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EU Blue Card holder — long-term mobility to Poland

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

The pathway is designed for a foreigner who has already been admitted as a highly qualified worker in another EU Member State (holds an EU Blue Card) and intends to reside in Poland to perform work requiring high qualifications or skills.

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify the exact occupation, sector, or professional activity beyond 'work requiring high qualifications or skills'.
  • The document does not state whether the work must be for a specific employer or in a particular field.
  • Long-term mobility of an EU Blue Card holder
    Select this purpose of stay in the application, if you have already been admitted as a highly qualified worker in another EU Member State (i.e. you have a residence permit "EU Blue Card") and you currently intend to reside in Poland in order to perform work here that requires high qualifications or skills.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the employer, sponsor or transfer relationship required.

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Limits of the record
  • The current route capture and existing PL candidate checks did not establish the the employer answer with a validated literal quote.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

The decisive professional characteristics are: the applicant must already hold an EU Blue Card from another EU Member State, the work in Poland must require high qualifications or skills, the remuneration must exceed 150% of the national average wage, and the prior residence in another Member State on the basis of the Blue Card must be longer than 12 months (or 6 months if long-term mobility was already used in another EU Member State).

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Limits of the record
  • The document does not specify the exact qualifications, experience, skill level, occupation, or shortage status beyond 'high qualifications or skills'.
  • The document does not state whether a labour-market condition or equivalent applies.
  • Long-term mobility of an EU Blue Card holder
    To obtain a residence permit for this purpose,the amount of remuneration you will receive should exceed (in simple terms) 150% of the national average wage,and the period of residence in another Member State on the basis of the Blue Card, which immediately precedes your arrival in Poland, should be longer than 12 months (or 6 months - if you have already benefited from long-term mobility in another EU Member State).
  • Long-term mobility of an EU Blue Card holder
    Select this purpose of stay in the application, if you have already been admitted as a highly qualified worker in another EU Member State (i.e. you have a residence permit "EU Blue Card") and you currently intend to reside in Poland in order to perform work here that requires high qualifications or skills.

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

The purpose of the stay is to perform work in Poland requiring high qualifications or skills. Certain family members of the Blue Card holder are entitled to a temporary residence permit for family reunification, also when the holder benefits from long-term mobility in Poland. The official source does not state whether the permit ties the holder to an employer, occupation or sector.

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Limits of the record
  • Whether the long-term mobility permit ties the holder to an employer, occupation or sector is not stated in the sources read.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

Legal and uninterrupted residence in Poland on a temporary residence permit for long-term mobility of an EU Blue Card holder counts as the 2 years in Poland under the "2+3" rule for the EU long-term resident permit (last 2 years in Poland plus the preceding 3 years in the EU outside Poland). The official source does not state the duration or renewal of the long-term mobility permit itself.

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Limits of the record
  • Duration and renewal of the long-term mobility permit itself are not stated in the sources read.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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