On 8 May 2025, the President of the Republic of Poland signed the Act of 4 April 2025 amending certain acts to eliminate irregularities in the visa system of the Republic of Poland.
The Act comes into force on 1 July 2025., introducing, among other things, changes to the Act on the Polish Language, concerning the rules for granting certificates of proficiency in Polish as a foreign language without the need to take an exam.
The amendments consist in specifying that a foreigner or a Polish citizen permanently residing abroad may obtain, upon application, a certificate of proficiency in Polish, without having to pass an examination in Polish as a foreign language, if he/she has graduated from a course of study conducted in Polish in a higher education institution operating in the higher education and science system of the Republic of Poland or from a post-secondary school, a post-primary school referred to in Article 18(1)(2)(a), (b) or (e) of the Act of 14 December 2016. - Education Law or an art school providing general education in the scope of a general secondary school, operating in the educational system of the Republic of Poland, and holds a secondary school certificate. In addition, such a person will be issued with a certificate attesting to his or her knowledge of Polish as a foreign language at a language proficiency level - respectively, in the case of completion of first-cycle studies - B2, second-cycle studies in Polish philology - C1, second-cycle studies in another field - B2, uniform master's studies - B2. (Source: https://www.prezydent.pl/)
Applications submitted from 1 July 2025 will be processed in accordance with the rules cited above.
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