Law / American getting married to a Polka - Polish girl ( residency card questions ) [6]

Merged: Release letter. Getting Married as an American Citizen in Poland

Hello everyone.

I plan on getting married with my Polish girlfriend. I am an American citizen.

Now, I have some questions, obviously.

I contacted the US Consulate in Krakow and they sent me the "release" letter or whatever it is.

I guess my next step is to request an appointment with the court here in Krakow.

I am currently on a student visa that will end on June this year. (I think I can extend it).

Will the release letter from the consulate be enough for the court to accept my petition?

Anyway, I hope to receive some feedback from fellow Americans that went through this process.

Law / Divorce in Poland - fault - rights to property predating the marriage [34]

Hello Terri, thanks for you reply.

We will find a good lawyer and try to the sign best prenuptial agreement possible at a notary.

Law / Divorce in Poland - fault - rights to property predating the marriage [34]

Thanks for the reply Skrud.

However, I think with the prenuptial agreement, I'd be fine if any unfortunate situation were to arise..

Law / Divorce in Poland - fault - rights to property predating the marriage [34]

Hey everyone,

I spoke to several lawyers from Krakow today and they said that property you purchase before marriage is indeed personal property and stays with you in case of divorce. Definitely if you sign an agreement like a prenuptial agreement.

Greetings,
WW

Law / My permanent residence card is being cancelled due to divorcing within 2 years of receiving it [19]

So if someone got married, got a permanent residence card and stayed with that person for, let's say, 10 years and eventually got divorced after 10 years, would that person have to leave? Or is it only within the 2 year mark?

Law / Divorce in Poland - fault - rights to property predating the marriage [34]

Wow, thank you for doing the research!

I'll tell you what the lawyer says when I ask him.

Law / Divorce in Poland - fault - rights to property predating the marriage [34]

Thanks for the reply Looker. I will obviously go to a lawyer this week to ask.

Law / Divorce in Poland - fault - rights to property predating the marriage [34]

I plan on getting married and I have a property here in Poland. We plan on signing a prenup before marriage. Would my property be safe if anything (god forbid) happened and she wanted a divorce in the future?

Law / Time Required to process/receive an International Wire Transfer Sent to Poland? [13]

He added my second name to the banking transfer, could that perhaps be the problem?

He's now sending me 5.000 per day. I'll know tomorrow or Friday if the first transfer was successful.

Thanks so much for the help!

Law / Time Required to process/receive an International Wire Transfer Sent to Poland? [13]

Thanks for the reply, Pigsy.

My bank said that they didn't receive any transfer or enquiry, therefore I can only assume that the Polish authorities denied it before it even reached the bank.

I'm not sure what else to do. We started the first of 12 transactions today.

Law / Time Required to process/receive an International Wire Transfer Sent to Poland? [13]

The problem isn't his bank, I think.

His bank, Santander, received a call from some authorities (I assume Polish) that some data was incorrect and that he and his bank can now only send 5.000 per day. Which is awful because now I need to wait more or less 12 business days.

Why isn't sending money abroad easier? I presume it's because of Islamic extremists or what? In any case, this is a huge pain.

Law / Time Required to process/receive an International Wire Transfer Sent to Poland? [13]

Thanks for the reply, Nathans.

I think he must have misspelt my name or something. I guess the 'Polish IRS' could have denied it as well. Considering that it's coming from South America and what not.

He sent the first transfer of 5.000 USD today. How long would it take for the first payment to get here? I suppose the normal 2-3 days?

Also, is it a bad idea to use third party websites (western union) to decrease the time of this process?

I forgot to mention that the Polish authorities told him that some data was wrong and that once he gets the data correct, he can only send a limit of 5.000 USD per day.

Seems odd..

Law / Time Required to process/receive an International Wire Transfer Sent to Poland? [13]

I'm very confused.

The bank in Chile told my colleague that Poland denied his request to send me money and that he can only send 5.000 per day.

He tried to send me 60.000 USD, by the way.

Perhaps I should contact a lawyer?

Thanks,