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The transitional period regarding the employment of certain types of foreign students in Poland will come to an end on 1 July 2026. Student status alone will no longer be sufficient to qualify for exemption from the requirement to obtain a work permit.
On 26 May 2026, the Council of Ministers approved a draft bill on social security for people practicing an artistic profession. The new regulations are intended to support artists working on commission, 69% of whom earn below the national average and 30% of whom earn below the minimum wage.
On 15 May, the Sejm considered the Senate’s amendments to the amendment to the Act on the ICT system for the administration of certain contracts (i.e. the so-termed e-Contracts system). In accordance with the recommendation of the joint Sejm committees, MPs supported three editorial amendments which did not make any substantive changes to the draft.
In 2025, PIP completed over 31,000 inspections representing a 9% year-on-year increase. A total of 168,000 workers were inspected, nearly 13% more than the previous year.
The Ministry of the Interior and Administration has announced work on an amendment to the Aliens Act concerning citizens of selected developed countries, such as Australia, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, the US, the United Kingdom and Taiwan.
The draft aims to enable citizens of these countries to obtain most types of temporary residence permits in Poland through the tacit approval procedure, as regulated in the Code of Administrative Procedure. This should take place within 60 days of submitting the application.
The Ministry of Finance has presented a draft amendment to regulations governing the provision of certain information, including, importantly, the PIT-11 form.