Field notes on living and doing business in Poland.
Residence, company, accounting, selling to Europe and technology — notes from the four stops, reference processes and the Senavia team's experiments.
A 3PL warehouse in Poland: how a Turkish seller should choose one (returns, VAT, GPSR, shipping)
A 3PL warehouse in Poland is the invisible infrastructure behind selling on Allegro and Amazon (.pl/.de): the return address, delivery speed and return inspection all run through it. This article sets out the legal framework to know before choosing a warehouse (14-day withdrawal, two-year liability for non-conformity, the GPSR responsible person, packaging and BDO, the VAT consequence of stock) and gives the questions to ask a 3PL as a decision checklist.
Accounting in Poland: what is mandatory for a company and a sole proprietorship
Accounting in Poland depends on the type of business: a Sp. z o.o. always keeps full books, while a sole proprietorship usually starts with a simpler record. This article explains who keeps which books, when and where the annual financial statement is filed, the JPK files, ZUS reporting once you hire, record retention periods and what determines the cost of accounting, based on official sources.
Cost of living in Poland: how to build your budget (with official data)
You can read the cost of living in Poland from official statistics rather than online guesses: minimum and average wages, how households spend, inflation, ZUS and NFZ amounts. For items with no official figure, such as rent, we explain how to research them. At the end: a monthly budget checklist and how it links to the income requirement of residence permits.
Exchanging a Turkish driving licence in Poland: who, when, which documents
A Turkish driving licence is not valid in Poland indefinitely: once your stay begins, the law gives you 6 months. Who the Polish licence exchange (wymiana prawa jazdy) is for, where to apply, which documents and sworn translation are needed, when an exam is required, fees and timing, and what happens to your Turkish licence.
Family reunification in Poland: residence permits for a spouse and children
A foreigner living in Poland can bring a spouse and minor children with a family reunification residence permit, but first their own status has to allow it. Who can sponsor, which family members are covered, the income, insurance and housing requirements, how to apply from Poland and from abroad, the separate route for spouses of Polish citizens, and work, business and school after the permit.
Poland residence permit: the first application step by step (MOS, documents, timing)
You came to Poland on a D visa, or you are here on another legal stay, and you are applying for a temporary residence permit for the first time. Since 27 April 2026 the application is electronic only: first PESEL and a trusted profile, then MOS, then the fingerprint appointment. What each document is for, which rights you have while the application is pending, and what the law says about decision time.
Shipping goods from Turkey to Poland: the A.TR certificate, the customs union, import VAT and EORI
When you ship commercial goods from Turkey to Poland, four concepts appear at once: the customs union, the A.TR certificate, import VAT and the EORI number. This article explains which products the customs union covers, what the A.TR does and why it is not a certificate of origin, how import VAT arises in Poland even when customs duty is zero, the conditions for settling it in the VAT return under art. 33a, where to get an EORI in Poland, and the role of the customs representative.
Health insurance in Poland (NFZ): employees, company owners, students and voluntary insurance
Who enters Polish public health insurance, and by which route, depends on how you work: the employer registers the employee, the sole trader (JDG) and the single shareholder of a company register themselves, a non-EU student signs a voluntary contract with NFZ, and family members are covered through the insured person. How to check your insurance, how it relates to residence permits, and what private insurance covers.
What is OSS: VAT on sales to the EU from Turkey and from Poland (OSS, IOSS)
Every e-commerce seller selling to consumers in the EU sooner or later runs into the abbreviations OSS and IOSS. This article explains in plain language the EU e-commerce VAT package in force since 1 July 2021, the EUR 10,000 threshold, the three special schemes (Union OSS, non-Union OSS, IOSS), which one applies to a seller shipping from Turkey, a Polish company and a seller using warehouses in other countries, and the registration and filing steps in Poland.
PESEL, address registration (meldunek) and a bank account in Poland: the three tasks of your first week
In your first week in Poland three registrations depend on each other: address registration (meldunek), the PESEL number and a bank account. The registration deadline is counted in days, PESEL usually follows from it, electronic government services require PESEL, and on a bank account the bank always decides. In which order, with which documents.
Poland D visa: application, documents and appointment for Turkish citizens
If you are coming to Poland for longer than three months, you apply in Turkey for a national D visa. The form is filled in e-konsulat, the appointment and submission are at VFS Global, and the consul decides. For which purpose, when and with which documents to apply; what the D visa gives you and what it doesn't.
A registered address and virtual office for your company in Poland: what it is for, what to check
Every company in Poland needs a registered seat and address; for a company run from Turkey that address is often a virtual office. The legal role of the address, what to check in a virtual office agreement, the tax office's address check, the e-delivery inbox, the address for service for a director living in Turkey, and changing the address.
Residence permit through a company: residence for business activity in Poland (conditions and the first-year reality)
Setting up a company in Poland does not by itself grant residence. Residence through a company is a separate permit: personal conditions, the company's income or employment, and an application filed through MOS. This article explains Article 142 of the Act on Foreigners, why a newly formed company struggles in its first year, the documents requested, the fee and the special provision on Turkish citizens, based on official sources.
