Comments on: Foreigners in Poland – registration “zameldowanie” http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/ British expat in Poland. Guide to Polish living for EU citizens, bureaucracy and general ramblings Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:29:12 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ciara http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Ciara Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:31:10 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-928 Hi, Me again - finally got around to starting the process of zameldowanie - my landlord is very happy to fill out the form, but unfortunately he has lost the 2 (!!) that i brought him. He told me that I can find the form online to print off - however, as my Polish is limited, I haven't been able to find it (the temporary one for 3 months). I can't get to the Urzad place very easily as I have now started my new job (which is why I need the zameldowanie to get the NIP number....) and it starts and ends before/after the Urzad's office hours... Do you know where I could find the form online?? I've found the forms that you need to register yourself here after 3 months - but not the 3 month one... Any help would be appreciated! PS: Thank you so much for posting such a blog!! It's really a huuuuuge help! :) Hi,

Me again – finally got around to starting the process of zameldowanie – my landlord is very happy to fill out the form, but unfortunately he has lost the 2 (!!) that i brought him. He told me that I can find the form online to print off – however, as my Polish is limited, I haven’t been able to find it (the temporary one for 3 months). I can’t get to the Urzad place very easily as I have now started my new job (which is why I need the zameldowanie to get the NIP number….) and it starts and ends before/after the Urzad’s office hours… Do you know where I could find the form online?? I’ve found the forms that you need to register yourself here after 3 months – but not the 3 month one…

Any help would be appreciated!

PS: Thank you so much for posting such a blog!! It’s really a huuuuuge help! :)

]]> By: Ben http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-639 Ben Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:00:30 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-639 Just your passport will be fine. Regarding business I suggest that if you don't speak Polish that you go and find a good English speaking accountant that can help you. Just your passport will be fine. Regarding business I suggest that if you don’t speak Polish that you go and find a good English speaking accountant that can help you.

]]> By: Gary http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-638 Gary Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:40:00 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-638 Hi , im going to live with my girlfriend in poland and her family which will register me on their property,. my girlfriend will come to the office in krakow for me to register, i know to bring my passport but, is anything else relevent on this matter? . Then shortly im starting my own small business which i want to register on my own name first and im from scotland. What is the best solution for me my friend? Hi , im going to live with my girlfriend in poland and her family which will register me on their property,. my girlfriend will come to the office in krakow for me to register, i know to bring my passport but, is anything else relevent on this matter? . Then shortly im starting my own small business which i want to register on my own name first and im from scotland. What is the best solution for me my friend?

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]]> By: nicolas http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-392 nicolas Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:33:30 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-392 Don t worry, your parents names are not to be punished, it is just the way that the polish administration is making the differences between its citizens with the same name and same birthdate and place. I know that in France it is according to your christian additional names that they process. Well, it has been one and half year i am in Poland, i am studying and i m not registered yet! (coming from Fance by the way, so EU) Tips: if you need to open a bank account, the bank WBK just asks for your passport and 20 minutes of your time! but right now i will be obliged to register cause i want to take my driving licence here. anyway i would need it to find a work! Don t worry, your parents names are not to be punished, it is just the way that the polish administration is making the differences between its citizens with the same name and same birthdate and place. I know that in France it is according to your christian additional names that they process.
Well, it has been one and half year i am in Poland, i am studying and i m not registered yet! (coming from Fance by the way, so EU)
Tips: if you need to open a bank account, the bank WBK just asks for your passport and 20 minutes of your time!
but right now i will be obliged to register cause i want to take my driving licence here. anyway i would need it to find a work!

]]> By: Ciara http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Ciara Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:25:03 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-376 Thank you very much! I'll do that! It's all such a pain! Thanks again :) Thank you very much! I’ll do that! It’s all such a pain! Thanks again :)

]]> By: Ben http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Ben Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:48:17 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-375 Employers are required to send employees this form by the end of February to show the employee his/her earnings for the previous year. The employee then has until the end of April to file his/her tax return. I would advise you to see an accountant. My one charges 40 PLN to do this PIT return. Your situation might be more complicated but either way it shouldn't cost a fortune and will save you a lot of headache. You won't find any info on this as you say - partly because the rules change each year and anything to do with tax is complicated. But there are loads of accountants in each town so I advice you to take what documents you have, take someone that speaks Polish (if you don't) and track one down. Employers are required to send employees this form by the end of February to show the employee his/her earnings for the previous year. The employee then has until the end of April to file his/her tax return.

