Once you receive your Polish citizenship, you not only become a Polish citizen but in addition to that, you also become a European citizen. Why do we mention it? Being able to call yourself a European citizen and having easy access to the EU is the major benefit of Polish citizenship.
Polish passport holders get lots of privileges and benefits along with it. Apart from having free access to over 180 countries around the world, you get free and unlimited access to the European Union. In other words, you and your family can live in Europe without any time limits and work here without a need for a visa.
If you have Polish ancestry and think about getting your Polish citizenship and Polish passport, think no further!
Read about five reasons you should do it!
If you have Polish ancestry, you may want to consider applying for Polish citizenship by descent and subsequently obtain a Polish passport. To get a Polish citizenship certificate, you first need to go through the Polish citizenship confirmation process. You may wonder how easy it is. Well, the answer may be controversial, because it really depends on your circumstances, on your family history and events that took place in their life.
The Act on Polish Citizenship creates the competence of declaratory decisions in cases of confirmation or loss of Polish citizenship. They are unilateral and authoritative statements of the competent public administration body, which in these cases is a governor, in the form of an administrative decision whose object is to state whether the person defined in the decision holds Polish citizenship or has lost it.
Have you ever wondered how it would be to freely reside in Europe? Do you know that by becoming a Polish citizen you automatically become a citizen of the European Union? Once you get your Polish passport, you get free access to Europe and the European job market as a Polish passport equals the passport of the European Union.
Polish citizenship by descent, also known as ‘citizenship by jus sanguinis’, is a process through which a person can obtain Polish citizenship based on their Polish ancestry and lineage.
If you have Polish ancestry, there is a chance you are eligible to obtain Polish citizenship by descent and get a Polish passport. If you wonder if you should do that, below you can find additional information that should convince you!
In the United Kingdom there is a big population of British Poles, British citizens of Polish descent. Many of their ancestors settled down in UK after World War II. There were Polish soldiers, servicemen and women, who thought alongside allied forces, Polish military personnel, Polish survivors of German concentration and POW camps.
Polish citizenship law opens a door for those with Polish ancestry, to get Polish citizenship and Polish passport. However, one needs to prove he is of Polish descent, confirm kinship towards his or her Polish ancestor and prove that Polish citizenship was not lost by any of his family members.
Polish citizenship and along with-it Polish passport open access to Europe and its job market. As a Polish citizen, you not only get a chance to reside wherever you want in Europe, but also travel freely with no visa restrictions. What is more important, you can apply for a job without being worried about any job visa or work permit.
If you know that at least one of your ancestors was born in Poland or its former territories, and resided there after 1920, likely she or he was a Polish citizen and so you are. We just need to prove and confirm that citizenship was not lost by any of your ancestors linking you to the last one who left Poland and that it was passed to you.
Polish citizenship considered as a legal institution has never been defined directly in Polish legislation. Nevertheless, representatives of legal science remain unanimous that citizenship means a legal bond connecting an individual with the state, which is referred to as the legal status or legal situation of the individual.
The Polish passport is an official document authorizing the crossing of borders and residence abroad and certifying Polish citizenship, as well as the identity of the person indicated in it in terms of the data the document contains.
Restoration of Polish citizenship is essentially a new legal institution that appeared in the Polish legal order only with the newest, currently binding act on Polish citizenship of 2 April 2009, which came into force on 15 August 2012. Therefore, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of that form of acquiring Polish citizenship!
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Barbara Cebula
Polish Citizenship Specialist
