Off-Topic / Anyone into soviet synth wave music here? [21]

Interesting genre. Just in case anyone is unfamiliar with the New Retro Wave trend, now is the time :)

youtube.com/watch?v=nC8uM7LKS6s
youtube.com/watch?v=Z1oB2EDu5XA

Life / Covid vaccination for foreigners in Poland? [26]

According to Polskie Radio, the official government stance is that anyone with a residence card can vaccinate according to his medical priority group. There is no need to be a 'citizen'. If you are just a visitor without a residence card, at the moment you cannot get the jab in Poland.

Life / Covid vaccination for foreigners in Poland? [26]

polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/2646530,Poles-in-nonpriority-groups-can-sign-up-for-COVID19-shots-from-Jan-15-minister

All Poles can sign up to vaccinate starting mid January, according to the article. Still no explicit mention of foreigners.

Life / Covid vaccination for foreigners in Poland? [26]

I'd be guessing that if demand from Polish citizens doesn't exceed supply they would allow foreigners to get vaccinated (for a fee) pretty quickly (maybe a few weeks in).

Kind of waiting for an official statement about this though.

Travel / Over staying 90 day limit in Poland (do they even know I'm here?) [18]

If your passport wasn't stamped when you entered Schengen, they may pick on you on the way out and want proof of when you entered. Yes they do this, yes in Krakow airport. Just tell them the truth and they probably don't have much of a case against you, plus you're American and all that :) Good luck with it all.

Related: EU Residence card holder - staying in Poland for more than 90 days


No you don't need to apply if it's just travel. Your residence card from NL would work for legal travel in all of Schengen as long as it is good for. You cannot work legally in Poland with it however, you need a Polish Work Permit and Residence Card for that, but it doesn't sound like that is an issue.

Here is the contact page for the Immigration Office and Border Guards in Warsaw if you want to verify:
mazowieckie.pl/en/departments/department-of-foreigne/24,dok.html

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

Thanks golas. Although I did not write my initial post to 'challenge you' but to understand the difference between the conditions described. So in general you can set up a company with lower entry standards but if you want to stay long term you need to prove it's beneficial to the economy, and this will be decided by an interview and may require higher standards of activity.

Thanks for clearing this.

If anybody else can comment on his personal experience with this, please do.

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

Says differently on the government website. Nothing about employing people and different base capital.

paiz.gov.pl/polish_law/forms_of_doing_business/limited_liability_company

Travel / Best place to exchange money in Poland? [98]

As stated before, change in a Kantor not at the airport. But do shop around since rates between kantors vary dramatically and many of them have shamelessly horrible rates. Have the bank's exchange rate in mind as a point of comparison. If you couldn't be hassled with all this, just go to a bank.

Travel / Best place to exchange money in Poland? [98]

in poland banks have bad exchange rates comparing to some street shops (called 'kantors'), but you really need to go around the city to find a good shop. the differences between the shops can be 100's of %. seriously. if you don't have patience for this, just use a reputable bank or atm.

UK, Ireland / Cheap calls to Poland from the UK [134]

there are cheap voip calls (pc2phone) via betamax, e.g. voipdiscount.com (polish landline free, mobile 0.05ec/min)