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Foreigners coming to Poland for business reasons will no longer be required to apply beforehand for a special recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Crossing the Polish border will be possible on the basis of a written invitation from a Polish business entity (and once other legally binding conditions that apply in Poland have been met, such as, in particular, the visa requirement for foreigners from countries subject to a visa obligation).

It is recommended that the aforesaid invitation:

• have the form of a letter made on a letterheaded paper of a given business entity,
• contain an explicit indication of the business reason of the visit, the personal data of the invitee(s) (including given name(s) and surname(s), and passport number(s) and  the dates of the planned stay in Poland,
• bear the signature of an authorized person and a company stamp.
• it is also recommended that the invitation be enclosed with a copy or printout of a recent extract from the National Court Register (KRS) or the Central Registration and Information on Business (CEIDG) concerning the inviting Polish entity.

Visitors may submit visa applications directly at Polish consular posts on the basis of theaforesaid invitation (and once other legally binding conditions that apply in Poland havebeen met). Once they obtain a visa, such persons may cross the Polish border upon presenting the visa and the aforesaid invitation to an officer of the Polish Border Guard (and once other legally binding conditions that apply in Poland have been met).

The measures above do not apply to the foreigners who come to Poland forbusiness reasons and who were formerly authorised by law to cross the Polish border without meeting the requirement to obtain a special recommendation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The corresponding legal provisions have not been changed.

This applies in:

• citizens of certain countries: Georgia, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, Thailand, Republic of Korea, Tunisia, Australia, Israel, USA, Turkey * – please note that the list was extended on 9 October 2021 to include Turkey (§ 3(2)(14) of the MSWiA Regulation),
• citizens of EU members states and EFTA states: Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland (§ 3(2)(10) of the MSWiA Regulation),
• citizens of the United Kingdom (§ 3(2)(10) of the MSWiA Regulation),
• professional drivers (§ 3(2)(8) of the MSWiA Regulation),

• foreigners who are Polish work permit holders or perform functions at the bodies of an entity entered in the National Business Register (§ 3(2)(6) of the MSWiA Regulation). The above solutions do not apply to foreigners coming to Poland from other countries of the Schengen area (free travel without restrictions).

Please also note that the above changes apply only to procedures for crossing the Polish border. They do not affect the existing sanitary regulations.

The obligation of a ten-day quarantine for foreigners entering Poland is thus upheld, except where exempted by the above-mentioned Regulation (e.g. documented proof of vaccination against Covid-19 with a vaccine admitted to use by European Medicines Agency).