Legal acts
Rules that regulate foreigners' work in Poland are defined in the following legal acts:
- Act of 20 April 2004 on promotion of employment and labour market institutions (Journal of Law of the Republic of Poland 2004 No 99, item 1001 with changes) – http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20040991001.
- Ordinance of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 30 August 2006 on performing work by foreigners without a necessity to obtain a work permit (J.L. 2006 No 156, item 1116 with changes) - http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20061561116.
- Ordinance of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 29 January 2009 on issuing work permits for foreigners (J.L. 2009 No 16, item 84) - http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20090160084.
- Ordinance of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 29 January 2009 on defining cases in which work permit for a foreigner is issued regardless to detailed conditions for issuing work permits for foreigners (J.L. 2009 No 16, item 85) - http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20090160085.
- Ordinance of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 17 October 2007 on an amount of fee paid for applying for a work permit for a foreigner (J.L. 2007 No 195, item 1409) - http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20071951409.
Rules that regulate preforming economic activities are defined in the following legal act:
- Act of 2 July 2004 on freedom of economic activities (J.L. 2004 No 173, item 1807 with changes) – http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/DetailsServlet?id=WDU20041731807.






