27 exceptions of foreigners, who don’t have to obtain a work permit for work in Poland

So far as the topic of the work permit is of the high interest I decided to be more precise and suggest You more details

So, next 27 exceptions for those aliens, who don’t have to obtain a work permit for work in Poland

1. Who resides within the territory of the Republic of Poland in relation with exercising short-term mobility of a management employee, specialist or an employee under training under the Intra-corporate transfer;
2. Who resides within the territory of the Republic of Poland in relation with exercising short-term mobility of a scientist;
3. Who resides within the territory of the Republic of Poland in relation with exercising mobility of a student;
4. Who has temporary residence permit in the Republic of Poland granted or having a national visa for the purpose of conducting scientific research or development works;
5. A spouse of a Polish citizen or a foreigner, holding temporary residence permit within the territory of the Republic of Poland, granted in relation with conclusion of marriage;
6. Who holds valid Card of the Pole;
7. Who is entitled to residing and working within the territory of a member state of the European Union or a country of the European Economic Area not being part of the European union or the Swiss Confederation, who is employed by an employer seated within the territory of that country or temporary delegated by that employer to provide services within the territory of the Republic of Poland;
8. In relation to whom, international agreements or separate provisions allow performance of work without the need for having the permit.
9. Who conducting training courses, undergoing professional trainings, serving as advisers, supervisors or performing a function requiring high qualifications and skills in programs implemented under activities of the European Union or other international aid programs, also on the basis of loans taken by the government of the Republic of Poland;
10.  Who are foreign language teachers working in preschools, schools, establishments, centers, teacher training centers or colleges, referred to in provisions on the educational system or in Voluntary Work Corpses;
11. Who are members of armed forces or civilian staff, performing work in the international military structures located within the territory of the Republic of Poland, or being foreigners delegated to implement armament programs implemented under the agreements to which the Republic of Poland is a party;
12. Who are permanent correspondents of the mass media, who were given accreditation, at a request of the Editor-in Chief of a foreign editorial department or agency, by the minister competent for Foreign Affairs, however, only within the scope of professional journalist activities performed for this editorial department or agency;
13. Persons performing artistic services, solo or in troupes, lasting up to 30 days in a calendar year;
14. Persons delivering, up to 30 days in a calendar year, occasional lectures, speeches or presentations with particular scientific or artistic value;
15. People being athletes performing, up to 30 days in a calendar year, work for an entity seated within the territory of the Republic of Poland, in relation with sport competitions;
16. performing work in relation with internationally prominent sporting events directed by a relevant international sport organization;
17.  being a member of the clergy, member of religious orders or other person performing work related to their religious function in churches and religious associations and in national inter-church organizations the status of which is regulated by an international agreement, provisions on the relationship between the State and the church or another religious association, or who act on the basis of entry in the register of churches and other religious associations, and also who perform work as part of performing religious function in other entities, on the basis of delegation from the relevant body of the church or another religious association, or its legal entity;
18. being students of full-time studies taken in the Republic of Poland or participants of full-time doctor studies taken in the Republic of Poland;
19. being students, who perform work under professional internships, to which they were directed by organizations being members of the international student associations;
20. being students, who perform work under cooperation of public employment services and their foreign partners, if the need to entrust performance of work to a foreigner is confirmed by the competent employment body;
21. being students of universities and vocational schools in the European Union member states or countries of the European Economic Area not being part of the European Union or the Swiss Confederation, who perform work under professional internship by the rules of their studies or the syllabus, under the condition that they were delegated for such internship by their relevant university or vocational school;
22. participating in the cultural or educational exchange programs, development and humanitarian aid programs or working holiday schemes for students, organized in the minister competent for labour;
23. being students of post-grammar schools, full-time university studies or full-time doctoral studies on Polish universities, in scientific institutions of the Polish Academy of Sciences or research institutes operating on the basis of regulation on research institutes;
24. performing work as research workers in the entities referred to in regulations on research institutes;
25. delegated by a foreign employer to the territory of the Republic of Poland, if they retain the permanent place of residence abroad, for the period not exceeding 3 months in a calendar year, for the purpose of:
    • performing assembly, conservation and repair works, of the delivered technologically complete equipment, constructions, machinery or other devices, if the foreign employer is the manufacturer thereof;
    • performing acceptance of the ordered equipment, machinery, other devices or parts, made by Polish entrepreneur;
    • providing training to employees of the Polish employer being the receiver of the equipment, constructions, machinery or other devices, referred to in letter a, within the scope of its handling and operation;
    • assembly and disassembly of exhibition stands as well as supervision thereon, in the exhibitor in the foreign employer, who delegates them for this purpose;
26. performing work for delegates of the European Parliament in relation with the capacity thereof;
27. empowered in accordance with the principals as stated in legal acts issued by the bodies designated pursuant to the Agreement establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and Turkey, signed in Ankara on 12 September 1963

Attention! Exemptions from the obligation of having work permit by a foreigner within the territory of Poland may also by stipulated by the specific provisions and international agreements

Sincerely,