Why is it worth confirming your Polish citizenship? What are the privileges of becoming a Polish citizen? How can you benefit from becoming a Polish citizen? Here we have a list of the most interesting facts about Polish citizenship.
The notion of Polish citizenship has no statutory definition. In doctrine it is defined as a certain kind of legal bond between a natural person and a state, which consists in the person’s belonging to that state. It is expressed by the state providing rights for citizens and presenting them with obligations, which exist to indicate the ways of acquiring and retaining citizenship and the related rights or lack thereof.
Have you ever thought about how double citizenship can impact your travelling? How can you use the fact of having two passports to your benefit?
Once you are the lucky owner of a Polish passport, below you can find a list of tips and advice that will make your life easier while moving around the EU, between the EU and your country of origin and while travelling to third party countries.
“Every person in the modern world is a member of two basic communities: the family and the whole society organized into a state. From this belonging derive certain human characteristics, which determine his position in each of these communities and allow to distinguish him from other people” (J.Ignatowicz).
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.
In Poland, citizenship is a legal institution regulated by administrative law, and the latter, from the most general perspective, belongs to the public law branch, unlike, for instance, civil or commercial law, which constitute private law.
If you have Polish ancestry and you wonder if you are eligible to get your Polish citizenship by descent, there is an easy way to do it. You first need to establish if you are eligible to confirm your Polish citizenship by descent and prove that Polish citizenship was held by one of your ancestors, and then to establish it was not lost by any of your family members related by blood all the way to you.
Citizenship is a legal institution, which means that it is shaped by law. The legal norms that define citizenship are most often referred to as citizenship laws. Laws on citizenship are understood as legal regulations devoted to the issues of having, acquiring and losing citizenship, as well as the procedures and bodies responsible for resolving issues related to Polish citizenship.
The great population movements shortly before, during, and as a result of World War II largely involved the Jewish population: those fleeing the Holocaust, but also Holocaust survivors who, for various reasons, decided or were forced to leave their previous homes.
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!
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Barbara Cebula
Polish Citizenship Specialist
