We just got married in the UK! (can we change her Polish surname on her Polish passport?)

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Edited by: maseaudio Jul 4, 11, 23:31 #1

Hi everone,

Long time reader first time poster here!

I recently married my wife in the UK I am a British citizen and she is Polish.

Could anyone give advice on how we can change her surname on her polish passport, or apply for a anglo/polski passport if such a thing exists? she has lived here for over 7 years and we own a house together so have no intention of leaving the UK.

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Thanks in advance

Dan & Ewa

isthatu2Threads: 13 Posts: 5,225 Joined: Apr 3, 08 ♂	Jul 4, 11, 23:32 #2
Congratulations fella.............no idea about passports ,but,erm,congrats again to the both of you :)

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Jul 4, 11, 23:38 #3
maseaudio: how we can change her surname on her polish passport File for a new Polish passport with documents stating her new surname. maseaudio: anglo/polski passport if such a thing exists I don't think the UK and Poland united as one country yet, so that would be no.

maseaudioThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Jul 4, 11 ♂	Jul 5, 11, 00:04 #4
Will that mean going through the whole visiting the embassy in london thing? have done this before and its a complete pain in the a*se

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Jul 5, 11, 00:11 #5
maseaudio: Will that mean going through the whole visiting the embassy in london thing? have done this before and its a complete pain in the ase Every Polish embassy is, so why yours* should be any different? ;)

maseaudioThreads: 1 Posts: 2 Joined: Jul 4, 11 ♂	Jul 5, 11, 00:32 #6
Well I guess not :-/ Is there no way of doing it online or by post like you can do with a UK passport?

guesswhoThreads: 23 Posts: 3,326 Joined: Mar 17, 10 ♀	Jul 5, 11, 00:51 #7
maseaudio: We just got married!! good for you, good luck.

BzibziohThreads: 6 Posts: 3,657 Joined: Oct 15, 08 ♀ [Suspended]	Jul 5, 11, 01:09 #8
maseaudio: Well I guess not :-/ Is there no way of doing it online or by post like you can do with a UK passport? If there was matter of simple passport renewal you cant try your luck, but with changes like a new surname, documents need to be verified.

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Jul 5, 11, 09:12 #9

maseaudio:

Well I guess not :-/ Is there no way of doing it online or by post like you can do with a UK passport?

I dont believe there is for Polish passports or ID cards, for a pesel you have to visit the local gmina where you are based, and thats all there is to it.

Bzibzioh:

If there was matter of simple passport renewal you cant try your luck, but with changes like a new surname, documents need to be verified.

Of course but you simple post them via secure delivery.

I applied for a new passport for my daughter in Poland but from the UK passporst processeing centre in Dusseldorf, Germany all via post.

maseaudio:

she has lived here for over 7 years and we own a house together so have no intention of leaving the UK.

If you want to avoid the dreaded cues at the Polish Embassy why not just get her a British passport? sounds like shes more than entitled. Also if youre planning on travelling around the EU she doesnt need a passport, a Polish ID card is enough.

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