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New Dual Citizenship Laws



peeps   Aug 2, 09, 06:46 /  #
Hello all - My mother came to the US in the 60's and is now a naturalized US citizen. She left Poland with her husband and then got a divorce in the United States. She remarried to a Chinese immigrant and had my younger brother and I. Her entire family was from Poland, and so my enitre family on my mother's side is Polish. My brother and I are now interested in obtaining Polish citizenship but are unsure of any potential pitfalls. My mother is in the process of obtaining proof of her citizenship which is in the final phases, but we are unsure how we are affected. Is it a difficult process to then obtain citizenship for us? I know there have been some new reforms after joining the EU including the Karta Polaka and so we are looking for help to navigate this. Thank you very much.
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search these forums.. there has been some discussion about this before and in some detail.
Lir   Aug 2, 09, 12:55 /  #
I was under the impression from what I have read, that if your parent
was a Polish Citizen but then changed Nationality I.e Naturalisation. Then you could not claim ?

Maybe someone else has better information to add that could clear it up.

I am sure I read that on some Government site?
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peeps:
I know there have been some new reforms after joining the EU including the Karta Polaka and so we are looking for help to navigate this.

No, no... The Karta Polaka thing is for people from the former Soviet Union, who are not allowed to have dual citizenship. In your case... when a parent is a Polish citizen then citizenship is passed down on children... So I think you should get It, however there definately will be a lot of paper work and other stuff - I've got no idea about detailed procedures, use the search engine there were similar topics on the forums.
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peeps

If your mum has citizenship confirmed and a passport, they you will be able to too. It's a long process and it can appear complicated but it's not necessarily difficult - just following the right steps. There have been quite a few posts on this subject on this forum already.
Lir   Aug 2, 09, 15:08 /  #
I'm not too sure you are correct? Their Mother has taken American Citizenship by becoming a Naturalised American! I have defintely read that if your parent or parents do that then you are not eligible for Polish Citizenship?


Does anyone know what I am referring too here? I can't check it out ATM for them!


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inkrakow   Aug 2, 09, 15:30 /  #
Lir:
Their Mother has taken American Citizenship by becoming a Naturalised American! I have defintely read that if your parent or parents do that then you are not eligible for Polish Citizenship?

If she gave up her Polish citizenship then I think that's right, but if she never did then she can hold both. Also the OP writes that:

peeps:
My mother is in the process of obtaining proof of her citizenship which is in the final phases

so it sounds like she's eligible for Polish citizenship/passport.

My parents naturalised as British but Mum got her Polish citizenship confirmed many years later as she had never given it up and this opened up the path for her kids to do the same.
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