The Karpacki Border Guard Unit, headquartered in Zakopane, disclosed on 14 June that officers deported a 45-year-old Ukrainian national for overstaying her visa-free period and working without authorisation. She received a five-year entry ban to Poland and the wider Schengen area. In a separate incident, a Georgian man was detained for attempting to exit Poland with a forged residence card.
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Travellers and employers looking to avoid similar pitfalls can benefit from the step-by-step visa and document support offered by VisaHQ. Through its dedicated Poland portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/), the service simplifies work-permit applications, residence-card renewals and business-travel paperwork, ensuring that applicants stay within authorised stay limits and meet every compliance checkpoint.
The twin cases highlight Poland’s use of accelerated administrative procedures introduced last December: the Ukrainian woman was served a return decision and transported to the Medyka border crossing within 24 hours of her arrest. For companies employing Ukrainian citizens under the special protective regime, the case is a reminder that work without a formal declaration or permit still constitutes an offence. Forgery of Polish residence permits has risen 18 % year-on-year, according to Border Guard statistics, prompting airports and rail terminals in the south to install additional document scanners. Travellers carrying older plastic cards are advised to arrive early in case of secondary inspection. From a duty-of-care standpoint, organisations should verify that assignment support vendors register Ukrainian staff correctly in the new digital “Praca” portal and that exit-endorsement letters are issued before personal travel outside Poland. Border officials emphasise that legitimate cross-border workers remain welcome but warned that penalties for document fraud can include multi-year EU entry bans and criminal prosecution in the issuing country.
Travellers and employers looking to avoid similar pitfalls can benefit from the step-by-step visa and document support offered by VisaHQ. Through its dedicated Poland portal (https://www.visahq.com/poland/), the service simplifies work-permit applications, residence-card renewals and business-travel paperwork, ensuring that applicants stay within authorised stay limits and meet every compliance checkpoint.
The twin cases highlight Poland’s use of accelerated administrative procedures introduced last December: the Ukrainian woman was served a return decision and transported to the Medyka border crossing within 24 hours of her arrest. For companies employing Ukrainian citizens under the special protective regime, the case is a reminder that work without a formal declaration or permit still constitutes an offence. Forgery of Polish residence permits has risen 18 % year-on-year, according to Border Guard statistics, prompting airports and rail terminals in the south to install additional document scanners. Travellers carrying older plastic cards are advised to arrive early in case of secondary inspection. From a duty-of-care standpoint, organisations should verify that assignment support vendors register Ukrainian staff correctly in the new digital “Praca” portal and that exit-endorsement letters are issued before personal travel outside Poland. Border officials emphasise that legitimate cross-border workers remain welcome but warned that penalties for document fraud can include multi-year EU entry bans and criminal prosecution in the issuing country.
