Law / Obtaining PESEL, ID Card and Passport in Poland [39]

Hey everyone.

Well, booked the day off work Thursday and heading to the consulate in London to make my passport application. Got my Polish birth certifcate, confirmation of citizenship, 3 passport photo's and of course the most important - money!..............£85.......steep, but probably worth it. (Just hope it doesn't take a long time)

Cheers for all the advice.

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Well, finally made it to the consulate in London today. I could have cried when I saw the queue, and even ended up in the visa queue to begin with, which resulted in me having to join the back of the passport queue when I got to the door.....ahhh.......

Took my Polish birth certificate and confirmation of citizenship certificate and 2 photo's. As it was my first passport, I had to fill in 2 passport applications, they made photocopies of the above 2 documents and kept the birth certificate. (still 1 original left)

Then it was over to counter 7 to pay.....£85 lighter and now up to a 4 month wait.....soon come I suppose, at least i won't have to queue when I go to collect my passport.

It saves time if you go to the front of the queue initially to get the application form from the guy on the door and then join the queue and fill it in there ready for when they let you in to see one of the staff at a passport counter.

Anyway, if anyone has any questions, I'd be happy to share my experiences.........

Law / Obtaining PESEL, ID Card and Passport in Poland [39]

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Law / Obtaining PESEL, ID Card and Passport in Poland [39]

Phew.......thats good to know it was the whole length of process...start to finish and not just one year for the actual passport application.

I've got my Polish birth certifcate and confirmation of Polish citizenship sat here gathering dust :-) so when I make an application, it shouldn't be that long hopefully. Did you put in a PESEL application at the same time as the passport application?

Just stalling at the moment, as I am going to Poland in October, and wondering if it would be quicker to get stuff sorted out there using a temporary address, not sure though.

Law / Obtaining PESEL, ID Card and Passport in Poland [39]

Wow, one year!

Been sat on my confirmation of citizenship since I received it in June, thinking which way to do it with time just whizzing by.

Was it 2 months or 1 year from submitting your passport application to receiving your passport?

Whats the covering letter thingy about? Is it mandatory?

Law / Obtaining PESEL, ID Card and Passport in Poland [39]

Interesting way to go about it 'inKrakow'

I have heard so much conflicting info about the time frame of getting a passport processed at the consulate, from your 2 months to others who've waited 7 months.

I've got the confirmation of citizenship to take, but its the first I've heard about a covering letter you mentioned, thought it was just Polish birth certificate, confirmation of citizenship certificate, photo's and money as well as filling in the application form (which I took from Poland - 3 fold card application) and PESEL application.

Also thought, a passport had to be picked up from the consulate and couldn't be posted out, did you get a reference number to check its progress on-line?

I will probably use the address of my fiances parents in Poland for temporary residence at some point to get an ID card as well.