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Visa Stamp if you overstay (American with a Polish Wife) [29]
Thank you for the fast response. Your information was very helpful! I agree that going to Norway is not advisable at the time. We will have to wait until the karta pobtyu is sorted out.
We started the application our first week in Gdynia, but it has been held up several times. Prior to coming Poland, we had researched and spoken to the Chicago Polish Consulate to get all our documents in a row. We even had them translated, notarized, and apostilled. However, those documents were rejected because they were not translated in Poland. We spent a week having new translations done only two have the office refuse to validate two of our birth certificates...one because it listed the county of birth, not city...and the other because it did not have my parents name on it. Again we played the waiting game waiting for the updated documents from the US and having them translated here in Poland again. Once all that was accepted and our marriage was validated, my husband was finally able to receive his resident card so that we could file for our temporary resident cards. Despite all out best efforts, this process has taken much longer than expected. All you can do is laugh, right? Luckily, the majority of the people at the government offices have been very helpful and friendly. It is just hard to get a straight answer because each own says something different.
I guess we will just stay put pending the application and cross our fingers they approve it in the next 2.5 weeks. Thanks again for your help!
