Blue Card in Poland
The scope of rights of a majority of citizen refers to foreigners with permit for temporary residence for the purposes of performing work requiring high qualifications: the legislator offers various privileges to such foreigners after meeting a number of conditions.
The Council Directive 2009/50/EC of 25 May 2009 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of highly qualified employment has been implemented into Polish legal order by the Act of 27 April 2012 on amendments to the Act on foreigners and the Act on employment promotion and labour market institutions. At present, the permit for temporary residence for the purposes of performing work requiring high qualifications is issued based on Article 127 of the Act of 12 December 2013 on foreigners.