The plan would extend the residency requirement for foreigners from three to ten years and introduce tax, language and citizenship test requirements. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński has expressed reservations, saying the conservative president’s reform oversimplifies a deeper problem, but the liberal government has indicated it will submit its own proposal by the end of October. While the government argues that Poland’s current waiting period is among the shortest in Europe, in practice applicants often wait years for approval.