ICT mobility — long-term

The right to stay in Poland for the purpose of long-term mobility for the aforementioned categories of foreign nationals is granted through the issuance of a temporary residence permit for the purpose of long-term mobility of a managerial staff member, specialist, or trainee as part of an intra-company transfer.

A temporary residence permit for the purpose of long-term mobility within the framework of an intra-corporate transfer is a type of temporary residence permit granted in the form of an administrative decision to third-country nationals (i.e., persons who do not hold citizenship of an EU member state, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, or Switzerland) and to stateless persons whose purpose of stay in Poland is to carry out the aforementioned mobility.

The host entity established in Poland must maintain specific capital and organizational ties with the foreign national’s parent employer, which is established outside the territory of EU member states, member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA)—parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area—or the Swiss Confederation; that is, it must, in particular, be a branch or representative office of the home employer, or belong to the same group of companies as the home employer.

This permit is granted to a foreign national who is a managerial employee, a specialist, or an intern, provided that the purpose of their stay in Poland is to perform work at a host entity based in Poland as a managerial employee, a specialist, or an intern, as part of an intra-company transfer.

The remuneration is: - higher than the income entitling the foreign national and each dependent family member to cash benefits under the Act of March 12, 2004, on Social Assistance; - not lower than the remuneration of employees performing work of a comparable nature or in a comparable position within the territory of the Republic of Poland for the same number of working hours; - not lower than 70% of the average monthly gross wage in the national economy in the province where the host entity is headquartered, in the year preceding the submission of the application for a permit, as announced by the President of the Central Statistical Office pursuant to Article 30(2) of the Act of October 26, 1995, on certain forms of support for housing construction.

Upon obtaining this permit, the foreign national may work in Poland under the conditions specified in the permit, without the need for an additional work permit. The decision will specify the conditions under which the foreign national may work.

A permit may be granted for a period not exceeding 3 years in the case of managerial staff and specialists, and up to 1 year in the case of trainees, provided that such a permit is always granted for a period not longer than the validity of the foreigner’s residence permit bearing the “ICT” annotation, issued by another EU Member State.

The total duration of a single intra-company transfer within the European Union to host entities belonging to the same company or group of companies is 3 years—for work as a manager or specialist—and 1 year—for work as a trainee.