The International Student Office helps students deal effectively with issues related to their arrival in Poland, establishing themselves in this country and follow-on residency issues during their period of study. The International Student Office also helps to contact family upon arrival, become acclimatized in Poland and at WSB-NLU, to handle medical issues, translation issues and understand why Polish men let women walk through the door first.

TASKS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT OFFICE

ISO is  focused on  ensuring a legal residency in the Republic of Poland for:

- WSB-NLU Students (procedures concerned with a temporary residence permit throughout the period of study at WSB-NLU)
- WSB-NLU Staff (procedures concerned with temporary residence permit throughout the period of contractual employment at WSB-NLU)


ISO offers assistance in:

- Filling and submitting of applications required for obtaining legal temporary residency permit in Poland;
- Translation of documentation required for the above mentioned applications;
- Preparation of student identification badges;
- Nostrification (formal approval) of diplomas needed for entry into WSB-NLU programmes;
- Finding a place of residence;
- Contacts with the Polish Embassy/Consulate in the student’s home country;
- Contacts with the Embassy/Consulate representing the student’s home country in Poland;
- Setting up a bank account;
- Purchasing of medical insurance;
- Finding and maintaining contacts with local health-care providers and staff
- First contact with the student’s family upon arrival in Nowy Sącz
- Maintaining contacts with the student’s family and/or the sending institution
- Informing the student about the Safety Regulations in place at WSB-NLU;