Date of entry into force: 1st May 2015.The new Regulation on work permit for foreigners predominantly complies with a previous Regulation of 29th January 2009. The most significant amendments concerning the proceedings before the Poviate Governor’s [“starosta” in Polish] information of the possibility to satisfy the human-resource needs of a person who wishes to employ foreigners has been issued. These includes a/o a right to limit the scope of the persons, among whom the District Employment Office is seeking to recruit the candidates who fulfil requirements specified in a job offer; it also includes a possibility to not agree on some candidates who has been chosen in this procedure.