Poland is facing another border crisis

Every year, the Polish labor market supplies so many immigrants from Ukraine that Polish institutions have a problem with handling their visa applications. A private company helps, but its contract is just about to expire. In order to guarantee the continuity of issuing visas, a new entity should start providing this service in November. It is already known that there is no chance for this because the tender announced by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Kyiv contained errors. This means that the issuing of visas for Ukrainians may be suspended next month, and Poland is facing another crisis. The whole situation will have an impact on Polish companies, which benefit to a large extent from the influx of workers from the East.

“Unfortunately, we have a crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, and in a moment we may also have a crisis on the border with Ukraine. This is related to the tender for visa service, which – due to the wrong announcement – may not be settled, which will result in paralysis,” Jakub Kulesza, chairman of the Confederation's deputies, said.

Polish diplomatic missions in Ukraine issue around 1.2 million visas each year. There are so many applications of Ukrainians to come to Poland that the institutions are not able to handle them on their own. Therefore, cooperation with an external company is needed. This is also the case in other EU countries, where specialized private entities help embassies and consulates process applications and issue visas.

(Newseria)