{"id":129431,"date":"2025-03-10T23:26:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129431\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"dozens-of-thousands-of-belarusians-seek-legalization-in-poland-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/129431\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland: nearly 50,000 Belarusians seek legalization in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> More than 48,000 Belarusians asked officials in Poland to legalize their stay there in 2024, the United Transitional Cabinet (UTC) reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It cited Tomasz Cytrynowicz, head of the Polish Office for Foreigners, who met with UTC deputy head Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka and other Belarusian democrats today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cytrynowicz said Poland is making efforts to reduce the time it takes to consider these requests. In particular, there are plans to amend the law on foreigners in the second half of 2025 to introduce a system accepting electronic documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141atu\u0161ka suggested issuing Polish travel documents valid for over a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pasport_vnzh_litva_POZ_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s aide: Poland&#039;s new visa policy aims to ensure transparency<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 5, Pozirk. Dzianis Ku\u010dynski, a diplomatic advisor for \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, says that the pro-democracy forces are aware of Poland scaling down the issuance of humanitarian visas and continue to work against isolating Belarusians from Europe. Earlier today, Warsaw was &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/128793\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 10, Pozirk. More than 48,000 Belarusians asked officials in Poland to legalize their stay there in 2024, the United Transitional Cabinet (UTC) reported. It cited Tomasz Cytrynowicz, head of the Polish Office for Foreigners, who met with UTC deputy head Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka and other Belarusian democrats today. Cytrynowicz said Poland is making efforts to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":81385,"template":"","rubric":[14,13],"class_list":["post-129431","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Poland: nearly 50,000 Belarusians seek legalization in 2024 | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 10, Pozirk. 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