Polish citizenship
People with Polish roots, when they do not have documents proving their Polish citizenship (a Polish passport or ID) or whose personal data and citizenship cannot be ascertained, may apply for confirmation of the Polish citizenship. Of course, it does not mean that all people can apply for the Polish citizenship – all interested people must verify their Polish roots through a special procedure (confirmation of the Polish citizenship).
The Polish nationality law is based upon the principles of ius sanguinis (it is a different system than ius soli - which is in force in USA, for example). Children of Polish parents usually acquire the Polish citizenship regardless of the place of birth. People born in Poland but having foreign parents do not normally acquire the Polish citizenship. Therefore, this system is based on descent, not on the place of birth.
http://www.cklawoffice.eu/ The Polish law does not deal with a problem of dual citizenship, therefore Poland will consider a person with dual citizenship as having only the Polish citizenship. Thus, Poland does not approve the foreign citizenship of people when they are on Polish soil.
Polish citizenship - Polish passport
Today, the Polish citizenship & passport open doors to the whole European Union.
To confirm the Polish citizenship (procedure of confirmation of Polish citizenship), the following documents are usually necessary:
- An application letter filled in Polish.
- Two passport photographs.
- A detailed autobiography in Polish, including the details of Polish ancestry.
- Birth certificate.
- Marriage certificate (if a person is married).
- Certified copy of foreign passport or another ID.
- Certified copy of naturalization certificate of an applicant, his/her parents or grandparents (whichever applicable).
- Declaration (in Polish) what other citizenship(s) an applicant has (or had).
- Declaration (in Polish) if applicant or his/her parents or grandparents ever renounced the Polish citizenship.
- Certified copies of any documents proving Polish ancestry (for example, parents' or grandparents' birth certificates, baptism or marriage certificates etc.)
Consular fee must be also paid. Procedure (confirmation of the Polish citizenship) carried out by a qualified law office is not much more expensive, but is a better option, as embassies do not provide any legal help if problems appear.
