Law / Opening a Polish Bank Account by a foreigner in Poland. Recommendations. [299]

Pekao SA have been good to me so far. Plus their online banking has an English option.

I opened a non-resident account (you'll need your passport ID and an officially translated proof of address... stamped because Polish bureaucracy loves stamps on documents!)

In Bydgoszcz near the square there is a really helpful guy who explained everything in English and said that if I need any help just to drop into the branch so he can practice his English skills.

You don't need a residency card but you will need a Polish address and phone number for correspondance and to receive your card/PIN/TANs etc.

One more thing, there is a point in the registration of an account where the computer asks which country you should be paying tax to. Since you've already paid your tax, just select ZZ at the end of the list - otherwise you'll require a tax office number to proceed.

Hope this helps!

Language / Polish verbs are confusing/I get many results when I look them up in an online dictionary [54]

Maaarysia is spot on here... you just need to start reading, hearing and speaking them to learn the subtle differences, but you probably can't go too wrong with the first word, which is likely to be 'jump'.

UNLESS, you're talking about the different verb endings - in which case that's a whole new topic. (I jump, she jumps etc.)