Recently made a post about some old documents I uncovered at a relative’s house that once belonged to my great-grandfather. I found a few others I thought I’d share.
Some mentioned on my last post that these documents would be enough to claim Polish citizenship, although my quick google search seems to suggest otherwise. Does anybody know where to find the official regulations for citizenship by descent? Thanks!
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I think you can only obtain citizenship by descent if you have polish parents but you can try applying for permanent resident card ( https://migrant.poznan.uw.gov.pl/en/procedury/i-am-polish-origin )
The docs are dated 1929. They consist of a “certificate of morality” ( certificate of no criminal record ?), a certificate of reserve status in the military and a certificate of… I think the closest thing I can translate it to would be residence? To my understanding, these should be sufficient for either citizenship by descent or at the very least karta polaka.
Polish citizenship is granted by descent – a child of a Pole is automatically a citizen, basically. An exception would be if your great-grandpa’s child was born after he lost or renounced Polish citizenship ( until 19.01.1951 the law was that acquiring another country’s citizenship, serving in a foreign military – exempting WWII – or taking up a public office in a foreign country automatically removed one’s citizenship).
The gotcha is that the process isn’t just to prove your own citizenship by descent, but your grandparent’s, your parent’s and then yours.