#Alert: New testing requirements on entry to Poland from outside UE applicable from tomorrow

From 15 December until 31 January 2022 travellers entering Poland from outside UE will be subject to 14 days of quarantine unless they present confirmation of negative result of a COVID test in Polish or English.

The test has to be performed no less than 24 hours before crossing Polish border. The 24 hour period is calculated since results of the Covid test..

The technology of the Covid test is currently not limited only to PCR tests – other types of test are accepted. We expect this may be amended in a close period, to unify requirements for tests required for entry to Poland.

Only two groups will be exempt from testing:

• pupils of Polish schools or schools in a neighbour country with their guardians travelling together)
• children enrolled to Polish kindergartens or kindergartens in a neighbour country (with their guardians travelling together)

Other groups of travellers (such as persons already fully vaccinated against Covid or workers) will have to present a Covid test.

The above restrictions do not apply to persons whose last stretch of travel to Poland is from another EU country. Such travellers are subject to previous (more relaxed) rules, that e.g. allow to avoid quarantine by presenting confirmation of EU-approved vaccination.

Only persons entering Poland directly from outside UE are subject to above new restrictions.