ATTENTION ! – automatic translation
- Uninterrupted residence and obtaining Polish citizenship
ATTENTION ! automatic translation from Polish
Polish law provides for the possibility of acquiring a number of important rights for persons residing continuously in the territory of the Republic of Poland for a specified period of time. First of all, it allows an EU citizen to obtain the right of permanent residence (as a rule, after 5 years of uninterrupted residence, taking into account additional conditions). The fact of uninterrupted residence is also a very important condition that can help a foreigner obtain Polish citizenship. Therefore, if you have been residing or staying continuously in the territory of the Republic of Poland for some time and intend to apply for Polish citizenship, it may make it easier for you to obtain it.
The Polish Citizenship Act in Chapter 4 regulates the method of becoming a Polish citizen, which is recognition as a Polish citizen. This method consists in the fact that the person applying for citizenship must submit an application to the appropriate body (voivode competent for their place of residence). This body then issues a decision on recognition as a Polish citizen if certain conditions are demonstrated – in principle, this involves confirmation of the right of permanent residence/permanent residence permit and uninterrupted residence in the territory of the Republic of Poland for a specified period. The Act provides for several categories of persons who may obtain such an application. In particular, the following should be indicated:
• a foreigner residing continuously in the territory of the Republic of Poland for at least 3 years on the basis of a permanent residence permit, a long-term EU resident permit or the right of permanent residence, who has a stable and regular source of income in the Republic of Poland and the legal title to occupy a residential premises;
• a foreigner residing continuously and legally in the territory of the Republic of Poland for at least 10 years, who has a permanent residence permit, a long-term EU resident permit or the right of permanent residence and has a stable and regular source of income in the Republic of Poland and the legal title to occupy a residential premises;
In addition, the Act provides for a reduction in the required period of uninterrupted residence and easing the requirements for income and housing in the event of being married to a Polish citizen, not having any citizenship, confirmation of Polish origin or possession of the Pole’s Card. A special procedure has also been provided for minors whose at least one parent is a Polish citizen. It should be remembered that for all persons, except minors, the Act requires proof of knowledge of the Polish language at least at B1 level. The basic criterion is therefore (apart from additional premises) confirmation that the person applying for recognition as a Polish citizen actually resided in the territory of the Republic of Poland in an uninterrupted manner for a specified period of time, as well as proof that they have a specific type of permanent residence right.
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- Polish citizenship based on documents from the USA
- Hungarian partition
- No birth certificate of great-grandfather
- Can a child of two Poles be recognized as a Polish citizen?
- Marriage upon recognition as a Polish citizen
- Conditions for recognition as a Polish citizen after a criminal conviction
- Methods of submitting declarations in matters of Polish citizenship
- Invalidation of the recognition of paternity is no longer taken into account when determining the citizenship of a minor – is this a significant change?
- Urgency in matters concerning Polish citizenship
- A threat to the defense or security of the state or the protection of public safety and order
- The right of permanent residence and recognition as a Polish citizen
- Decree of October 22, 1947 on the citizenship of the Polish State of persons of Polish nationality residing in the area of the former Free City of Gdańsk
- The success of the law firm: confirmation of citizenship of ancestors who emigrated from Poland before 1920.
- Stay of a long-term EU resident.
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- Loss of Polish citizenship by illegitimate daughters
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- Bilateral agreements to which Poland is a party, abolishing the requirement to legalize documents
- Countries where the requirement to legalize documents has not been abolished
- Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for submitting certain public documents in the European Union and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012
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- Foreign military organization
- Illegitimate daughters born before January 19, 1933.
- Possible loss of citizenship by widows and orphans
- New Passport Act
- Independence of the citizenship of a child born out of wedlock
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- Change of family name
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- Seizure of a conviction and recognition as a Polish citizen
- Obligation to register divorces and marriages.
- Name or surname change
- Military service of women born on or after March 20, 1926.
- Military service and the loss of Polish citizenship after 1950
- Refusal of military service and the loss of Polish citizenship in the years 1918 – 1924
- The strength of the Polish passport
- Refusal of military service and loss of Polish citizenship
- Loss of Polish citizenship by the mother of an illegitimate child in 1920-1951 (discrepancies in the jurisprudence of courts).
- The age of majority of people born abroad
- Acquisition of citizenship of another country before 1920 and the principle of uniformity of family citizenship
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- Conventions with the USSR regarding dual citizenship
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- Prohibition of registering the foreign birth certificate of a child of same-sex parents.
- Change of law on Polish citizenship
- Persons of Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, Latvian or Estonian nationality.
- „Temporary” Polish citizenship of women born abroad before January 19, 1933
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- The rules for access to archival civil status records
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