Would you like to have Polish citizenship?
The Republic of Poland is one of the largest countries in Central Europe, bordering Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany. Its northern frontier on the Baltic Sea gives it easy access to Scandinavian and North Sea ports. After joining the EU, Poland became a focus for more investments and more immigration, and offered major opportunities for business developments. The exclusive service that we at Legacy offer to our clients includes obtaining Polish passports for yourself or for your family members should these be required.
Legacy has an added value for you.....
Legacy also helps those of its customers who are entitled to Polish citizenship to gain this status. We are very happy to offer you this friendly service, which requires us as your representatives to be in Poland in order to deal with whatever bureaucratic issues may arise, and to deal successfully with any problems that occur during this process.
You will deal only with our office in Poland, with no additional expenses for legal fees in your country, cross country handling charges, etc. Please read carefully the enclosed "Polish Citizenship" law, and learn more about your and your family's rights.
This extra service offered by Legacy is conducted in the most friendly and efficient manner by our professional staff who will represent your best interests in Poland.
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Be acquainted with the "Polish Citizenship" Law
Polish Citizenship - 7/9/2003
In accordance with the Statute on Polish Citizenship, of 15 February 1962 with later amendments (final text of statute, Dziennik Ustaw Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland, No. 28, item 353, 2000)
Article 4. A child acquires Polish citizenship by birth when:
1) both parents are Polish citizens or
2) one of the parents is a Polish citizen, whereas the other is of unknown or undefined citizenship or does not possess any citizenship.
Article 6. 1. A child of parents of which one is a Polish citizen, while the other is a citizen of another state, acquires Polish citizenship by birth. However the parents may, in a declaration made in conformity before the proper authority within the course of three months from the day of the birth of the child, choose for the child the citizenship of the foreign state of which one of the parents is a citizen, if according to the law of that state the child acquires its citizenship.
2. In the case when the parents are not in agreement on this matter, each of them may apply to a court for a resolution within the course of three months from the day of the birth of the child.
3. A child who acquired foreign citizenship in accordance with para. 1 or 2 acquires Polish citizenship if, after completing sixteen years and before six months prior to attaining full legal age, he or she makes the appropriate declaration before the proper authority and this authority issues a decision accepting the declaration. The proper authority outside of Poland for receiving declarations concerning citizenship is a consul of the Republic of Poland.
Article 8. 1. A foreigner may be granted Polish citizenship at his or her request, if he or she is residing in Poland for at least five years on the basis of a permanent residence permit.
2. In particularly justified cases a foreigner may be granted Polish citizenship at his or her request, even though he or she does not meet the conditions defined in para. 1.
3. The granting of Polish citizenship may be dependent on a submission of proof of the loss of or dispensation from a foreign citizenship.
4. The granting of Polish citizenship to both parents extends to the children remaining under their parental authority.
5. The granting of Polish citizenship to only one parent extends to the children, if:
1) they remain exclusively under that parent's parental authority or
2) the other parent is a Polish citizen or
3) the other parent has expressed consent before the proper authority to the acquisition by the child of Polish citizenship.
6. Polish citizenship may be granted to children under guardianship only with the consent of the guardian expressed in an appropriate declaration made before the proper authority after prior compliance with the requirements of the pertinent foreign law.
7. The granting or extension of the granting of Polish citizenship to children sixteen years of age or older occurs only with their consent.
Article 10. 1. A foreigner who has been granted a permanent residence permit within the Republic of Poland and who has been married for at least three years to a person possessing Polish citizenship may acquire Polish citizenship if he or she makes an appropriate declaration, within the period of time defined in para. 1a, before the proper authority and this authority issues a decision on the acceptance of the declaration.
1a. The period of time for making the declaration of will , referred to in item 1, comprises 6 months from the day of the acquisition by the foreigner of the permanent residence permit or 3 years and 6 months from the day of contracting marriage with a person holding Polish citizenship.
2. The acceptance of the declaration may be dependent on a submission of proof of the loss of or dispensation from a foreign citizenship.
Article 13. 1. A Polish citizen loses his or her Polish citizenship at his or her own request after obtaining approval from the President of the Republic of Poland for the renouncing of Polish citizenship.
2. The approval for the renouncing of Polish citizenship granted to parents is extended to the children remaining under their parental authority.
3. The approval for the renouncing of Polish citizenship granted to one of the parents extends to the children remaining under that parent's parental authority, when the other parent is not entitled to parental authority or the other parent is not a Polish citizen or when the other parent is a Polish citizen and expresses his or her consent before the proper authority for the loss of Polish citizenship by the children.
4. In the case when the second parent is a Polish citizen and objects to the extension onto the children of the approval for the renouncing of Polish citizenship granted to the first parent or when an agreement encounters obstacles that are difficult to surmount, each of the parents may apply to a court for a resolution.
5. The approval for the renouncing of citizenship is extended to children sixteen years of age or older only with their consent.
The proper authority in such matters as above is:
1. a wojewoda [voievode or provincial governor] for persons residing in Poland,
2. a consul of the Republic of Poland for persons residing abroad.
Persons who do not possess documents which provide evidence of their Polish citizenship, and who would like to clarify whether they still possess this citizenship or have lost it, may apply for a confirmation of possession or loss of Polish citizenship . In the case of persons belonging to a 2nd or subsequent generation of Polish emigrants, for the purpose of establishing whether the person has retained Polish citizenship it is indispensable, inter alia, to present a sequence of documents, commencing with the birth certificate, issued in Poland, of the family member in direct line of descent who at some time in the past settled outside of the borders of the Polish state.
The information above comprises only a summary of the basic principles in force in Polish law relating to Polish citizenship and was compiled on the basis of the Statute on Polish Citizenship, of 15 February 1962 (with later amendments), the final text of which was published in the Dziennik Ustaw ( Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland) No. 28, item 353, in the year 2000. The text of the statute in Polish can be found on a web page at www.sejm.gov.pl. Please keep in mind that under Polish law there were in force, in the corresponding periods: the statute on citizenship of the Polish State of the 20th of January 1920 and the statute on Polish citizenship of the 8th of January 1951. The provisions of Polish law that were in force at the time of the occurrence of events significant to the case in hand are applicable in the resolution of questions of Polish citizenship.
