Polish citizenship and Polish passport
Nearly 300 applications for restoration of polish citizenship For 4 months now foreigners may seek restoration of polish citizenship, which they had in the past and lost before 1 January 1999. So far, the Ministry of Interior has received 289 applications for restoration of polish citizenship, including 232 through consulates. Minister Jacek Cichocki has already issued 187 decisions – including 181 on restoration of polish citizenship to foreigners. Outside of Poland foreigners file their applications in consulates located primarily in Germany, Sweden, the United States and Canada.Some more information about polish citizenship here - CK Law Office - legal assistance.
Restoration of polish citizenship is a new legal instrument. So far foreigners could not seek restoration of polish citizenship. Until recently, foreigners could acquire polish citizenship through – inter alia – the act of the President of the Republic of Poland. The procedure for restoration of polish citizenship may be used by – inter alia – persons, who acquired foreign citizenship between August 1962 and December 1998 and received a permission to change polish citizenship to a foreign one, thus losing polish citizenship. Foreigners, who had had polish citizenship in the past and lost it before 1 January 1999, may seek its restoration through applying to the Minister of Interior. For this purpose, a foreigner residing in the territory of Poland shall file a special application. Foreigners residing outside of the territory of the Republic of Poland shall file applications for restoration of polish citizenship via consuls competent for the place of residence.
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In the four months the new provisions have been in place, 289 applications for restoration of polish citizenship have been filed with the Ministry of Interior. The majority of applications, as many as 232, have been filed via relevant consulates. 57 applications have been submitted directly to MI. Most of the applications via consulates have been filed in Germany – 93 (including 45 in Cologne, 30 in Berlin, 11 in Hamburg and 7 in Munich). In Sweden, foreigners filed 53 applications, in the United States 20, and 19 in Canada. Minister of Interior Jacek Cichocki has issued 187 decisions so far – including 181 on the restoration of polish citizenship to foreigners. Foreigners who lost polish citizenship after 1 January 1999 could and are still able to apply for the polish citizenship to be granted by the President of the Republic of Poland.
Polish citizenship and Polish passport
The application for restoration of polish citizenship shall contain, inter alia: data of a foreigner, address of residence, declaration on having polish citizenship in the past, information on circumstances of its loss, as well as a curriculum vitae. A foreigner’s application for restoration of polish citizenship shall be accompanied by, inter alia: documents confirming identity and citizenship, documents confirming loss of polish citizenship and a photograph.Some more information about polish citizenship and polish passport - CK Law Office Kancelaria Adwokacka
Applications, declarations and documents drafted in a foreign language shall be filed together with their translation made or certified by a sworn translator or a consul. The Minister of Interior shall issue a decision on restoration of polish citizenship pursuant to the provisions of the Act on polish citizenship, while applying the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Code in the process. The provisions of the Act of 2 April 2009 on polish citizenship and the Ordinance of 8 May 2012 on the specimen form for application for restoration of polish citizenship and a photograph attached to the application came into force on 15 May this year.
