A jobseeker can register in several offices to ensure access to the broadest offer possible.
You can get the jobseeker status if you are:
- a Polish national;
- a national of:
- an European Union member state;
- a state in the European Economic Area not belonging to the European Union;
- a state not being a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who can benefit from the freedom of movement for workers based on the agreements executed by such states with the European Community or its member states (i.e. a national of Island, Lichtenstein, Norway or Switzerland).
- a foreign national:
- holding a refugee status in Poland;
- holding a permanent residence permit in Poland;
- holding a residence permit for EU long-term residence in Poland;
- holding a temporary residence permit in Poland, granted in connection with the circumstances mentioned in Article 127 or Article 186 section 1 item 3 the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2018 items 2094, 2399);
- holding a temporary residence permit in Poland, granted in connection with the circumstances mentioned in Article 144, Article 151 section 1, Article 151b section 1, Article 159 section 1, Article 160, Article 161, Article 161b section 1, Article 176, Article 186 section 1 item 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 or Article 187 the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2018 items 2094, 2399) or holding a national visa to complete first-degree university courses, second-degree university courses or long-cycle master programme, or education at the PhD studies, with a note reading "student", or a national visa to carry out scientific research or development works;
- holding a temporary residence permit mentioned in Article 114 section 1 or 1a or Article 126 section 1 the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2018 items 2094, 2399), or a visa granted to work in Poland;
- holding a visa in Poland, granted for the purpose mentioned in Article 60 section 1 item 5a the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2018 items 2094, 2399) or a temporary residence permit, mentioned in Article 185a the Act of 12 December 2013 on Foreigners (Journal of Laws of 2018 items 2094, 2399) or staying in Poland under the visa-free regime in connection with the application entered in the register of applications mentioned in Article 88p section 1 item 1;
- holding a residence permit due to humanitarian reasons or a consent for tolerated stay in Poland;
- benefitting from temporary protection in Poland;
- applying for granting international protection in Poland and a spouse, in the name of whom they apply for international protection, holding a certificate issued pursuant to Article 35 of the Act of 13 June 2003 on Granting Protection to Foreigners in Poland (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 1666 as amended);
- awarded supplementary protection in Poland;
- being a family member of a Polish national;
- a foreigner accompanying in Poland a foreigner being a national of:
- an European Union member state;
- a state in the European Economic Area not belonging to the European Union;
- a state not being a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who can benefit from the freedom of movement for workers based on the agreements executed by such states with the European Community or its member states (i.e. a national of Island, Lichtenstein, Norway or Switzerland);
- as a family member under Article 2 section 4 of the Act of 14 July 2006 on the entry into, residence in and exit from the Republic of Poland of nationals of the European Union Member States and their family members (Journal of Laws of 2019 items 293),