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The Ordinance of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 26 May 2025, amending the Ordinance on applications to grant foreign citizens long-term EU residence permits, was published on 30 May.
Yesterday,12 May, a package of migration laws, four laws comprising the so-called migration package, which were the subject of intensive legislative work in recent months, were published in the Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland), after they were signed by the President of Poland.
Social security statistics released for the end of last year show that almost 1.2 m foreigners (1 192.9 thousand, an increase of 65.1 thousand on 2023) were registered with ZUS. The largest group of people registered for social security are Ukrainian citizens, followed by people from Belarus and Georgia.
The Labour Market Department at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy has published data on the employment of foreign citizens in Poland for 2024. These statistics confirm that the number of foreign citizens finding employment in Poland continues to grow.
On 21 February 2025, Parliament passed a law on the conditions for the admissibility of the assignment of work to foreigners, which introduces significant changes in the procedures for the employment of foreigners. The new regulations abolish the labour market test, which means that the counties themselves will decide in which professions and industries they will limit the possibility of entrusting work to foreigners.
During work on the act setting out the conditions allowing foreigners to work in Poland, the Extraordinary Committee adopted an amendment to the Labour Code.