The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) re-issued its Poland travel advisory on 13 January 2026, keeping the overall risk rating unchanged but adding new guidance for travellers who hold both British and Polish citizenship. Dual nationals returning to the United Kingdom on a Polish passport may be asked for extra proof of UK residence—especially during Poland’s temporary German and Lithuanian border checks that heighten secondary ID scrutiny.
The bulletin also reiterates warnings about sporadic Russian missile strikes near the Ukrainian frontier and notes that Polish authorities can restrict access within 20 km of the eastern border without notice. While the advisory imposes no new legal requirements, insurers often peg premiums to FCDO wording, so corporate travel managers should check policies covering staff trips to Lublin, Rzeszów or Przemyśl.
Travellers who need clearer guidance on visas, passports or dual-national documentation can quickly check requirements and begin any necessary applications through VisaHQ. The platform tracks the latest FCDO updates, offers real-time support for Polish and UK travel documents and can even arrange courier pick-ups when original paperwork must be submitted: https://www.visahq.com/poland/.
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For employers hosting conferences in Kraków or Poznań, the key takeaway is documentation: dual-national delegates should carry a valid UK biometric passport or physical proof of settled status when boarding flights home. Airline check-in agents have been instructed to apply enhanced verification if a passenger presents only an EU-issued passport.
Mobility teams should circulate the update through travel-management channels, ensure that duty-of-care platforms capture the narrower border-zone advice and adjust traveller briefings accordingly. Firms running Ukraine-adjacent humanitarian projects may need to remind staff that local roadblocks or military checkpoints can spring up with little warning.
The FCDO says it will review the note again once Poland’s extended border checks expire in April, but in the meantime travellers can expect sporadic document requests on both road and rail routes out of Poland.
The bulletin also reiterates warnings about sporadic Russian missile strikes near the Ukrainian frontier and notes that Polish authorities can restrict access within 20 km of the eastern border without notice. While the advisory imposes no new legal requirements, insurers often peg premiums to FCDO wording, so corporate travel managers should check policies covering staff trips to Lublin, Rzeszów or Przemyśl.
Travellers who need clearer guidance on visas, passports or dual-national documentation can quickly check requirements and begin any necessary applications through VisaHQ. The platform tracks the latest FCDO updates, offers real-time support for Polish and UK travel documents and can even arrange courier pick-ups when original paperwork must be submitted: https://www.visahq.com/poland/.
For employers hosting conferences in Kraków or Poznań, the key takeaway is documentation: dual-national delegates should carry a valid UK biometric passport or physical proof of settled status when boarding flights home. Airline check-in agents have been instructed to apply enhanced verification if a passenger presents only an EU-issued passport.
Mobility teams should circulate the update through travel-management channels, ensure that duty-of-care platforms capture the narrower border-zone advice and adjust traveller briefings accordingly. Firms running Ukraine-adjacent humanitarian projects may need to remind staff that local roadblocks or military checkpoints can spring up with little warning.
The FCDO says it will review the note again once Poland’s extended border checks expire in April, but in the meantime travellers can expect sporadic document requests on both road and rail routes out of Poland.
