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Polish citizenship by petition to the president of Poland?


Bullocks  
21 Oct 2018 /  #61
Yes it's strange and the President way is the only option but I do find it odd. The letter is from Germany when my great grandma asked about her citizenship in 1969. It essentially says she was listed as a Polish national but after a communication with the Polish Consolate in Essen dated (1931) as stateless. Then goes on to say the bit about not choosing Polish citizenship as required between 1921-1922. She was probably listed as Polish around 1919 when they married.

Doubt my great grandfather would have chosen another nationality as he moved his family across Germany to an area that had Polish immigrants so I assume he may have not known he had to chose citizenship. He was also incarcerated in Dachau like many Poles from that area then they released him and told him to leave the country
delphiandomine  86 | 17823  
21 Oct 2018 /  #62
Do not rely on "Pan TK" for advice, he's got a long history of giving false hope for people in exchange for money. There's a reason why his website is blocked on here.
Pan TK  
21 Oct 2018 /  #63
The letter is from Germany when my great grandma asked about her citizenship in 1969.

Your citizenship claim stems from your great-grandfather, not his wife. Your grandmother should be recognized as a citizen from her father, not her mother. I recommend that you find a competent lawyer in Warsaw to handle the claim. I don't recommend anyone in particular, and I don't make any money from this. It's all pro bono.
Bullocks  
21 Oct 2018 /  #64
I probably didn't explain that well she lost her Polish citizenship because my great-grandfather lost his is what I was trying to say (and what the letter says). But either way I wouldn't be eligible based on when my mom was born.

Is there any hope by the President? Seems like it would be a long, long shot.

I was just pointing out that that's what the letter said for the reason why he lost it...and i know it would have to go through him
Pan TK  
22 Oct 2018 /  #65
If you are ineligible based on when your mother was born, than nothing else matters. (Note that the law is quite complicated and has changed over time. Present law has reversed previous laws from the communist era that stripped people of citizenship.) If you are sure that you have no legal claim, than there is nothing to lose by writing the president, but you must be sure of that. If it is suspected that you may presently hold citizenship, then the president can't grant you a passport, and the rules for confirmation or loss of citizenship apply and some bureaucrat must "investigate" the claim first.

You also may write the president more than once if you are denied the first time. If you don't ask, you can't receive.
Bullocks  
22 Oct 2018 /  #66
Thanks I'm pretty sure I don't as let's say my grandma got it from her father she married a non-Pole in 1946 so I think she would have lost it then even before my mom was born before 51'.

I will have to include all the documents from Germany I have stating they were Poles and maybe my great grandfathers incarceration paper.

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