How does the oświadczenie work after the 2025 changes?

Simplified legalisation for citizens of Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine (Georgia removed as of 01.12.2025). Since June 2025: electronically only via praca.gov.pl, a 400 zł fee, the entry usually within ~7 business days, maximum work period on an oświadczenie: 24 months.

New obligations that are easy to forget: the signed contract copy to the authority before start, notification of the work start within 7 days, of non-start — within 14 days.

A pay raise during the oświadczenie period does not require repeating the legalisation procedure — what matters is the threshold, not the exact amount. A change in pay does require a contract annex (labour law).