EU Helpers claims that data from last year and the first half of this year reveal that Poland was the country that issued the most work visas to citizens of Ukraine, Belarus, and Turkey.

A list given by Konkret24 shows that in 2022, Poland issued 10,946 national visas to Turks, 120,914 national visas to Belarusians, and 138,789 work visas to Ukrainians.

India is the next country on the list of the top 15, with 9,786 work visas expected to be issued in 2022, followed by Georgia (8,413), Moldova (7,222), Uzbekistan (5,326), the Philippines (5,284), Nepal (3,325), Russia (3,206), Indonesia (2,716), Kazakhstan (2,662), Azerbaijan (2,309), Turkmenistan (2,277), and Armenia (1,997).

Data from the past year indicate that Poland also issued regular visas to citizens of the aforementioned nations, but fewer of them.

In addition to the information already mentioned, Konkret24 also provided a table of work visas granted during the first half of 2023.

Similar to last year, Poland granted the most work visas to Turks, Belarussians, and citizens of Ukraine in the first half of this year, with 62,994, 62,236, and 5,429 national visas each for these nations.

The list also contains Bangladesh (1,772), Moldova (1,751), Kazakhstan (1,632), Vietnam (1,507), Azerbaijan (1,236), Armenia (1,128), and Indonesia (1,093). India (3,398), Nepal (3,345), and the Philippines (3,210) are also included.

Since Law and Justice Party chairman Jaroslaw Kaczyski announced plans for relocating migrants, the issue of foreigners coming to work in Poland has attracted increased attention, as Konkret24 explains.

Kaczyski announced a vote on the subject earlier in June. The EU relocation mechanism was, however, rejected by the Polish parliament.

As we fast-forward to July, some people suggested outsourcing visa processing and criticized the Minister of Foreign Affairs' proposed regulation regarding the nations from which foreigners are allowed to apply for visas.

Later, it was clarified that there had been an increase in applications for work visas and that the regulation's goal was to expedite the decision-making process due to Poland's need for workers in specific industries.