Poland is the one large Filipino labour market in Central Europe without its own Migrant Workers Office: labour matters run through Prague, consular matters through Warsaw, and the visa through the Embassy in Manila. This page sets out who does what on the Philippine side, in the order that keeps the Polish permit, the Manila visa and the Philippine exit documents aligned.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office in Prague, which has handled labour matters for Poland since December 2021, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist. Your company is the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
The Migrant Workers Office in Prague accredits the Polish employer — recruitment agreement with our agency, job order, master employment contract, company documents — and verifies each contract before departure; it also holds contract-verification sessions in Poland during the Embassy's consular Sundays. The Philippine Embassy in Warsaw provides consular services, runs a law unit in Szczecin for the coastal Filipino community and cooperates with the National Labour Inspectorate on working conditions; it does not verify contracts itself. There is no Poland–Philippines labour agreement: recruitment follows the Act of 20 March 2025 on the Polish side and the DMW rules on the Philippine side, and the Philippine ban on direct hiring applies — Polish employers recruit through a DMW-licensed agency.
Polish employers obtained more work permits for Filipinos than for any other nationality in 2024, after growth from about 7,500 permits in 2020 to some 30,000 in 2023; in January–April 2025 the Philippines was second with 12,500 permits, and the Embassy issued 6,183 work visas in the Philippines in 2024. The Philippine Embassy estimated about 20,000 Filipinos in Poland in February 2026, with the largest registered groups in Mazowieckie and around Szczecin. The 2025 fall in total permits to 251,500 (22 % down) followed the Embassy's visa capacity and stricter rules rather than demand — which is why the Philippine side of a Polish recruitment is planned around the visa-appointment calendar.
Recruitment runs through our own DMW-licensed agency, Prime Search Manpower Agency Inc. in Makati (licence DMW-027-LB-11182024): your company is accredited at the Migrant Workers Office in Prague, which has handled labour matters for Poland since December 2021, the job order is registered with the DMW, and every worker leaves Manila with a verified contract, medical clearance, pre-departure orientation and an Overseas Employment Certificate. Recruitment follows the employer-pays principle: no applicant pays for an interview, a trade test or a place on a shortlist. Your company is the employer from day one; we never employ or lease the workers.
Everything here is subject to the Act of 20 March 2025 on the conditions for entrusting work to foreigners, the Act on Foreigners, the voivode's practice in force, the Polish Embassy in Manila's appointment rules, Polish labour law and Philippine DMW rules.
The Migrant Workers Office in Prague, which has handled labour matters for Poland since 1 December 2021; the Embassy in Warsaw provides consular services and hosts contract-verification sessions during consular Sundays.
No agreement is in force; drafts were discussed in earlier years. Recruitment runs under the Polish Act of 20 March 2025 and the DMW rules.
No — the Philippine ban on direct hiring applies; recruitment runs through a DMW-licensed agency with MWO Prague accreditation, and the worker leaves with an Overseas Employment Certificate.
About 20,000 by the Embassy's estimate in February 2026; the Philippines was the largest source of Polish work permits in 2024.
General information for employers, not legal or migration advice. Rules change; we re-verify before each hire.