deedee6 13.11.05, 14:50 Can a foreigner rent a flat in Poland? Thanks in avance for a reply. Odpowiedz Link czytaj wygodnie posty
usenetposts Re: Renting a flat in Poland (by foreigners) 13.11.05, 14:58 Sure you can. Actually living in it depends on whether you've got the ability to stay in Poland, which depends where you come from, but whether you have that ability or not, your right to rent one is absolutely unrestricted. Odpowiedz Link
bartis_ervin Re: Renting a flat in Poland (by foreigners) 13.11.05, 17:38 I guess you were asking about signing a contract and registering it with the authorities. As far as I know, the only condition is that the foreigner is staying legally in Poland. Meaning: has permit to stay for a determined period of time or has permit to settle. If the permit to stay is for a period of 1 year and you want to sign the contract for 2 years it might be a problem because the local authorities will register you at that certain address only for 1 year. As Dave said, to obtain the staying permit, there are different rules for EU and non-EU citizens. Ervin thebartis.blogspot.com Odpowiedz Link
usenetposts Re: Renting a flat in Poland (by foreigners) 13.11.05, 18:04 It is worth adding to what you said, Ervin, that it is perfectly okay for a person to hire a flat and live in it during their visits on business instead of an hotel. Then if their visits were too short to require the "meldowanie", which I think is quite a short period, actually, although I can't remember how long it is, actually, they could have their short stays there. The requirement to register the rent contract with the tax office falls on the local owner, and not the foreign tenant. Odpowiedz Link
ianek70 Re: Renting a flat in Poland (by foreigners) 16.11.05, 23:09 usenetposts napisał: > It is worth adding to what you said, Ervin, that it is perfectly okay for a > person to hire a flat and live in it during their visits on business instead of > > an hotel. > > Then if their visits were too short to require the "meldowanie", which I think > is quite a short period, actually, although I can't remember how long it is, > actually, they could have their short stays there. > > The requirement to register the rent contract with the tax office falls on the > local owner, and not the foreign tenant. You can actually buy a flat (but not a house) without any Polish documents (use your passport as ID) and then use it as a base, but if you can't be bothered with the zameldowanie and other paperwork you'll become an illegal immigrant if you spend more than three months in it. So keep the lights out and stereo turned down For a long time I was legally working here but illegally living in my own legally-owned flat. Poles tolerate pointless bureaucracy because it gives them something to moan about, although it's just as easy to ignore it here as anywhere else. Odpowiedz Link