{"id":14022,"date":"2017-09-24T09:05:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T09:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archiwum.wroclife.pl\/?p=14022"},"modified":"2017-09-24T09:10:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T09:10:04","slug":"wroclaws-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archiwum.wroclife.pl\/nasze-miasto\/wroclaws-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Wroc\u0142aw\u2019s Fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that the weather is changing and the nights are drawing in, there is a\u00a0noticeable change in Wroc\u0142aw too. Like the trees in the forests, the community of foreigners living here undergo a\u00a0transformation at the end of every summer.<\/h2>\n

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\nThose of us who are here for the long haul are the conifers of the expat forest; we remain rooted and mostly unchanged while the others \u2013 the deciduous newcomers \u2013 around us move, transform, fall down and start to grow again. We grow in this time and try to extend our branches into new spaces, while our neighbours seem to move so quickly; living a\u00a0whole season of change, colour, and life. It looks so fun, so fast, so far away, yet so familiar too.
\nThat\u2019s right, summer is over; last year\u2019s Erasmus students have gone, leaving behind them only memories and empty bottles of vodka. Fear not though, as they\u2019re already being replaced by a\u00a0whole new intake of foreign students set to make Wroc\u0142aw their home for the year. How many of them will decide to stay for longer, we don\u2019t know\u2026 what we do know is the forums for Wroc\u0142aw\u2019s foreigners are full of flat seekers once again. This cycle repeats every year \u2013 people looking for temporary homes. One pattern of foreigner conversation that recurs and persists more frequently though, is\u2026Urz\u0105d Wojew\u00f3dzki. That, and where to find a\u00a0good hairdresser or dentist who can speak English!<\/p>\n

So, Urz\u0105d Wojew\u00f3dzki: (queue grumbling pains from countless foreigners) it\u2019s the most talked about topic since Michael Forbes told foreigners here to wake up! For all the foreigners reading this, if you\u2019re expecting a\u00a0solution to your suffering, or some inside secrets on how to speed up your application\u2026 I\u2019m sorry but you won\u2019t find them here \u2013 I\u2019m not a\u00a0magician! What follows is a\u00a0light-hearted look at the comments on the \u201cfunctioning\u201d of the system: something like a\u00a0modern day, real life „Mi\u015b”.<\/p>\n

Generally, people are fed up with the service offered by Urz\u0105d Wojew\u00f3dzki in Wroc\u0142aw. They are frustrated and annoyed at the time it takes to obtain the famous \u201cblue card\u201d or get other residency\/visa decisions. Some foreigners complain at the lack of English speakers in the office, claiming that their home countries have English speaking staff in the office which primarily deals with foreigners! For other people, this is not a\u00a0valid point: we\u2019re in Poland, we should speak Polish. Either way, everyone agrees (in their respective languages) that the queues at Urz\u0105d Wojew\u00f3dzki are simply unacceptable. Did you know people start queuing at five in the morning?<\/p>\n

The system and organisation is described as farcical by many on the Wroc\u0142aw Expats forum.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the recent comments:<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u201cI\u2019ve already been waiting 3 months. I\u00a0emailed them and after two weeks they answered me by email saying I\u00a0should wait 8 more months to get the decision. So, I\u00a0have to wait for a\u00a0year for a\u00a0document which is only valid for a\u00a0year!\u201d<\/span>
\n Anonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u00a0don\u2019t know if they will fix this useless 3rd world system. I\u00a0am sure in this case Wroc\u0142aw lose more foreigners and they will feel economic way later on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Anonymous<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cYou just have to be fine with the incompetence of people who take almost eight months to process a\u00a0temporary residency permit. Some Polish people have tried to explain the delay to me by blaming Polish work ethic, which I\u00a0have completely rejected on the grounds of insulting and sometimes also racist reasoning, while others emphasise the obvious: a\u00a0huge influx of applications…<\/span>
\n I\u00a0felt sooo sorry for the manager at Urz\u0105d in Wroc\u0142aw because I\u00a0felt she was really trying her best to cope, even though the crappy system was working against her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Christiaan Boonzaier<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u00a0have had nothing but fast and efficient experiences in ZUS, GUS and Urz\u0105d Miejski. Urz\u0105d Wojew\u00f3dzki is the only exception for me \u2013 but they always seemed to be doing their best\u2026 \u2026ZUS is very technologically advanced but they haven\u2019t made the same investments in UW.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Amanda Anthony<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u00a0have nothing good to say about Urz\u0105d Wojew\u00f3dzki at all. To say the least it is an inhuman experience. It\u2019s just a\u00a0mess of incompetence and uncaring. I\u00a0probably had one of the worst inspectors. Waited over 14 months for my Karta Pobytu. Not just waited of course but lost documents, unanswered phone calls and letters, etc… etc… Many times the classic room shuffle. Room A\u00a0sends you to room B for some paperwork. B send you to C. C send you back to A. Repeat, repeat. No one willing to care about you or make a\u00a0phone call to coordinate with the other rooms. All deny responsibility and have 0 care. What an awful place\u2026 My experiences there led me to invest only 1\/4 of what I\u00a0was planning to in Poland. When one part of Polish government is trying to encourage investment and entrepreneurship, Urz\u0105d Wojew\u00f3dzki seems to be doing their best to discourage it!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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