Moving to Poland from UK

OP Charliesy 2 | 17

31 Mar 2023 #31

@jon357
Thanks I do get the idea that they basically want to make sure you are moving possessions because you are moving residence and not for commercial reasons.

It's different from the right to live and work in the country...but the polish documentation just lists a bunch of admissible documents to prove you lived outside of the EU for more than 12mths and to prove you have a residence sorted in Poland.

I suppose in good old bureaucratic fashion they leave it open to "interpretation"😀.

I try to avoid Facebook but that's a good shout will take a look.

Thanks.

jon357 78 | 25979

31 Mar 2023 #32

admissible documents to prove you lived outside of the EU

They don't think you need one for the UK do they? I'm sure as can be that citizens of Ireland and the UK don't need them for each others' countries but would they know that.

If they want a residence permit for Poland, that's just as bizarre, maybe more so.

I'd tell them that this is a problem and you're looking at other companies.

Atch 22 | 4338

1 Apr 2023 #33

I'm sure as can be that citizens of Ireland and the UK don't need them for each others' countries

We definitely don't. The agreement between the UK and Ireland is that we are treated as citizens in each other's countries, even down to voting rights.

you ask three removal companies and you get three different answers!

Witam w Polsce ........ that's pretty typical. Btw you do know that many Polish people don't understand the difference between the Republic of Ireland and the North and therefore will not understand that you're an EU citizen (well you'd still be one anyway even if you're from the North). I had dealings with a notary last year and it took nearly an hour to persuade her that I wasn't British. She couldn't get her head round my Irish passport. Kept insisting that my passport wasn't valid because of Brexit and that Ireland was part of the UK. She finally agreed very reluctantly to proceed with the business in hand, after spending 40 minutes trying to research it on the internet.

I agree with Jon, find another company that knows what the f*ck they're doing.

jon357 78 | 25979

1 Apr 2023 #34

it took nearly an hour to persuade her that I wasn't British.

I checked into a hotel a couple of decades ago and the old guy on reception kept insisting I was Irish and was getting angry because I'd written British on the registration form. The reason? The last two words on the front cover of my UK passport...

Thank God he didn't look inside at my place of birth. He's have wanted me to wear a kilt and sporran.

Atch 22 | 4338

1 Apr 2023 #35

he'd have insisted I wore a kilt and sporran.

As long as he didn't expect you to play the bagpipes :)

OP Charliesy 2 | 17

2 Apr 2023 #36

@jon357

They don't think you need one for the UK do they? I'm sure as can be that citizens of Ireland and the UK don't need them for each others' countries but would they know that.

Thanks no it's about proving you intend to move your residence to Poland, but that can be proved in other ways like a rental contract on a flat etc. From what I can see its not compulsory to register at all, I think in the past to stay over 90 days as an EU citizen they tried to make you register but now its recommended but not enforced.

So I think its the company (or more likely) employee being awkward no doubt it would help the clearance but its not needed and I half wonder if they know it will mean a few weeks holding goods in storage which they will happily charge me for :)

Witam w Polsce ........ that's pretty typical.

Ha yes I have had dealings in Poland over the last 10 years and I am definitely recognising this...also the tendency to just repeat what is written somewhere without trying to help with interpreting it for a real world situation. I have not come across the Ireland part of the UK thing before but I have not had much dealings with officials. My son has asked why people in Ireland don't speak Irish!! I thought that perceptive for a 5 year old hahaha....

Ok moving on maybe this is best posted elsewhere... and I expect the answer is no but anyway...

We need to arrange some help to offload boxes from our removal van when it lands in Wroclaw. That's assuming it gets past the Polish customs!

I will ask relatives but does anyone here have experience of hiring causal labour... in the UK I'm sure there is an app for it in Poland I am sure there isn't (yet) we have a time limit for unloading so idea is get 4 lads and pay them cash in hand etc.

Was quoted a hilarious amount from the agent for this 😀

Miloslaw 23 | 5707

8 Sep 2026 #37

He just tells it how it is.....

Yet another Brit that prefers life in Poland to life in The UK....... you can find dozens of posts like this...

cms neuf 3 | 2492

8 Sep 2026 #38

2nd guy is from Morocco or Egypt I think - I met him a few times.