comixk 2 | 2 12 Jan 2011 / #1Hey everyone,My girlfriend and I are getting married in July and so far everything is going well, planning and such. My question is, what will change about my status in Poland?The past 3 years I have been living in Poland with a temporary residency. I have to re-apply for this every year and it's a huge pain. I heard it'll be a lot easier when I'm married and I won't have to deal with as much paperwork.My other question comes through planning our honeymoon. In a place like Bolivia for example, you can travel there without a visa as Polish citizen but not as a US citizen. So in order for me to meet the standards of a Polish citizen would that mean I need to have a Polish passport?I think I have already answered my question, if anyone could help let me know.-Steve
Boz - | 23 22 Jan 2011 / #2How much can a Bolivian visa cost-Pollish Citizenship would almost certainly work out dearer...Marrying a Bolivian may be the easiest way to go?
sobieski 106 | 2111 22 Jan 2011 / #3Marrying a Bolivian may be the easiest way to go?But this would not give you a presumably backdoor entrance to the EU.
delphiandomine 86 | 17823 23 Jan 2011 / #4My question is, what will change about my status in Poland?Nothing. You'll still have to apply for residence permits and so on - except you won't need a work permit.Yep. Marriage will only give you the right of working and residence in the EU, nothing else.
sobieski 106 | 2111 23 Jan 2011 / #5I always getting a work permit has no relation to your marriage status?
delphiandomine 86 | 17823 23 Jan 2011 / #6Well - if your residence permit is based on family (ie, dependent on/married to) an EU citizen, then you don't need to obtain a work permit in order to work here. But if it's based upon work, then yes, you need a work permit for every job.The idiotic thing is that there's nothing on the actual Karta Pobytu to actually show this.