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Poland Intra-Company Transfer Permit

Poland Residency
Pathway overview

At a glance

Poland's ICT permit supports a temporary transfer of a non-EU manager, specialist, or trainee from an overseas group company to a Polish host.

Roles
Manager, specialist, or graduate trainee
Prior employment
12 months, or 6 months for trainees
Who files
The Polish host entity

Summary

Poland's intra-corporate transferee permit allows a non-EU manager, specialist, or graduate trainee to transfer temporarily from a business outside the EU to a branch or company in the same group in Poland. The Polish host entity files the application.

This is a temporary group assignment: the worker remains connected to the overseas employer and is expected to return to a group entity outside the EU after the transfer.

A temporary transfer must stay within the same enterprise or group
  1. Verify the corporate and employment links Document the overseas employer, Polish host, and the applicable prior-employment period.
  2. Match the ICT role Use the manager, specialist, or graduate-trainee definition and prepare the assignment, pay, qualifications, and return plan.
  3. Have the Polish host apply Follow the host-led filing process and the initial-application location rules before the transfer.

This is not ordinary recruitment by an unrelated Polish business. ICT duration is limited, and the permit does not count toward Poland’s EU long-term residence requirement.

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Eligibility

The role must be one of the ICT categories:

Managers and specialists normally need at least 12 continuous months of prior employment with the overseas enterprise or group. Trainees normally need at least 6 months. The host and overseas business must belong to the same enterprise or group.

The application also requires assignment and employment terms, qualifications or experience, compliant pay, health insurance, housing, and evidence that the worker can return to a non-EU group entity afterward. For an initial application, the worker must be outside the EU; an extension of an existing Polish ICT permit has a separate rule.

What This Route Allows

Approval permits residence and the specified intra-group work in Poland. The maximum total ICT period is normally 3 years for managers and specialists and 1 year for trainees.

Short-term mobility to another participating EU state may be possible under separate ICT mobility rules. The worker and host must follow the notification or permit requirements of the second country.

What This Route Is Not

This is not ordinary recruitment into a Polish company, a transfer between unrelated businesses, or an indefinite assignment. It does not cover a role outside the manager, specialist, or trainee definitions.

Time on an ICT permit does not count toward Poland’s EU long-term residence requirement. Once the maximum is reached, the worker generally needs to leave or qualify for a different immigration category.

Next Steps

  1. Confirm the corporate relationship between the overseas employer and Polish host.
  2. Classify the role using the official manager, specialist, or trainee definition.
  3. Document the required 12- or 6-month prior employment period.
  4. Prepare the assignment letter, employment terms, qualifications, pay, insurance, housing, and return evidence.
  5. Have the Polish host file a paper application with the regional governor. ICT applications remain on paper after the general switch to MOS. The worker must normally be outside the EU for an initial application.

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