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Polish emergency passport [12]
On another forum, there's a thread about a Polish colleague who was mugged and had his wallet, including his Polish passport stolen. His father died suddenly, and he needs to fly home urgently, and apparently the Polish embassy are saying he needs to apply for a visa, which will take several weeks.
This cannot be true, surely? Being Polish, he should not need a visa to visit his own home country. I'm a foreigner int he UK, too, and my embassy can issue emergency passports on the same day, so I cannot believe Poland would be any different.
Any Poles here who know the system?