old topics: phrase=job+katowice
And for fast preview of cost of living:

Information about the city:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katowice
wikitravel.org/en/Katowice

You can watch the city in Google

Life / I woke up in Poland's Hilton of Drunks after the Juvenalia party. Must I pay the 300zl fine? [49]

Here they say that it's treated as administrative fee, like tax: infor.pl/prawo/prawo-karne/ciekawostki/280780,Oplata-z a-pobyt-w-izbie-wytrzezwien.html. So if you don't pay, bailiff will probably block your account or other possession. If you are leaving Poland and are not planing to be back in next 5 years or don't posses anything in Poland then they cannot force you to pay I think.

Study / SGH Warsaw School of Economics vs Kozminski University vs Warsaw University [18]

Economics 2013 Perspektywy:

perspektywy.pl/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=779:kierunki-ekonomiczne&catid=97&Itemid=230

Economics 2013 Wprost:

szkoly.wprost.pl/ide,30/tab,6/edycja-2013.html

Here Koźmiński is only school in Financial Times ranking, but only in category MBA and Master, not undergraduate studies:

rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/kozminski-university-warsaw

So it means that for bachelor SGH, and for MBA Koźmiński.

Study / SGH Warsaw School of Economics vs Kozminski University vs Warsaw University [18]

but what specialty?

Work / Work Permit / Salary in Krakow - Poland [8]


To give you work permit employer has to prove that he cannot find proper candidate from Poland, not that you have diplomas. It would be different if you had Polish diploma - then you could work without work permit.


Study that: ec.europa.eu/immigration/tab1.do?subSec=30#move

And that: migrant.info.pl/Work_permit.html


So it seems that your student residency card is enough to apply for work permit in Poland if it doesn't expire.

Work / Work Permit / Salary in Krakow - Poland [8]

I don't know, but I guess that it is not a reason to refuse application. You can always start little later.

Yes you will need new work permit.


That's enough to live frugally, but not save.

Study / SGH Warsaw School of Economics vs Kozminski University vs Warsaw University [18]

I think: Warsaw School of Economics > Warsaw University > Kozminski University. But they all seem to be good. At least in Polish.

Work / How much is the average living cost in Poland for foreign student? [46]


That should be enough to survive in all towns below 60 000 citizens. Room, self cooking, no public transport needed.

News / Bitcoin Embassy Launches In Poland's Capital Warsaw [37]

bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/8031/what-are-bitcoin-miners-really-solving

It's solving it for the network = for itself = for nobody = for you.

News / Bitcoin Embassy Launches In Poland's Capital Warsaw [37]


You're right. Paypal has much bigger acceptance. BitCoin is mere imitation of PayPal.

Law / Can dependent Visa holders take up employment in Poland? [51]

they have to apply for work permit separately. Conditions for work permit are the same as for every non-eu

Work / Employment prospects of a Computer Science Graduate in Poland [16]

Read this topic: forum.4programmers.net/Kariera/233131-ile_zarabiacie?start =0

As somebody answered there for the 1st job:


Don't forget to educate potential employers, perhaps by writing it in cover letter, that as a graduate you don't need work permit. It's relatively new law, so they may not know. And the city matters, because if you're in Warszawa, Kraków, Wrocław, then your chances are the best, but if you're in Olsztyn, Białystok or Kielce, then maybe nobody will want to employ you.

Law / Anybody adept in requirements for non-EU citizens to start business in Poland? [39]

read that:
migrant/conducting-business-activity-in-poland-by-foreigners.html
migrant/legalizing-foreigners-stay-in-poland-in-connection-with-conducting-business-activity.html

Law / In Poland on National Visa, want to visit London - how can i apply for travel visa to UK [22]


Sorry, I just looked fast at the website and missed fragment "It costs £83 to apply." and only noticed "Long-term visit visa fees are: 1 year - £300" It's still not cheap.

Law / In Poland on National Visa, want to visit London - how can i apply for travel visa to UK [22]

You need visa it costs 300GBP and "You must apply for your visa from the country in which you are resident or 'living'." So I think you can do that from Poland, because you live here. Here you can apply online: gov.uk/general-visit-visa/overview

Law / In Poland on National Visa, want to visit London - how can i apply for travel visa to UK [22]

Don't know if you can. Call British embassy in Warsaw.

Work / Is it worth moving from Dubai to Poland? (cities like Krakow, Wroclaw) [11]

if you know Polish then come, but with money, as an investor.