Poland · Business & founder
Poland Business Harbour
SUSPENDED since 26 January 2024 by Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, and still suspended in 2026. No new visas or recommendations are being issued. Suspension followed findings that holders were transiting to other EU states rather than staying in Poland. Not formally closed — resumption is conditioned on 'solutions that guarantee proper verification', but no timeline has emerged in over two years.
Included specifically as a warning. The legacy programme page on gov.pl still reads as though PBH is live and carries no suspension notice, and commercial 'PBH 2026 guides' are still selling it. The MFA statement is the authoritative source. This is a case where an official government page is actively misleading.
Qualifying routes
Fast-track visa with an MFA recommendation — not currently being issued
The facts
- Total landed cost
- n/a while suspended
- Physical presence
- n/a
- Family
- previously included spouse and minor children
- Permanent residency
- Existing holders must switch to a standard residence permit before expiry
- Citizenship
- Via the standard route only
- Language test
- B1 Polish
- Dual citizenship
- Permitted
- Suspended since January 2024 with no new visas issued. Any advisor marketing PBH in 2026 is selling a programme that is not operating.
- The gov.pl programme page still presents PBH as live with no suspension notice. Do not rely on it — rely on the MFA statement.
- Existing PBH visa holders remain valid to expiry but must switch to a standard residence permit before then.