UK help and services in Poland

Services if you're visiting, studying, working or living in Poland. Includes information about trading with and doing business in the UK and Poland, and your rights after the UK’s exit from the EU.

Emergency help for British nationals in Poland

Get help if you're the victim of crime, you've been arrested, or are affected by a crisis abroad.
  • The British Embassy in Poland maintains and develops relations between the UK and Poland.

  • Contact the nearest British embassy, high commission, consulate or the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London to get help if you're the victim of crime abroad

  • Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.

  • Information for parents whose British child has been abducted in Poland by the other parent or a relative.

  • Information on Poland's legal and prison systems for British prisoners, their family and friends.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.

Passports and emergency travel documents in Poland

Includes how to cancel a lost passport, renew a passport and apply for an emergency travel document.

Travelling to Poland

Includes travel advice and how to get married abroad.

Coming to the UK from Poland

Get a visa to study, work or visit the UK.

Living in Poland

Guidance on your rights after the UK’s exit from the EU, accessing healthcare, getting a document legalised, English-speaking lawyers, how to vote abroad.

Tax, benefits, pensions and working abroad in Poland

Includes how to pay tax, claim State Pension and get tax credits abroad.
  • Benefits you can claim if you go abroad and countries with social security arrangements with the UK

  • What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council

  • Find out if you need to pay National Insurance in the UK or in the country you are visiting when you work abroad.

  • How to claim State Pension if you're overseas - payment, tax, change of circumstances - contact the International Pension Centre

  • Find out whether you need to pay UK tax on foreign income - residence and ‘non-dom’ status, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice (including certificates of residence)

  • Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

  • Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.

Birth, death and marriage abroad in Poland

Includes how to get married, list of funeral directors and how to register a birth abroad.

News and events in Poland

Find out about the UK government's diplomatic, security and development work in Poland.

Trade and invest: Poland

Includes investing and setting up a business in the UK and doing business in Poland.
  • DBT provides trade and investment services and practical support. We help UK companies succeed in Poland, and Polish companies set up and invest in the UK.

  • This guidance provides information on the main security and political risks which UK businesses may face when operating in Poland.

  • Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.

  • Science, innovation and tech underpin the economies of both Poland and the UK. Encouraging work between the two countries therefore produces benefits for both.

  • An introductory brief from the UK Science and Innovation Network which covers the local Science and Innovation landscape, UK priorities and successes in Poland.

British embassy or high commission in Poland

Includes contact details, opening hours and consular fees and local services.
  • The British Embassy in Poland maintains and develops relations between the UK and Poland.

  • This page lists guidance on how you can help yourself stay safe abroad, and the help the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can provide.