nomdepioro
6 Mar 2015
Law / Limbo between Polish citizenship and EU passport for an American [2]
Hello, all you helpful and beautiful people. I have a knotty problem I'd like some advice on.
I'm an American interested in studying and working in Poland, in the immediate future and for the long term. A few years ago I got my confirmation of Polish citizenship (Decyzja), but for various reasons (grad school, the euro crisis) didn't follow up with the Polish passport process. Fast forward to this year, I've resurrected my ambition to go to Poland, learn Polish, teach English, pursue further professional training. I manage to buy a cheap flight to Europe before prices spike in the summer, I begin to gather the documents I'll need to receive my Polish birth certificate in Warsaw so that I can apply for my passport, ... and I find out from the Polish consulate that I must submit my passport application in the US, in person, at their consulate, because it's the nearest one to my current permanent address.
My questions are:
1. How can I avoid the costs of time and money to come back to the US to submit the Polish passport application?
2. How might I establish a permanent address in Poland (so that I can submit the passport application in Poland, instead of the US)?
3. What rights/advantages do I have now as a Polish citizen, but without a PESEL number or EU passport? Am I permitted to stay in the EU for more than 90 days?
I'm fine with biding my time in Poland for a while (traveling and learning the language, pursuing more professional training), pending the permanent address that permits me to apply for the passport that allows me to get a job ... but will my time in the EU run out after just 90 days, despite my status as a "Polish citizen"?
Thanks in advance for your thoughtful advice.
Hello, all you helpful and beautiful people. I have a knotty problem I'd like some advice on.
I'm an American interested in studying and working in Poland, in the immediate future and for the long term. A few years ago I got my confirmation of Polish citizenship (Decyzja), but for various reasons (grad school, the euro crisis) didn't follow up with the Polish passport process. Fast forward to this year, I've resurrected my ambition to go to Poland, learn Polish, teach English, pursue further professional training. I manage to buy a cheap flight to Europe before prices spike in the summer, I begin to gather the documents I'll need to receive my Polish birth certificate in Warsaw so that I can apply for my passport, ... and I find out from the Polish consulate that I must submit my passport application in the US, in person, at their consulate, because it's the nearest one to my current permanent address.
My questions are:
1. How can I avoid the costs of time and money to come back to the US to submit the Polish passport application?
2. How might I establish a permanent address in Poland (so that I can submit the passport application in Poland, instead of the US)?
3. What rights/advantages do I have now as a Polish citizen, but without a PESEL number or EU passport? Am I permitted to stay in the EU for more than 90 days?
I'm fine with biding my time in Poland for a while (traveling and learning the language, pursuing more professional training), pending the permanent address that permits me to apply for the passport that allows me to get a job ... but will my time in the EU run out after just 90 days, despite my status as a "Polish citizen"?
Thanks in advance for your thoughtful advice.