delphiandomine: Do other countries have this insane system of registration, too?
Belgium has it as well. This procedure does not apply to immigrants only, but natives as well. And it even goes much further than that. When you move to another house, a police inspector comes to check you and your place. He will do the following:
- check that you actually live there (and that the former tenant left).
- read your contract for renting the place.
- ensure that you are not the victim of an unscrupulous landlord (for example who makes you pay a huge amount of money to live in a rotten place).
- he will inform you about regulations applying to your street (for example when and how to put your trash bags on the sidewalk, where you can park your car) and give you a booklet published by the City full of useful informations (in some cities).
- he will give you his visit card so if you need help or information in the future, you can contact him/her at the police station.
- if he feels like he needs it, he has the right to interrogate neighbours.
MIPK: not sure if that was a dig at me or not but will take it light heartedly.
It was not directed at you. I took the opportunity to make these comments, as we were in one more thread about migrating to Poland. And this forum is full of complaints from "candidates" who get lost, confused, or just can't make it professionally once they are in Poland. So, better warn one more time and make sure people have a clear mind about what they want and what they need do to get it. ;-)
Ziemowit: You should not confound the ZUS with health insurance. These are separate things. ZUS, as its name indicates - Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych - deals with social security, that is with your pension and the like, whereas the cost of your health insurance (ubezpieczenie zdrowotne) is deducted from your salary to the account of NFZ - Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia.
When I pay ZUS every month, I do it via internet banking (I do it myself as I'm running my own business). I select "Payment to ZUS" and I make 3 different payments as you mentioned: Ubezpieczenie spółeczne, Ubezpieczenie zdrowotne, Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia. Altogether they cover pension and medical care. But they all fit under the ZUS label even if they are different organizations.
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