My grandfather was Polish immigrant in UK; Polish citizenship question

Hi Folks

Can any of you help on how you apply to be a Polish citizen as i am thinking of a move! Does getting a Polish Passport give you citizenship?

My grandfather was polish, please see complicated (lol) details below, any help would be much appreciated!

My Polish Grandfather (Now deceased) emigrated to the UK from Poland during WWII He was a Polish Soldier & married a Scottish woman (my grandmother).

So my father (also now deceased) was born in the UK, therefore so was I.

I have all of my grandfathers documents (Polish army documents, marriage extract from UK) also my grandmothers polish passport.

However there is a further complication as my grandfather changed his name from Rogalski to Rogers soon after he moved to the UK so my fathers name on his birth cert & mine is Rogers (grandmothers maiden name is on father birth cert & also on marriage extract). All of the documents I have have Rogalski . . .

do a search of the forum these questions have been answered before and go to the embassy site itself all information is given there regarding citizenship and passports

https://polishforums.com/archives/2005-2009/law/citizenship-grandfather-23213/ links are provided here .... :)

Thanks telefonitika :-)

no worries ... hope it helps :)

It's the other way round - you need to get your Polish citizenship confirmed first before you can apply for a passport.

To tell whether you are eligible to obtain Polish citizenship you have to check immigration history of your grandparents - when they got UK citizenship. The important information is also:

- whether your grandfather served in the British army after the II world war and
- whether your grandfather and father renounced Polish citizenship.