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text translated automatically from the Polish version
1958 convention with the USSR
Judgments of courts:
Convention between the Government of the Polish People's Republic and the Government of the USSR on the regulation of citizenship, persons with dual citizenship, signed in Warsaw on 21 January 1958.
- Judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of 18 November 2013, II OSK 1364/12
In the absence of evidence confirming the fact that the applicant's parents submitted a joint declaration of choosing Polish citizenship for him, it was found that the applicant lost Polish citizenship on 8 May 1958 on the basis of the Convention between the Government of the Polish People's Republic and the Government of the USSR on the regulation of citizenship, persons with dual citizenship, signed in Warsaw on 21 January 1958 (Journal of Laws No. 32, item 143).
- Judgment of the Supreme Administrative Court of 19 July 2011, II OSK 1124/10
A boy whose parents did not submit a declaration of choice of citizenship does not have Polish citizenship, because his parents did not submit a declaration of choice of Polish citizenship within the prescribed period, as a result of which they lost Polish citizenship on that date, which also concerned their minor son.
In accordance with the Convention of 21 January 1958 concluded between the Government of the Polish People's Republic and the Government of the USSR on the regulation of citizenship of persons with dual citizenship, persons residing in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, who according to the legislation of the Contracting Parties are their citizens, could choose the citizenship of one of the Contracting Parties on the basis of this Convention. This Convention provided that persons residing in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties and wishing to choose the citizenship of the other Contracting Party, should file a declaration at the Embassy or Consulate of that other Contracting Party, and declarations of choice of citizenship could be filed within one year from the date of entry into force of the Convention. Persons who did not file a declaration of choice of citizenship within the above period were, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention, recognized exclusively among the citizens of the Contracting Party in whose territory they reside.