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Joined: 23 Sep 2009 / Female ♀ 		Last Post: 20 May 2010
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krakuskabanos   
20 May 2010
Work / Trojmiasto Job Forecast in Five Years [8]

@plk123: yeah, i just have to push myself - hopefully achieve fluency after 5 years. thanks for the suggestion, really appreciate it =)
krakuskabanos   
18 May 2010
Law / Any good business ideas - what Poland needs? [114]

slush puppy???? oh wow!!!!!! bloody brill!!!!

Slush puppy, I reckon it would go down a storm in PL Especially with Vodka,

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but it is possible to get a patent from the polish government, right?

make your money as quickly as is possible because these guys like jumping on the band wagon.

krakuskabanos   
18 May 2010
Work / Trojmiasto Job Forecast in Five Years [8]

@plk123: i've got systems analysis/design and accountancy/administration/marketing skills. what do you think?
krakuskabanos   
18 May 2010
Work / Trojmiasto Job Forecast in Five Years [8]

dzien dobry. what do you think would be the sort of jobs that would be in demand, five years from now, in the trojmiasto area? this is presuming i'd be fluent in the language already before the move. im just having this massive dilemma on what would happen to my career in poland. many thanks for your ideas.
krakuskabanos   
15 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Temporary Residence/Karta Pobytu - Applying from London [8]

from somewhere in south-east Asia... and you? are you based in Poland at the moment? or are you in Britain?

hi harry. I called the Polish consulate yesterday. they told me that i can lodge my application from here in London. thanks anyway. cheers.
krakuskabanos   
15 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Temporary Residence/Karta Pobytu - Applying from London [8]

really? but how come the polish consulate has got a list of requirements on their website and they didn't mention that i cannot file the application from here in London?

i am a non-eea national but married my polish husband last year - i'm a student at the moment. i need the temporary residence so we can move back to Poland anytime.
krakuskabanos   
15 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Temporary Residence/Karta Pobytu - Applying from London [8]

czesc.

does anybody know how long the processing time is if you apply for the temporary residence card from london? some people on this forum said that it takes 6 months, is that true?

is the polish consulate here in london fussy?

what if i need to travel urgently and they've got my passport, can they release it temporarily so i can travel (the same as in the uk border)?
krakuskabanos   
15 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Leaving the UK. Am I entitled to any UK benefits from NI contributions if I move back to Poland? [9]

really? would you be able to give me a rough guide on the procedures?

No. How it works is that you can either keep the money in the UK system, or transfer it to another country depending on if there's a social security agreement betwee the UK and the country in question. In the case of Poland, it's quite straightforward to transfer the contributions here, though ZUS will be awkward and difficult, as is to be expected.

that may be true but on the uk border website, it says that if you wont register, you are considered illegal.

True, but by all accounts, they're not really bothered by Polish workers working without the WRS permission - they're far more bothered about real illegal employment.

i totally agree

If you ask me, they should bring in the Polish system into the UK where you need to work for 12 months before getting anything from the unemployment office. It's not a bad idea, and means you don't get students sitting around on the dole because they refuse to take menial jobs.

krakuskabanos   
6 Feb 2010
UK, Ireland / Leaving the UK. Am I entitled to any UK benefits from NI contributions if I move back to Poland? [9]

czesc.

just wanted to know - my husband's polish and i am a non-eea national. if we've been working here in the uk for about five years and then decide to move back to poland after, what sort of benefits are we entitled to from the uk government (as we've been paying our n.i, contributions over the same period - 5 years)?

can we get our money back from them?

do we get all of the contributions that we've paid?

or is it just a portion of what we've paid as stated on the national insurance rebate website?

or do we just start receiving pension from the uk government as well when we reach our retirement age?

dziekuje bardzo.
krakuskabanos   
30 Jan 2010
Love / Do you think that Polish should stick to Polish? [128]

i absolutely agree. it's a good way of preparing their future.... besides, children can easily three languages in one go. why not take advantage of their innate talent? but pressuring them to be multi-lingual is a different story....

I'm Canadian and got married to a polish girl, we have a son of 20 months old and he's learning 3 languages polish, english and french. My opinion it's better for a kid in europe to have many open doors for their future. By the way it's really easy for a kid to learn many languages at the same time!
cheers

krakuskabanos   
11 Dec 2009
Love / Catholic Church Wedding in Poland [6]

czesc. does anybody know what the rules are if my husband and i would like to get married in a catholic church in poland?

i am a philippine national and married my polish husband the urzad stanu in gdansk a few months. now, we'd like to get married in a catholic church somewhere in gdansk or sopot next year - hopefully summer 2010. we are both catholics and we will finish our catholic marriage preparation course by end of january 2010.

i would like to know if it's really true that because i am not polish and is not yet fluent in polish, we are not allowed to get married in just any catholic church in poland but we have to get married in a cathedral? is this really true?

would appreciate any feedback.

cheers.
krakuskabanos   
4 Dec 2009
Law / Poland - Temporary Residence card - Karta pobytu - required documents [142]

hi ari_ckplh. i am a philippine national and planning to apply for the karta pobytu soon. maybe you could help me with th police clearance. did they really require this document from you? i am not really based in the philippines right now. i am based in the uk. i was thinking - should i get my police clearance from here in the uk (uk's metropolitan police)? i am a student here but already married my husband who's polish. what do you think? looking forward to your reply. cheers....