I would advise you to see an accountant. My one charges 40 PLN to do this PIT return. Your situation might be more complicated but either way it shouldn’t cost a fortune and will save you a lot of headache.

You won’t find any info on this as you say – partly because the rules change each year and anything to do with tax is complicated. But there are loads of accountants in each town so I advice you to take what documents you have, take someone that speaks Polish (if you don’t) and track one down.

]]> By: Ciara http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Ciara Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:31:40 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-374 Thanks! At the end of each month, my boss took an estimated amount of money from my wage, which was towards the tax. I was told when I was leaving, to please get a NIP number and a lot of other stuff, which made no sense to me, since I was leaving anyway, and they'd taken money off me anyway (bloody bureaucracy). Now, the company has sent me a PIT-11 and I don't have a clue what to do with this form, either (and how they could've filled it out without my NIP number, I don't know - the space where my NIP number was to go, was left blank)! I did have a type of contract, called a 'Umowa O Dzielo'.... It's so difficult to find any sort of information on all this paperwork! Even my Polish acquaintances have absolutely no idea.... Thanks! At the end of each month, my boss took an estimated amount of money from my wage, which was towards the tax. I was told when I was leaving, to please get a NIP number and a lot of other stuff, which made no sense to me, since I was leaving anyway, and they’d taken money off me anyway (bloody bureaucracy). Now, the company has sent me a PIT-11 and I don’t have a clue what to do with this form, either (and how they could’ve filled it out without my NIP number, I don’t know – the space where my NIP number was to go, was left blank)! I did have a type of contract, called a ‘Umowa O Dzielo’…. It’s so difficult to find any sort of information on all this paperwork! Even my Polish acquaintances have absolutely no idea….

]]> By: Ben http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Ben Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:30:16 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-372 Well it's true that nothing bad seems to happen to those people that don't bother to register, but if you don't register then you start to get problems occur such as your situation. If you are going to leave the country then I imagine you don't really care if you leave a bit of a mess behind with your tax in Poland. It would probably be a headache for your employer though because I don't see how he was legally employing you without a NIP number. Also, if you didn't earn much or were only here for part of the year then you may well be entitled to get some of your tax back. Whether this is worth the hassle or not depends on your situation. But I suspect your employer isn't even paying your tax anyway as you have no NIP number, no registration and I will guess no contract... Well it’s true that nothing bad seems to happen to those people that don’t bother to register, but if you don’t register then you start to get problems occur such as your situation.
If you are going to leave the country then I imagine you don’t really care if you leave a bit of a mess behind with your tax in Poland. It would probably be a headache for your employer though because I don’t see how he was legally employing you without a NIP number.
Also, if you didn’t earn much or were only here for part of the year then you may well be entitled to get some of your tax back. Whether this is worth the hassle or not depends on your situation.
But I suspect your employer isn’t even paying your tax anyway as you have no NIP number, no registration and I will guess no contract…

]]> By: Ciara http://www.britishinpoland.com/blog/2008/02/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Ciara Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:11:36 +0000 http://polishben.wordpress.com/2008/02/28/foreigners-in-poland-registration-zameldowanie/#comment-367 Hi, I also have a problem - I read that you don't really need to be registered sometimes??! I worked for 1 semester in Krakow and my boss just took an estimated amount off my wage for taxes, but I didn't have a NIP number. Now that I'm leaving, he's asking me for the NIP number and I'm just wondering if I'd get into trouble if I didn't get it. I'm not registered here either and am planning on moving somewhere else soon, too, so it seems a bit pointless really. Any clues what'd happen if I left it? Any advice would be appreciated :) Ciara Hi,

I also have a problem – I read that you don’t really need to be registered sometimes??! I worked for 1 semester in Krakow and my boss just took an estimated amount off my wage for taxes, but I didn’t have a NIP number. Now that I’m leaving, he’s asking me for the NIP number and I’m just wondering if I’d get into trouble if I didn’t get it. I’m not registered here either and am planning on moving somewhere else soon, too, so it seems a bit pointless really. Any clues what’d happen if I left it? Any advice would be appreciated :)

Ciara

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