Signatures

Another small but important thingy when you do business in Poland. Always ask if people want your regular signature or your readable signature.

Where I come from, The Netherlands, you only have one signature and you can freely be creative with that one. In Poland they will look strange when you put your normal signature that you already put on documents thousands of times, because they from time to time want to be able to read your signature.

A Dutch notary when I asked him about this said that he believed that this was actually a good idea. People making a creative sign how can they be identified as the real identity?

Also be aware that your full readable signature consists of your full (Christian) name. In The Netherlands, f. i., you get Christian names by birth which is used for your baptising, and never ever anymore. Until you suddenly move to Poland and they start to use your full name, i.e. the one in your passport.

Failing signing with a wrong name can lead to fines from official instances, so be warned!