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Polish passport for child of Holocaust survivor


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apolishjew  Oct 28, 11, 19:36    #1
My mother was born in Gdinya in 1939 and spent the war in a ghetto.

Her family was from Tomaszow Mazowiecki to where they returned in 1945.
She has her Polish birth certificate and her parents polish marriage license.

She left Poland to the US in 1950.

I was born in the US, and am a US citizen.

Can I get a polish passport?
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Joined: Jul 4, 11 ♀ 		 Oct 28, 11, 19:39    #2
your best bet is to contact the Polish embassy or consulate in the U.S. and ask them directly.
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Joined: Nov 25, 08 ♂ [Suspended] 		 Oct 28, 11, 20:14    #3
apolishjew:
Can I get a polish passport?


When did your mother obtain US citizenship?
apolishjew  Oct 30, 11, 22:08    #4
She got her US citizenship in 1957
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after a few years maybe..
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apolishjew:
She got her US citizenship in 1957


Unfortunately, you aren't eligible. The act of 1951 makes it clear that anyone obtaining a foreign citizenship automatically loses Polish citizenship.
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Joined: Dec 28, 07 ♂ 		 Oct 31, 11, 01:59    #7
Nonsense. You are able to get a Polish passport because your mother was born there. This has nothing to do with citizenship. My parents were from Poland and I was born in the US. They got their citizenship in 1953 and I had a Polish passport because they were from Poland.
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tygrys:
Nonsense. You are able to get a Polish passport because your mother was born there. This has nothing to do with citizenship. My parents were from Poland and I was born in the US. They got their citizenship in 1953 and I had a Polish passport because they were from Poland.


Read the 1951 Act on Citizenship recently, have we?

Article 11, point 5:
5. Obtaining foreign citizenship leads to the loss of Polish citizenship.


Tygrys, you would have obtained your citizenship through deception. Not cool.
apolishjew  Nov 2, 11, 06:01    #9
I was told by a polish lawyer that, if my mother did not obtain permission from Poland
to get her US citizenship, I can probably get my polish passport.

Does this make sense?
US Polak  Dec 7, 11, 02:42    #10
YES you can have dual citizenship. Parents must be of Polish decent.


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