Law / who can help with advice how to get a citizenship of Poland (my german passport expired) [7]


Eh, Elm, if u're a German citizen by birth then u should still hold German citizenship- unless otherwise!
Renew your German passport first if u're thinking of going for the Polish one.
The procedure of acquiring Polish Citizenship through your Parents, as many have found out on here, is quite long and complicated.
I'm sure u'll need tons and tons of documents to prove who your parents were.
There are many useful posts on here.

UK, Ireland / Polish woman living in England is moving back to Poland. How much money do I need? [87]


I have this for you from my colleague who lives near Kalisz.

First of all: you're not going through NFZ. Consultation fees up to 150zł, medicines for kids a single prescription up to 50zł
Second: you'll need to pay for private pre-schools. Expect anything from 400zł to 700zł a month
Third: Insurance for your car. Don't know what you have- it could be from 345zł to over 2000zł a year
Forth: Utilities. Depending on how big your flat is (Lord forbid you won't live in a coal heated flat) anything from 300zł to 1000zł. Ps: this excludes internet, phone and television.

Fifth: Your food and clothes. 2000zł to 2500zł
Sixth: Petrol. If it's for commuting in Kalisz only 300zł should be fine.
You should be fine with 3500zł to 4000zł a month.

Then make sure u get back here early to register your other child for school if you want him to go to a school in your neighbourhood.

Powodzenia.

Travel / OLT Jetair (flight to Wroclaw) [38]


Couldn't have said it better Delphiandomine: budget airlines really are a disgrace to the aviation industry.
Besides conning people out of their hard earned cash with the so called
"cheap flights" that have many hidden costs and scams(Ryanair being the biggest scammer) one begins to wonder whether flying was ever meant to be cheap in the first place.

How OLT are going to survive without paying their Pilots- well, Budget Flight hunters beware!

Food / Russia vs Poland Vodka war [70]

[Moved from]: In which countries is Polish vodka very popular?

I know for sure in The UK,The Netherlands,Brazil and Australia they love Polish vodka especially Żubrówka.
Are there any countries you guys have been to where they love Polish vodka?
Thank you.

Love / How would you describe Polish girl in one word only? [37]

Stubborn. Why not 2 words : very stubborn.

Law / British man Marrying Polish Woman in POLAND [29]

Some of the documents required are: Full birth certificate with both parents' names including mother's maiden,( first ask them if they will retain your original)

Passport or ID, letter of no impediment which is less than 6 months old and the baptismal certificate or letter if you were baptised in the RCC.

Those are the most important as far as I know.
Ps, there are 16 Wojewoids (Provinces) in Poland and they all differ depending on how they interpret the law.

Good luck!

Work / Is salary of 3000 Euros gross enough to live decently in Lodz, Poland? [53]

Simple, mate, looking from the outside in there are many things which u need to know especially about £ódz. For example: what decent accommodation

is like in £ódz. PM if u can.

Work / Is salary of 3000 Euros gross enough to live decently in Lodz, Poland? [53]


Just out of curiosity : what industry are u working in? If my calculations are right your nett will be +/- 8500zl.
If you can make it- why don't you visit £ódz first? If you've never been to this side of the world before- there are many

things you need to get accustomed to!

Food / Could you recommend me a fresh Polish juice from fruit? [18]

quote=gumishu]why don't you go for those fruit juices in cartons - sure they are more expensive but typically good qualtiy and tasty - there are lots of tastes too - many contain fruit pulp[/quote]

From my experience, cartons or fruit pulp content don't constitute real juice,i have drunk most of Tymbark products and they are quite tasty however it's clearly written that they come from concentrated juice.


Cheers, Wedle! We'll give them a ring.

Law / Permanent Residence in Polska: procedures, list of documents, etc. [59]


Yup, thats the one Rover, from what i'm told the procedure is quite simple but don't know about the costs though. You better do it while you're still in Polska. You should have your residence card together with your passport just incase, letter from your registry office to say you have been residing at that particular address for that period of time.This should be done by the local or regional police i'm not sure but u'll have to have your prints taken and they will tell you when it will be ready. Still wondering about my mate though

Law / Permanent Residence in Polska: procedures, list of documents, etc. [59]

One more thing which is not clear is about the Police Clearance Certificate, will they ask for one from the country of origin(coz i'm told you can obtain one here in polska if you've been residing for 3years). My mate has an old one which he got in 2006 when he started living in England. He lived there until he came to Poland in 2008 he has only visited his country of origin for 3month with in the 5years he has been abroad and the authorities there require him to have lived in the country more than six months to get another Police Clearance. Anybody with experience on this??

Thank you.

Law / How can I get Polish citizenship after been married to a Polish spouse [75]


Wooo, Delphy can u come again on this i don't quite follow. Do you mean if he has been or hasn't been working for 3 years without a break in employment? Can you explain this again. How safe is my colleague he has been working for the past 3 years as a teacher in private language schools together with his wife they take 2months unpaid leave every year and they sometimes go to Croatia on Vacation?

Thanks.

Law / How can I get Polish citizenship after been married to a Polish spouse [75]

Nice and short 'Arry but how daya know? Have you been through to Poznan or know anyone whose got it from there??

Thanks.

Law / How can I get Polish citizenship after been married to a Polish spouse [75]

Merged: Acquiring Polish Citizenship for Non-EU spouse in Poznań

My colleague who is a very hard working resident is about to apply for Polish Citizenship so i thought i should help in gathering the important infor. He is a non-eu citizen and has been living and working here together with his Polish wife for over 3years now.They are both English teachers and are involved in a lot of charity work with School children in their Town. What i want to ask is about Poznan their Woiwod Office.We have heard a lot about this office and how difficult they might be. Can anybody out there who has had the experience of applying for Polish Citizenship recently Through this Office shed some light for us. My colleague wants to know whether he will be asked to renounce his Original Citizenship in Poznan in order to be granted Polish Citizenship. He also has a colleague who got his in Warsaw in January this year but was not asked to renounce his. The reason why, he wants to know is because the process of renouncing his original Citizenship is very complicated and time consuming. Put it simply they will not renounce his citizenship on the basis of being approved for Polish Citizenship they will require proof that he already holds a Polish I.D for them to renounce his original. Then again no country will allow their citizens to be stateless i guess....

Your Contribution will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all.