From the 1st of May, 2014 the new Act on foreigners came into force. In my city, Warsaw, it looks like the new rules caused some mess. In the Voivodship Office on Długa St. there are crowds of disorientated foreigners, some time ago occurred a serious breakdown of the new fingerprints collection IT system...
I try to learn for my clients, how the new rules work in practice. For today, my biggest doubt concerns the system of applying jointly for work permit and residence permit. It is true, that we can do it by visiting only one office (not two, like earlier), but the whole procedure takes more time! When the previous Act on foreigners was in force, I was able to achieve work permit and residence permit for my clients within 2 months. Now I was told by an official, that the new procedure will take 3 months.
Legal basis:
- The Act of 30 December 2013 on foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2013., item 1650)
