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Married to Polish citizen, how long before I can apply for Polish citizenship?

dhennie_joThreads: 8 Posts: 46 Joined: Jan 3, 10 ♀	Edited by: Moderator May 28, 10, 23:58 #1
im married to Polish. I want to know how many years do i need or when I can apply for citizenship here? And what are the requirements?

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May 29, 10, 00:06 #2

You're married to Polish? I mean, it is a beautiful language, but come on . . .

anyways, I do believe it is five years of uninterrupted residence within the Republic of Poland. I'm also fairly certain that you must be able to communicate in Polish in some meaningful capacity.

The easiest thing to do would simply be to go onto the website of the Polish embassy in your home country, they should have all the information you need. If you are currently in Poland you could to go the correct government office, wait in line for twenty-nine days, and pray the person you see has the correct answer.

I'd go with the internet if I were you.

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May 29, 10, 00:40 #3

TransAtlantyk:

anyways, I do believe it is five years of uninterrupted residence within the Republic of Poland. I'm also fairly certain that you must be able to communicate in Polish in some meaningful capacity.

3 years and 6 months, to be accurate.

No requirement to speak Polish to any level - if there was, then they would never be able to issue endless passports to the American TRUE POLISH Polonia.

TransAtlantykThreads: - Posts: 33 Joined: May 28, 10 ♂	May 29, 10, 00:53 #4
I stand correct, I guess I spewing misinformation. As for the language thing, I've always been of the mind that if you cannot speak the cultural language, you are not part of the culture. If you are Polish-American, but can't speak a word of Polish . . . are you really Polish? Is not a Brit who has learned to speak Polish fluently actually more Polish than you? On a cultural level, of course.

nincompoop_notThreads: 4 Posts: 229 Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♀	May 29, 10, 01:12 #5
delphiandomine delphiandomine: if there was, then they would never be able to issue endless passports to the American TRUE POLISH Polonia. hahaha I love your reminders :) check out this website. All you need to know is there. In English http://polish-citizenship.eu/ http://polish-citizenship.eu/foreigners.html

richasisThreads: 5 Posts: 833 Joined: Jul 25, 09 ♂	May 29, 10, 02:22 #6
delphiandomine: American TRUE POLISH Polonia. exactly. thank you very much.

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Edited by: delphiandomine May 29, 10, 07:52 #7

TransAtlantyk:

As for the language thing, I've always been of the mind that if you cannot speak the cultural language, you are not part of the culture. If you are Polish-American, but can't speak a word of Polish . . . are you really Polish?

Nope, you're not in the slightest. Your ancestry might be Polish, sure - but you most certainly aren't, even if you hold the passport. They might be citizens, but they're no different from the African who married a Pole and got Polish citizenship. Let's not even get into their idiotic voting habits - certainly, should someone with no knowledge of the Polish language be allowed to vote?

It's funny just how many Americans "remembered" that they were TRUE POLISH PATRIOTS after Poland joined the EU.

The saddest story, if you ask me, is the way that the EU put pressure on Warsaw not to give Polish citizenship to those who ended up on the "wrong" side of the border, but rather to simply give them the "Karta Polaka". Those people are far more Polish than the vast majority of Polonia in America - yet they're denied full citizenship.

dhennie_joThreads: 8 Posts: 46 Joined: Jan 3, 10 ♀	May 30, 10, 00:47 #8
delphiandomine: 3 years and 6 months, to be accurate. nincompoop_not: http://polish-citizenship.eu/ http://polish-citizenship.eu/foreigners.html thanks for this

nincompoop_notThreads: 4 Posts: 229 Joined: Nov 3, 09 ♀	May 30, 10, 00:52 #9
welcome

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May 30, 10, 21:48 #10

Between 3 years and 3 years and six months (you have a limited window of 6 months to make the application after 3 years of marriage).

The major need though is either an EC long term residence permit ( so for EC nationals you must have a minimum of 5 years documented stay in Poland) and for Non EC nationals you will need a permit to settle (you can obtain this with 2 years documented stay in Poland plus a minimum of 3 years marriage to a Polish citizen or somebody with an EC long term residence permit).

If you miss the six month window after the three years marriage then you get a second six month window after acquiring the long term residence permit or the permit to settle. If you miss this you can't apply for the automatic grant of citizenship on the basis of marriage.

It is not a minimum period of 3 years and six months that in fact is the maximum period.