Life / I'm engaged to a girl from Poland. Moving to Poland from the US. [28]


You throw the word you around quite a bit. In the US where I've been, we hear multiple different languages daily, and appreciate hearing them. I can't remember ever saying dumb foreigner, unless joking with my foreign finacee'. Yes, I should know the language a little better, but I've only been engaged for a little more than a year, and for some crazy reason, Polish wasn't an option for language courses through high school and college. So I'm learning as quickly as I can.

Life / I'm engaged to a girl from Poland. Moving to Poland from the US. [28]

Hey Eric,

Now I'm here. I'm in Warsaw just on my 90 days with my passport. I've been here for a few weeks and we get married at the end of May. My fiancee's family is great; her parents don't speak much English, and I don't speak much Polish (even with almost a year of learning the language), but they are very nice, and are teaching me the old ways of making sausage and peroggie. I'm in Warsaw most of the time. So far, I have not had the best experience with the other people around. I feel like I'm being glared at on the streets and busses, especially when people hear English. Actually I don't feel it, I see it. Is this a Polish thing, or just a city/Warsaw thing? My fiancee and I were going to come back to US after we were married, but we found out it will take a while for her to be able to come to the US, and we do not want to be separated any more. Do you know if I can work in Poland, or other countries in the EU after we're married? Or do I need to go back to the US, apply for a work visa or temporary resident visa, then come back again? There's a lot of info out there, but who knows what is correct or not. A lot of the places I've looked have conflicting information.

Also I am a football fan. As well as a baseball fan. Anyone know of any bars in Warsaw that might have Yankees games? I'll worry about football when the season comes. Finally, are there any places where Americans might typically hang out in Warsaw? I go out with my fiancee and her friends, but the conversations inevitably slip into Polish, and I can't understand most of it, especially the slang and the inside jokes. It would be awesome to speak English with someone besides her.

USA, Canada / OBTAINING POLISH CITIZENSHIP (living in the USA). Petition documents? [28]

Hello. I am an American citizen, and I am marrying a Polish citizen in the end of May. I just came to Poland, and I am living with her in Warsaw until after the wedding. I know normally I have 90 days in the country with my American Passport. After we are married, can I stay? Can I go elsewhere with her in the EU? Most importantly, can I work in Poland or the rest of the EU? We were planning on going back to the US and starting our life together, but my lawyer there told me because of the application process for US immigrants visa, she may not be able to come to the US until 2010. We've had to be separate every year for at least 5 months for the last four years, and we vowed never to have to do that again after our marriage. Can someone point me in the right direction for info, not just speculations? Preferably to a website in English, although in Polish would be ok too. Thanks.

Life / I'm engaged to a girl from Poland. Moving to Poland from the US. [28]


Unfortunately, cooks dont make much here either, but for some crazy reason I've chosen this as my profession, and I love it. I never really saw myself as much of a teacher. i guess I could try it out. My fiancee' also says I might be better off teaching English. Thanks for the tip.