apolishjew 28 Oct 2011 #1My mother was born in Gdinya in 1939 and spent the war in a ghetto.Her family was from Tomaszow Mazowiecki to where they returned in 1945.She has her Polish birth certificate and her parents polish marriage license.She left Poland to the US in 1950.I was born in the US, and am a US citizen.Can I get a polish passport?
pip 10 | 1,658 28 Oct 2011 #2your best bet is to contact the Polish embassy or consulate in the U.S. and ask them directly.
delphiandomine 88 | 18,131 28 Oct 2011 #3Can I get a polish passport?When did your mother obtain US citizenship?
delphiandomine 88 | 18,131 31 Oct 2011 #6She got her US citizenship in 1957Unfortunately, you aren't eligible. The act of 1951 makes it clear that anyone obtaining a foreign citizenship automatically loses Polish citizenship.
tygrys 3 | 290 31 Oct 2011 #7Nonsense. You are able to get a Polish passport because your mother was born there. This has nothing to do with citizenship. My parents were from Poland and I was born in the US. They got their citizenship in 1953 and I had a Polish passport because they were from Poland.
delphiandomine 88 | 18,131 31 Oct 2011 #8Read the 1951 Act on Citizenship recently, have we?5. Obtaining foreign citizenship leads to the loss of Polish citizenship.Tygrys, you would have obtained your citizenship through deception. Not cool.
OP apolishjew 2 Nov 2011 #9I was told by a polish lawyer that, if my mother did not obtain permission from Polandto get her US citizenship, I can probably get my polish passport.Does this make sense?