School enrolment for children in Poland: kindergarten, primary school and Polish support
School enrolment in Poland works for a foreign child on the same terms as for a Polish child: public school is free, and your local primary school takes your child. Compulsory schooling ages, the right to kindergarten, enrolment steps, class placement with Turkish school documents, free extra Polish lessons and the preparatory class.
Taxes in Poland: company, VAT and income tax (2026 guide)
Taxes in Poland fall under three main headings: the company's corporate income tax (CIT), VAT on sales and the sole proprietor's personal income tax. 2026 rates, the conditions for the reduced 9% CIT, Estonian CIT, the Turkey–Poland treaty on profit distribution, the VAT exemption threshold, three tax forms for sole proprietors, the health contribution and the filing calendar; with official sources.
Amazon.pl and Amazon.de: selling to Germany from a Polish warehouse
On Amazon, .pl and .de are run from the same seller account; the real decisions are where the goods will sit and where VAT will arise. The VAT consequences of the four logistics models (own warehouse, EFN, CEE, Pan-EU), the packaging and electronics registrations specific to Germany (LUCID, WEEE), Amazon's 2026 checks, and a realistic order for a Turkish seller.
Forming a Polish company with a partner in Turkey: the preparation list (signature, power of attorney, apostille, bank)
A Sp. z o.o. can be formed in Poland while one or all shareholders are in Turkey; but what has to be done on the Turkish side depends entirely on the route. Remote formation with a qualified e-signature and no power of attorney, a notarial-deed power of attorney with apostille, an address for service in Poland, the real role of the PESEL and the most fragile step, the bank: a step-by-step preparation list.
The first 90 days after forming a company in Poland: CRBR, ZUS, e-delivery, VAT
Setting up a Sp. z o.o. in Poland is half the job; the real obligations start after the KRS entry, and most of them have deadlines counted in days. The post-formation calendar: beneficial-owner register (CRBR), ZUS, the e-delivery inbox, tax registrations, KSeF — and where a shareholder living in Turkey most often gets stuck.
Four ways to move to Poland: job offer, family, studies, company — which documents, in what order
For a Turkish citizen who wants to move to Poland there are four bases: an employer in Poland, a spouse or family there, a university admission, or a company set up with your own capital. Each route has its own documents, its own order and its own trap. If you have no basis, this article also tells you what not to do.
JDG or Sp. z o.o.? Which one a Turkish citizen can set up in Poland
The first question of a Turkish citizen who wants to start a business in Poland is the legal form: sole proprietorship (JDG) or limited liability company (Sp. z o.o.)? The answer depends on residence status before it depends on tax. Who may set up a JDG, who may only form a company, and how the two differ in liability, tax, ZUS and residence.
A letter from a Polish authority you don't understand: what to do
In Poland an official letter is usually not a question but a deadline. The three things to know before you open the envelope, how the deadline runs, which letters are urgent, and why a company owner should watch the e-delivery inbox rather than the mailbox.
Poland work permit: how the process works when you have an employer
In Poland it is your employer, not you, who applies for the work permit; you handle the visa and residence side. The step-by-step process under the rules in force since 1 June 2025: permit types and their new names, praca.gov.pl, timing and fees, the employer's obligations, the D visa, switching to a single permit in Poland, changing employer, and the 1, 3 and 4-year rule specific to Turkish citizens.
Renewing a residence card in Poland: timeline, documents and the most common mistake
Renewing a residence card (karta pobytu) in Poland is not about filling in a form but about managing a calendar. When to start, how applications work since 2026 (MOS), what rights you have after filing, which you don't, and why so many people end up in the last week.
Selling on Allegro from Turkey: company, VAT, shipping, returns — a realistic start
Allegro will open an account for a company in Turkey; but payouts, the return address, VAT registration with a fiscal representative, the GPSR responsible person and Polish-language customer service all arrive at once. This article describes the real steps of entering Allegro from Turkey: why we start with a Polish legal entity, how the product enters Poland, VAT and OSS, the Allegro account and Smart conditions, warehousing and shipping, withdrawal and complaint rules, and the profitability check first.
Why we built Senavia
Turkish speakers with business in Poland had two options: give up, or push through Polish-language processes alone. We lived the second one ourselves. Senavia exists to build the third way: a team based in Poland, speaking Turkish, running the process on your behalf.
Polish KSeF e-invoicing for e-commerce: the five-minute primer
Poland's mandatory e-invoicing system KSeF went live in stages in 2026: large companies in February, everyone else from April. If you sell through a Polish company, here is what KSeF asks of you, where it has to connect to your e-commerce setup, and the three integration mistakes we see most.
Reference process: DTC launch in Poland for a Turkish brand
A Turkish brand sets up its own Polish-registered store (DTC) and uses it as a bridge to Germany and Central Europe: what the end-to-end process looks like, what happens in four parallel tracks, how a six-week launch and the six-week rhythm after it are planned.