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Poland · digital nomad visa · 2026

Poland's digital nomad visa: no dedicated visa

Poland has no dedicated digital nomad visa. Here is what that means in practice, what route remote workers actually use, and how the days are counted.

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How we know

Every figure here is as gov.pl publishes it, checked 18 August 2026. Where a number is our own arithmetic rather than a printed figure, the row says so.

Status
No dedicated visa
Visa
No dedicated programme. Alternatives: national long-stay (type D) visa, and zezwolenie na pobyt czasowy w celu prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej (temporary residence permit for the purpose of conducting business activity) — NEITHER is a digital nomad visa
Who qualifies
The business-activity temporary residence permit is available to foreigners conducting business activity in Poland, or performing management functions in companies, managing partnerships, or acting as a proxy (prokurent). Poland's Office for Foreigners (Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców) publishes no remote-work or digital nomad ground.
Official page
gov.pl
Checked
18 August 2026

Sources are listed further down the page.

What to know before you apply

Poland has NO digital nomad visa. IMPORTANT CORRECTION to widely circulated guidance: POLAND BUSINESS HARBOUR IS SUSPENDED. The official programme site carries the banner 'Program Poland Business Harbour został wstrzymany' (the Poland Business Harbour programme has been suspended). No reopening date or detailed closure notice is given on that page. Several 2026 secondary guides still describe PBH as active and accepting partner-company recommendations via gov.pl/pbh — the official page contradicts them and is preferred here. The genuine routes for a non-EU remote worker are therefore: (a) a national long-stay type D visa, and (b) the temporary residence permit for conducting business activity, which requires you to actually run a business or hold a management/proxy role in Poland, not to work remotely for a foreign employer. The income test (12x average monthly remuneration in the preceding tax year) is a formula and no absolute PLN figure could be verified: gov.pl subpages render as a JavaScript single-page app and every specific gov.pl/web/udsc and voivodeship-office URL attempted returned the portal homepage rather than the permit content, so the condition is cited from migrant.info.pl (secondary). Permit duration and fee for that permit could not be verified from any reachable page and are omitted.

What it means for your tax days

A visa is permission to stay; tax residency follows the days you actually spend. Check Poland's tax authority for the day test that applies to you — and count the days either way.

Sources

  • gov.pl — official source, checked 2026-08-18
  • gov.pl (official), retrieved 2026-08-18
  • migrant.info.pl (secondary), retrieved 2026-08-18

Questions people ask about Poland

Does Poland have a digital nomad visa?

No. Poland has no dedicated digital nomad visa. Poland has NO digital nomad visa. IMPORTANT CORRECTION to widely circulated guidance: POLAND BUSINESS HARBOUR IS SUSPENDED. The official programme site carries the banner 'Program Poland Business Harbour został wstrzymany' (the Poland Business Harbour programme has been suspended). No reopening date or detailed closure notice is given on that page. Several 2026 secondary guides still describe PBH as active and accepting partner-company recommendations via gov.pl/pbh — the official page contradicts them and is preferred here. The genuine routes for a non-EU remote worker are therefore: (a) a national long-stay type D visa, and (b) the temporary residence permit for conducting business activity, which requires you to actually run a business or hold a management/proxy role in Poland, not to work remotely for a foreign employer. The income test (12x average monthly remuneration in the preceding tax year) is a formula and no absolute PLN figure could be verified: gov.pl subpages render as a JavaScript single-page app and every specific gov.pl/web/udsc and voivodeship-office URL attempted returned the portal homepage rather than the permit content, so the condition is cited from migrant.info.pl (secondary). Permit duration and fee for that permit could not be verified from any reachable page and are omitted.

Does a digital nomad visa in Poland make you tax resident?

A visa and tax residency are different things: the visa lets you stay, the tax rules follow the days you actually spend. Check Poland's tax authority for the day test that applies to you.

How does Stretch help with the Poland stay?

Log the day you land and Stretch counts the days against the permission you are on, shows the date you must be out, and reminds you at 14, 7, 3 and 1 days. It also tallies the days that count towards tax residency, so the 183-day question answers itself. The counting and the alerts are free, forever.

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Poland, the rest of it

Stretch is a tracker, not legal advice, and this is not tax advice. Visa and tax rules change and are applied by the authority, not by an app — every figure here shows its source and the date we checked it. Checked 2026-08-18; confirm on the official page before you apply or file.