No, the employer is not a party to the proceedings for granting a temporary residence  permit for work in a profession requiring high qualifications. Under the regulations, the only party to such proceedings is the foreigner.

The temporary residence permit for the purpose of performing work in a high-qualification profession is granted for a period 3 months longer than the period of employment – from more than 6 months to 3 years.

The fee for granting a temporary residence permit  for the purpose of performing work in a profession requiring high qualifications is 440 PLN.

It must be paid in advance, at the moment of submitting the application. If you to not pay this fee, the voivode will summon you to pay it within 7 to 14 days. If you to not comply with the summons, the voivode may return the application by way of a ruling.

Pay the stamp duty to the bank account or at the cashier of the tax authority, which is the city president competent for the seat of the voivode to whom you are submitting the application.

The annual gross remuneration resulting from the monthly or annual remuneration indicated in the agreement may not be lower than the equivbutnt of 150% of the average remuneration in the national economy in the year preceding the application for this permit.

In the case of applications submitted in 2026, the cumulative annual gross remuneration must not be less than 160,264.08 PLN, which means receiving a monthly gross amount of more than 13,355.34 PLN.

Calculation sample: 1.5 x 8903.56 PLN x 12 months.

No, for the purposes of granting this particular permit, the voivode will not examine whether the income from employment is sufficient to cover the family's living costs or the foreigner's liabilities, e.g. from loans taken out.

This may be an employment contract, a home work contract, or a civil law contract (e.g. a contract of mandate, a contract for specific work). The contract should be concluded for at least 6 months. In the case of regulated professions – it must also meet other legally required criteria for the given profession.

No, holding legal title to the occupied premises is not a condition for obtaining a temporary residence permit for work in a profession requiring high qualifications. You also to not need to present tocuments confirming that you have a guaranteed place of residence in Poland.

No, an application for a temporary residence permit for work in a profession requiring high qualifications can only be submitted via MOS after the employer has completed Annex No. 1. Annex No. 1 is completed in electronic form in MOS. The annex is signed via login.gov.pl by the person authorised to represent the employer with a trusted signature, personal signature or qualified electronic signature.

The conditions for entrusting work specified in Annex 1 must be current on the date of issuing the permit. They must also be consistent with the conditions resulting from other tocuments, such as an employment contract.

Annex 1 helps to determine whether you have a purpose of stay in Poland for more than 3 months, appropriate income from work and health insurance (in the case of an employment contract and a mandate contract).

Annex 1 to the application for a temporary residence permit for the purpose of performing work in a high-qualification profession must be signed with a qualified electronic signature, personal signature or trusted signature by the person acting on behalf of and for the employer if the employer is not a natural person. Annex 1 to the application for a temporary residence permit for the purpose of performing work in a high-qualification profession, when the employer is a legal entity or organisational unit without legal personality, should be submitted by the person acting on behalf of and for that employer. On behalf of a specific entity (e.g. a commercial company), a proxy holding a power of attorney granted on behalf of that entity by its competent representative body should act.

The tocument confirming the authorisation to represent the employer should be attached to the application for a permit

The application for a temporary residence permit for the purpose of working in a profession requiring high qualifications will be processed within 60 days from the submission of the complete application together with the necessary attachments and required tocuments.

Higher professional qualifications are qualifications obtained as a result of completing higher education studies or qualifications obtained as a result of professional experience.

Qualifications obtained as a result of completing higher education you will confirm with a diploma, certificate or other tocument issued by a competent authority, confirming that you have successfully completed at least a 3-year higher education cycle at a university recognised in the country where it is headquartered.

Qualifications obtained as a result of professional experience you will confirm with tocuments certifying that you have 5 years of professional experience at a level comparable to the level of qualifications obtained from completing higher education. In the case of some professions, 3 years of professional experience gained in the last 7 years before submitting the application are sufficient.

You must hold a diploma, certificate or other tocument issued by a competent authority confirming that you have successfully completed at least a 3-year cycle of higher education at a university recognised in the country where it is based.

This permit is part of the EU Blue Card system, which guarantees its holders additional rights – including the possibility of easier movement within the EU, the permitted period of unemployment and faster acquisition of EU long-term resident status.

You have the right to intra-EU mobility:

• While using short-term mobility (90/180 days) in another EU Member State, you may perform work,
• After 12 months of legal stay you may also, together with your family, move to another EU country within the framework of long-term mobility of the EU Blue Card holder.

If you want to use long-term mobility, you are obliged to notify in writing

In the event of job loss, you have the right to:

• 3 months of unemployment, provided that 2 years have not elapsed since the permit was granted;
• 6 months of unemployment if you lost employment after 2 years of residence on the basis of a Blue Card.

During this time, the permit will not be revoked, provided that you fulfil the obligation to notify the voivode of the loss of employment.

Moreover, in the case of using intra-EU mobility you have the right to sum up stays in other EU countries on the basis of the Blue Card, with the proviso that within the 5 years of required stay in the EU as a highly qualified worker, the last 2 years immediately before submitting the application must be spent on this basis in Poland.

You have the right to intra-EU mobility. Using short-term mobility (90/180 days) in another EU member state, you may work without needing a work permit if you carry out professional activities there for your employer in Poland. After 12 months of legal residence you may also, together with your family, move to another EU member state under the long-term mobility of an EU Blue Card holder  and apply for an EU Blue Card there.

If you want to use long-term mobility, you are obliged to notify in writing

In the decision granting the temporary residence permit for the purpose of performing work in a profession requiring high qualifications

However, you are obliged to notify in writing, within 15 working days, the voivode who granted you the permit about a change of employer.

In the event of job loss, you have the right to:

• 3 months of unemployment, provided that 2 years have not elapsed since the permit was granted;
• 6 months of unemployment if you lost employment after 2 years of residence on the basis of a Blue Card.

However, you are obliged to notify in writing, within 15 working days, the voivode who granted you the permit about a change of employer.

During unemployment the permit will not be revoked, provided that you fulfil the obligation to notify the voivode of the loss of employment.

You are obliged to notify the competent voivode in writing, within 15 days, of:

• loss of employment;
• a change of the entity entrusting work;
• cessation of meeting the requirements for granting the permit;
• upon commencement of the use of the long-term mobility of the EU Blue Card holder in another EU state.

You are obliged to notify the voivode who granted the permit in writing within 15 working days of the loss of employment

In the event of job loss, you have the right to:

• 3 months of unemployment, provided that 2 years have not elapsed since the permit was granted;
• 6 months of unemployment if you lost employment after 2 years of residence on the basis of a Blue Card.

During unemployment the permit will not be revoked, provided that you fulfil the obligation to notify the voivode of the loss of employment.

Additionally, if you wish to use long-term intra-EU mobility and take up employment in another EU Member State

Holding an EU Blue Card issued by another EU member state, after 12 months of stay in that state you may use long-term mobility in the territory of Poland. For this purpose, you should apply to the voivode competent for your place of stay for a temporary residence permit for the purpose of long-term mobility of an EU Blue Card holder.