I thought I might need to get a Schengen Visa, but the Greece Embassy i

thanks for this vasyl! cheerio!

POLIN Expat Service Office (pol-in.com.pl/ang/)

krakuskabanos   
19 Oct 2009
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

yes - this is what Britain is surprisingly short of (fruit juices - can't drink stuff like Powerade or Lucozade on daily basis)
you can find huge variety of fruit juices in Poland

what a strange reply.....
krakuskabanos   
8 Oct 2009
News / Do Poles in Poland really feel betrayed because there won't be any US Shield? [288]

Instead exactly the opposite happened - Polish governments begging on their knees for the Shield to be installed here, and the US governments spitting in our faces and wiping the floor with us. It was extremely humiliating, m

very true.

do they have anything to substitute?
maybe polish made rockets? from bumar

maybe polish rockets in the shape of a kielbasa, mwahahahaha!
krakuskabanos   
7 Oct 2009
Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [267]

but I did get a lot of stares.

I KNOW! they totally love to do that!

I had a Chinese couple gossip in front of me in Polish, although in an Irish accent.

WTF! that is so freakin strange! lmao

People were really friendly towards me and i didn't notice people staring at me too much. When they stare they are just really curious about where you from and such.

from my experience, they dont care however long they want to stare at you - so freakin rude! they stare at you like, you're from another galaxy - not planet - galaxy. one time we went outside gdynia, in a small village, to visit my aunt in-law. we had a guest, a middle-aged woman - she was already sitting in front of me, about two feet away, AND SHE WAS STILL STARING AT ME! how rude is that??????
krakuskabanos   
27 Sep 2009
Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [267]

all just because as they think i'm a dirty foreigner and i should die and my wife should lose the kid because she a stupid human being got married to a foreigner and even telling the police that my wife can't reach the high level of polish!! so yes foreigners are very welcome to poland !

omg!
krakuskabanos   
27 Sep 2009
Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [267]

Please let me know what you think and if you have experienced any hostility due to you being a foreigner.

no, foreigners arent welcome in poland. some poles here in p/f arent really embarassed to admit that. my worst experience? shopping in gdansk.

I just find that the majority of people stare at foreigners even in the big cities, Older generations seem to despise foreigners for some reason.

omg, this is so true! my husband who is polish actually just wanted to come up to them and just smack their face! its really rude of them to stare like that. next time i fly there, i will try and embarass a few. seriously, it is so unhospitable.

why do you think Polish people would be bewildered by foreigners?

they just are. i visited gdansk more than six times already in a span of one year. they still are, very much bewildered. that is, considering gdansk is a proper city - not a village, mind you..... hmmmm, maybe because my skin and hair colour is to die for. well, YOU CANT HAVE IT! =P
krakuskabanos   
27 Sep 2009
News / Do Poles in Poland really feel betrayed because there won't be any US Shield? [288]

It was a STUPID idea from the start and personally I'm very glad that it's been scratched. Poland needs to improve relations with their neighbors. As much as America likes to claim they care about Poland they do not. I've lived in America for 21 years now and can tell you first hand it's a one sided relationship.

i am not surprised. it's always been like this.... i am quite sure that poland isnt and shouldnt feel betrayed because the plan didnt push thru. poland does not need it. poland should not need america. it is only an introduction to the exploitation of poland - better admit it mr. obama.

and the US has been weakened by a man who wants to be President of the WORLD

obama is a big liar. in his first speech, he says I WILL CHANGE THE WORLD. does he actually think that he is a superhero? excuse me mr. obama, do not forget that the money that you are spending are the taxpayers money. not your lunch money.

like I said, I really doubt poland is in any danger of invasion in the near future.

i've always known that history repeats itself. so much better to be vigilant but not overly paranoid, is that right mr. obama?
krakuskabanos   
27 Sep 2009
Life / Why Do You Love Poland? [907]

i love poland because my husband is polish. because i love my brothers in-law and my parents in-law. because i could see that poland is genuinely looking after her forests. and last - but - never - the - least - because it's a gastronomic country =)