Number of statements issued about the intention to entrust the performance of work and the dynamics of change (%, year to year) in 2008-2018

When analyzing data on declarations of intention to entrust work to a foreigner, whose registration was completed at the end of 2017, with data on declarations on entrusting work to a foreigner, effective from 01/01/2018, it should noted that since 2018 the scope of data regarding statements. Currently they apply only to works that are not considered as seasonal. Hence the decrease in the number of statements issued in 2018 compared to 2017. The large number of statements issued does not mean that eventually so many foreigners came to Poland as some of them eventually resign from leaving. It does not also mean that a certain number of foreigners in Poland work permanently. Half of the employees from Ukraine come to Poland for a period of 1 to 3 months, and every fourth from 3 to 6 months. This means that the majority of Ukrainian citizens treat their stay in Poland as an opportunity for short-term earnings and use a simplified employment procedure that allows them to work for six months within 12 months.