Canadian born looking for help obtaining a Polish Passport

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szpamoThreads: 1 Joined: Oct 27, 09 ♀	Oct 27, 09, 07:11 #1
Hi, Both my parents were born in Poland and came here to Canada in 1970. Part of their immigration to Vancouver, Canada they had to give up all rights and citizenship of Poland. I was born in 1975 and trying to obtain my Polish passport. Does anyone know how I can go about doing this. My grand parents have passed away and my parents don't have any records of their heritage. Monica Szpak

Macinman

Oct 28, 09, 12:30 #2

well since your perents gave up their polish citizenship and all rights and you were not born in Poland then you have to start from square one. Which means off to warsaw you go. And trust me you will have lots of road blocks because im from Canada and I had to apply for my papers but I had it easier as we left in the 80s and did not give up our polish citizenship. Anyways one thing i can tell you about how the polish government takes care of things here is you have to have alot of PATIENCE lol

anyways where i would start is go to your perents home town, find there city halland try to find some records.

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Oct 28, 09, 14:10 #3

First, check with the consulate there in Vancouver. They may be able to provide you information on this matter. If you wanted to try and obtain or prove that you were Polish, you would have to get your parents to help as well.
It would benefit them as well. The other thing is to get whatever documents that they have, if any, when they entered the country. This would include their any copies of Polish documents in regards to them. By going to the consulate, they may be able to deal with reaffirming your parents Polish citizenship.
I am not sure if it was legal in regards for your parents to have had to give up their rights as Polish citizens. If the consulate can not help, then check with the Embassy in Ottawa. Another website to check is the www.easyexpat.com. Then go through the forums into the immigrating to Poland and check under the citizenship area. Good luck. If you have problems with finding that information let me know.

richasisThreads: 5 Posts: 833 Joined: Jul 25, 09 ♂	Oct 28, 09, 14:28 #4
another viable option (perhaps as a last resort) is to petition the Polish president directly.

James86Threads: - Posts: 4 Joined: Apr 14, 10 ♂	Apr 14, 10, 20:01 #5
goodluck

gkashubaThreads: - Posts: 6 Joined: Sep 29, 10 ♂	Sep 29, 10, 14:32 #6
I can help you with passport. In Poland it takes 3 months,need document ID card Polish,town of birth.

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