Poland has significantly reduced the number of visas it issues to foreign nationals, with cuts reaching as high as 90% in some categories, government officials said this week.
Henryka Mościcka-Dendys, Poland’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced the decision, citing growing concerns over abuse of the country’s visa system.
Speaking to reporters, she explained that Poland had previously offered some of the most accessible pathways to legal residency in the European Union, but that openness had increasingly been exploited.