It is possible to lease land for 99 years. The policy of transferring of expropriated land and other property to its former owners brings uncertainty to ownership right. Usually, it is prohibited to buy agricultural land. Restitution of property to former owners does not create any problems to investors due to the financial compensation. Foreign investors can repatriate incomes, capital, salary and other payments freely.
Some limitations exist concerning currency exchange.
Foreign investors can transfer all their incomes and repatriate capital abroad. The government guarantees domestic convertibility of zloty. Forint is not fully convertible yet, but there is a hope that it will be reached in 1994-1995. An investor has a right to convert Forint into hard currency according to official rate and pay dividends or repatriate deductions of capital.