Assistance to cover the cost of transit/flight and transportation of property
Amount: twice the price of a second-class train ticket for travel from the station closest to the repatriate’s previous place of residence abroad to the place of settlement in Poland.
Eligible: the repatriate and members of their immediate family. The assistance is one-time
Granting authority: Government Plenipotentiary for Repatriation
Granting authority: the District Governor with jurisdiction over the repatriate’s place of settlement
Legal basis:
Article 17(1)(1) of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
Financial assistance for development and ongoing maintenance
Amount: twice the average gross monthly salary in the national economy announced by the President of Statistics Poland in the Official Journal of the Republic of Poland “Monitor Polski”, in the quarter preceding the day of granting the aid.
Eligible: the repatriate and each member of the repatriate’s immediate family.
The aid is one-time
Granting authority: Government Plenipotentiary for Repatriation,
Granting authority: the District Governor competent for the place of settlement of the repatriate
Legal basis:
Article 17(1)(2) of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
Financial assistance (one-time) to cover the costs of undertaking education in Poland
Eligible: minors, subject to compulsory education,
Amount: equivalent to the average monthly salary for each child.
The aid is one-time
Awarding body: Government Plenipotentiary for Repatriation,
Granting authority: Government Plenipotentiary for Repatriation.
Granting authority: the District Governor competent for the place of settlement of the repatriate
Legal basis:
Article 17(1)(3) of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
Consul’s assistance to cover travel expenses
Amount: twice the price of a second-class train ticket for travel from the station closest to the repatriate’s previous place of residence abroad to the place of settlement in Poland.
Eligible: the repatriate and members of their immediate family, if the person for whom a national visa for repatriation has been issued does not have sufficient funds to cover the cost of travel to Poland.
The assistance is one-time
Granting and disbursing authority: the consul with jurisdiction over the repatriate’s place of residence
Legal basis:
Article 17(1)(4) of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
Aid for partial coverage of the costs of renovation, adaptation or
furnishing of an apartment.
Eligible: repatriate and members of their immediate family
Conditions: costs incurred must be documented
Amount: the law indicates 6,000 zlotys per repatriate and each member of their immediate family sharing a household with the repatriate (but note, this amount is valorised annually, in 2024 it is 8,789.75 zlotys per eligible person).
Granting and disbursing authority: the District Governor competent for the place of settlement of the repatriate
Deadline: aid may be granted within two years of acquiring Polish citizenship through repatriation.
Legal basis:
Article 17(2) of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
Financial assistance to meet the housing needs of the repatriate
Eligible: repatriates who, on arriving in Poland, had proof of provision of settlement conditions in the form of a declaration by a Polish citizen referred to in Article 12(3)(3) of the Repatriation Act or a decision by the Government Plenipotentiary for Repatriation to grant a place in a centre
Amount: a maximum of PLN 25,000 per repatriate and per member of their immediate family running a household with them.
In the case of the purchase of a dwelling or house, the subsidy may be increased by a subsidy not exceeding PLN 25,000 in total per repatriate and each member of their immediate family.
In the case of a subsidy for rent or accommodation in a student house, the monthly amount of the subsidy may not exceed the amount of PLN 300 per each eligible person and may not exceed the monthly amount of rent/accommodation in a student house.
Purpose:
- a surcharge on the rent of an apartment or apartment building, or
- a subsidy to the fee for accommodation in a student house or
- a subsidy to the cost of acquiring a dwelling or residential building
Duration: no longer than 10 years from the date of arrival of the repatriate in the territory of the Republic of Poland (applies to persons who had a declaration of a Polish citizen as specified in Article 12, paragraph 3, item 3 of the Repatriation Act) or from the date on which the period of stay of the repatriate in the centre for repatriates expired, and in the case of a subsidy to the rent or fee for accommodation in a student house – for the duration of the contract/accommodation.
Granting authority: Government Plenipotentiary for Repatriation
Legal basis:
Article 17b of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
Person supporting a repatriate
Eligible: repatriates in a special situation.
The special situation may result in particular from:
- Old age
- State of health
- Lack of adaptation skills
- Failure to speak the Polish language to a sufficient degree
Tasks of the support person:
- providing information on how to deal with matters relevant to the repatriate in the field of medical care, education, social assistance and employment;
- support the repatriate in dealing with the matters referred to in point 1, in particular in the preparation of official letters on their behalf;
- assisting the elderly repatriate during medical appointments.
- requesting from relevant public authorities, organisations and institutions information necessary to provide assistance to the repatriate, including information containing personal data of the repatriate (with the consent of the repatriate)
Granting authority: the mayor of the city in the place of residence of the repatriate
Legal basis:
Articles 20n-20p of the Repatriation Act
Professional activation
Eligible: repatriates who do not have the ability to take up employment on their own
Description of assistance: support may include two types of assistance:
- reimbursement of part of the costs incurred by the repatriate to improve professional qualifications. These are tuition fees and fees for obtaining a certificate or a qualification title.
- Reimbursement of part of the costs incurred by the employer of the repatriate for the creation of a job, training of the repatriate, wages, awards and social security contributions
Each form of assistance may be subsidised only once
Granting authority: the District Governor competent for the place of residence of the repatriate
Term: a period of no more than 5 years from the date of acquisition of Polish citizenship by the repatriate.
Amount:
- The total amount of reimbursement of costs incurred by the repatriate for the improvement of professional qualifications shall be half of the costs associated with the improvement of professional qualifications, but no more than the equivalent of twice the average monthly salary in the quarter preceding the date of conclusion of the agreement between the District Governor and the repatriate (Article 23a of the Repatriation Act).
- The total amount of reimbursement incurred by the employer in all forms indicated in the law (Article 23(1)(2) of the Repatriation Act) may not exceed twelve times the average monthly salary in the quarter preceding the day of conclusion of the first of the agreements concluded for reimbursement between the employer and the District Governor. The employer must meet the conditions indicated in the law in order for the District Governor to conclude an agreement with them (Article 27(2) of the Repatriation Act).
Legal basis:
Articles 23 – 27 of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
Free health benefits
Eligible: persons who have acquired Polish citizenship through repatriation
Duration: 90 days from the date of crossing the Polish border
Legal basis:
Article 17d of the Repatriation Act
And the Act of August 27, 2004 on health care services financed from public funds (Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1285, as amended).
Language, vocational, other courses
Coverage of the cost of a Polish language course
Eligible: persons qualified for a national visa for the purpose of repatriation,
Granting authority: Consul
Polish language courses and adaptation in Polish society organised or commissioned to social organisations by the minister in charge of education and upbringing Eligible: persons qualified for the issuance of a national visa for the purpose of repatriation, Granting authority: Consul
Legal basis:
Article 18 of the Repatriation Act
(C) adaptation and integration classes, language courses, vocational courses and classes to learn about Polish history, traditions and customs organised for repatriates in centres for repatriates
Legal basis:
Article 20b of the Repatriation Act of November 9, 2000, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1105.
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