Editorial standards, sources and corrections

What SettlePL publishes

We publish practical explanations and personalised task routes for people moving to, living in and working in Poland, plus pre-launch product information for employers, universities and professional partners that may support them.

Content is written to help a reader identify the correct official authority, understand which questions are separate and organise the next action. It must not decide a person’s legal status, predict an authority’s decision or present general information as personal legal advice. Demonstration screens and future commercial proposals are labelled as such.

Source hierarchy

Immigration, employment, healthcare, tax and data-protection information can affect a person’s rights and safety. We therefore prioritise primary sources and show the source beside important guidance.

• Polish legislation and official Polish government services
• The Office for Foreigners and MOS
• Relevant ministries, voivodeship offices and municipalities
• NFZ, ZUS, Statistics Poland, UODO and other competent public bodies
• Official professional registers for sworn translators and regulated lawyers
• EU institutions where EU law or free movement is relevant

Commercial provider copy, social-media posts and unattributed articles are not treated as authority for legal or administrative requirements.

How a guide is reviewed

• Define the user situation and the decision the page must help with.
• Check claims against the linked primary sources.
• Separate entry, stay, work, travel and local-registration questions where they differ.
• Add a review date, official links, uncertainty warning and professional-help threshold.
• Test every published internal route and source link.
• Re-check time-sensitive guidance after a material legal or administrative change.

Drafting and translation tools may assist with structure and language. A responsible SettlePL editor remains accountable for the published page and its source checks. Machine translation is provided for accessibility; the Polish authority’s current source remains decisive.

Editorial and commercial separation

A service provider cannot buy a change to immigration, employment or settlement guidance. Paid placements must be clearly identified, kept separate from official-source content and linked using the appropriate sponsored relationship where a commercial destination is introduced.

Lawyers, sworn translators and property providers may contribute factual explanations or review content in their field. Any named contribution, review or commercial relationship must be disclosed. A link or contribution does not mean that a public authority endorses SettlePL.

Corrections and update requests

Email hello@settlepl.com with the subject “SettlePL guide correction”, the page address, the sentence or link concerned and the current official source. Do not attach passports, visas, residence cards, medical records or personal case papers.

Material errors are corrected promptly. Where a change could affect a deadline, work, travel, safety or legal status, it receives priority review. The displayed review date changes only after the content has actually been re-checked.

External contributors and reviewers

SettlePL will identify a contributor by name, professional status and verification source only after they have agreed to the attribution and the scope of their contribution. A regulated lawyer reviews legal interpretation; a sworn translator reviews language or translation-process content; an HR or relocation practitioner may contribute operational experience.

Until a qualified reviewer is formally engaged and named, a page remains labelled as official-source guidance reviewed by the responsible editor named on that page—not “lawyer approved” or “expert reviewed.”