The Polish Border Guard’s morning bulletin for 12 February 2026 paints a mixed picture along the country’s frontiers. Officers reported no attempts to cross illegally from Belarus for the first time in weeks, although a 78 km buffer zone—created in 2024 and repeatedly extended—remains off-limits to the public and NGOs(tysol.pl).
At Poland’s internal Schengen borders, temporary controls introduced on 7 July 2025 and subsequently prolonged until at least 4 April 2026 continue to generate significant screening volumes. On 11 February alone, guards checked nearly 4,800 travellers and 2,100 vehicles entering from Germany and about 4,400 travellers and 2,200 vehicles arriving from Lithuania, refusing entry to one individual who did not meet admission rules(tysol.pl). The Interior Ministry argues the measures are essential to stem migrant-smuggling routes, while business groups say the spot checks add up to 40 minutes to truck journeys.
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Travel documentation can therefore become an unexpected bottleneck: VisaHQ’s Warsaw team can check your eligibility, secure any necessary visas for onward travel, and keep you updated on rule changes, all through a single online dashboard (https://www.visahq.com/poland/), saving companies and individual travellers both time and penalties.
Although the statistics suggest the deterrent effect is holding on the Belarusian axis, authorities caution that crossing numbers tend to fluctuate with weather and smugglers’ tactics. The buffer-zone regulation, renewed every 90 days, will be reviewed again in March. Human-rights organisations continue to lobby for humanitarian corridors and independent monitoring.
Companies moving staff or cargo across these borders should anticipate intermittent delays and plan for documentary spot checks even within the Schengen Area. Carriers are reminded that drivers without correct ID or mandates risk on-the-spot fines and vehicle impoundment. Mobility managers should brief travellers to carry passports or national ID cards rather than relying solely on driver’s licences, and to allow extra time when routing via Budzisko, Ogrodniki or the 16 checkpoints along the German frontier.
At Poland’s internal Schengen borders, temporary controls introduced on 7 July 2025 and subsequently prolonged until at least 4 April 2026 continue to generate significant screening volumes. On 11 February alone, guards checked nearly 4,800 travellers and 2,100 vehicles entering from Germany and about 4,400 travellers and 2,200 vehicles arriving from Lithuania, refusing entry to one individual who did not meet admission rules(tysol.pl). The Interior Ministry argues the measures are essential to stem migrant-smuggling routes, while business groups say the spot checks add up to 40 minutes to truck journeys.
Travel documentation can therefore become an unexpected bottleneck: VisaHQ’s Warsaw team can check your eligibility, secure any necessary visas for onward travel, and keep you updated on rule changes, all through a single online dashboard (https://www.visahq.com/poland/), saving companies and individual travellers both time and penalties.
Although the statistics suggest the deterrent effect is holding on the Belarusian axis, authorities caution that crossing numbers tend to fluctuate with weather and smugglers’ tactics. The buffer-zone regulation, renewed every 90 days, will be reviewed again in March. Human-rights organisations continue to lobby for humanitarian corridors and independent monitoring.
Companies moving staff or cargo across these borders should anticipate intermittent delays and plan for documentary spot checks even within the Schengen Area. Carriers are reminded that drivers without correct ID or mandates risk on-the-spot fines and vehicle impoundment. Mobility managers should brief travellers to carry passports or national ID cards rather than relying solely on driver’s licences, and to allow extra time when routing via Budzisko, Ogrodniki or the 16 checkpoints along the German frontier.
