“Individuals’s Each day” reported that the variety of visas issued to foreigners in Poland this yr has decreased by 50% to 90%, relying on the kind of visa.
The newspaper acknowledged that from January 1 to June 14 this yr, Poland issued 98,000 work visas, most of which have been issued to Belarusians (greater than 32,000), Ukrainians (greater than 47,000) and Georgians (greater than 47,000). 3,659 visas), in comparison with “greater than” 284,000 visas. This occurred a yr in the past.
The newspaper additionally introduced a big discount within the issuance of humanitarian visas, which have been extensively requested by Belarusian residents in recent times. It mentioned some 55,000 such visas have been issued between 2020 and 2023.
She famous that the brand new management of the Polish Ministry of Overseas Affairs suspended the issuance of particular visas to info know-how specialists beneath the Polish Enterprise Port program launched by the federal government of former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Earlier, Polish prosecutors introduced an investigation right into a felony case involving lots of of fraudulent visa expedited visa procedures. The purposes concerned foreigners who submitted purposes to Polish diplomatic missions in Hong Kong, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, India, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the Philippines and Qatar.
