Law / As a foreigner non EU citizen working in Poland, can I get visa for my spouse? [34]

Hello Monitor, thanks for the link, but it doesn't really answer her question. It contains no information that would answer the questions she asked.

Work / Ukrainian Software Developer moving to Poland - job and salary with my experience? [15]

Thank you for all the answers. Here is some clarification:

I do have managerial experience as I am holding a Team Lead position right now. I don't expect to get into team lead's seat right after moving to Poland, but at the very least I'd be looking for a Senior Developer position. I also have deep hands on knowledge and extensive experience with Drupal CMF. I don't know about Poland, but in Ukraine people with Drupal experience are hard to find and usually are better paid than an average PHPer.

Thank you for suggestions about job search, I'll of course go this way, but I don't want to do this right now, because I am going to move not earlier than January-February 2014, or may be even a little later and there is no point in talking to companies at this very moment.

Yes I am aware of the fact that IT salaries in Ukraine are higher than in Poland but it isn't the money I am after. If it was about money, I'd be looking for positions in the USA or Germany. But I'm ok with making less than I do in Ukraine as long as my salary allows us to maintain the same standard of life we are accustomed to in Ukraine (from my experience cost of living in Poland (perhaps except Warszaw) is a little bit (10-15%) lower than in Kyiv).


In Ukraine they usually speak about net salaries. So when you see $2000 it usually means $2000.

Also the majority of software developers in Ukraine work with companies not as employees but as independent contractors. The tax for independent contractors is 5%, so even if it was brutto, the netto amount would be $1900. Not much of a difference.

Work / Ukrainian Software Developer moving to Poland - job and salary with my experience? [15]

Thank you for suggestions I'll check them out :)

Law / Taxes for Sp. z. o. o. in IT area [13]

Hello Harry, thanks for the advice, but unfortunately, I am not a EU resident and from what I know dzialalnosc gospodarcza is available for the EU residents only, so I have to go with Sp. z. o. o.

Law / Taxes for Sp. z. o. o. in IT area [13]

Thanks, I'll check it out, but the main question is if creating Spółka jawna gives a right for non-EU residents to apply for czasowy pobyt.

Law / Taxes for Sp. z. o. o. in IT area [13]

Well, my ability to read and understand Polish is a bit limited, I'm still learning it, but according to this: it seems like Sp.z.o.o. is the only option for me.

Food / Can you buy Absinthe in Poland? [13]

I'm sure I've seen absinth (not the brand you mentioned though) in the supermarket in Galeria Krakowska 2 weeks ago. Also I have seen Xenta Absenta in one of the 24/7 Acohole shops in the Kazimerz district of Krakow. Specifically the shop on the Miodowa street, 21 or 23, don't remember the number of building precisely.

Language / Is Polish an easy language to learn and is there a way of learning it easily? [105]

Is Polish an easy or not to learn would very much depend on which language is your native language. For example my native language is Ukrainian and I find Polish extremely easy to learn :) I think if your first language is one of Slavic languages then Polish will be quite easy for you. In other cases, most likely it won't be easy, but still doable. I know several native-English speakers who speak perfect Polish. Of course they have some kind of accent, but they mastered grammar and vocabulary and they pronounce words more or less correctly.