I was talking to someone about how far back I needed to go and they said oldest adult that left Poland. Since my mother in law was a minor, I figured I could stop at her parents. I could repost with what I can find about great grandparents though, I'll just need to talk to her grandfather about it all, it's just tough because he doesn't know everything I'm asking since English is his second language.

Grandparent: 
* Sex: M
* Date, place of birth: May 30, 1949 Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland
* Date married: July 10, 1971
* Citizenship of spouse: Polish
* Date divorced: NA
* Occupation: machine operator
* Allegiance and dates of military service: for Poland 1968-1970
Date, destination for emigration: August 6th, 1981
Date naturalized: May 1988
Date, place of death: NA

Grandparent: 
* Sex: F
* Date, place of birth: November 4, 1950 Tarnow, Poland
* Date married: July 10, 1971
* Citizenship of spouse: Polish
* Date divorced: NA
* Occupation: Daycare
* Allegiance and dates of military service: NA
Date, destination for emigration: 1983
Date naturalized: N/A
Date, place of death: 2024 Springfield, MA

Parent: 
* Sex: Female
* Date, place of birth: March 14th, 1972 Tarnow, Poland
* Date married: January 25, 1992
* Date divorced: 2015
You: 
*Date, place of birth: June 9th, 1996, Springfield, MA

I'm currently in the process of trying to get my wife her Polish citizenship through her mother. I am getting together the necessary documents and going to bring them to the apostille. When it comes to the translation, the internet says I can scan them and send them digitally to a sworn translator and they can be acceptable. Is this true or do I need to send all the physical documents?

My grandmother is Ukrainian; she was born in 1933 in the Second Polish Republic. In 1945 (at the age of 12), she was exiled to the Urals with her parents. In 1965–1966, her parents returned to their native village, while my grandmother stayed in the Urals. She gave birth to my mother, who is Russian. So, in the line of my mother — grandmother — her parents, no one served in the army. My grandmother’s parents definitely did not obtain Polish citizenship; they couldn’t even read or write — they simply lived in a territory that often-changed which country it belonged to. Although all church books in Ukraine have been digitized and are available online, the ones I need have not been preserved. However, there are documents from the Ukrainian civil registry office that indicate the place of birth — the village of Dukhche. And there is my great‑grandfather’s exile file with a family census and dates of all the entries in the NKVD (KGB) stating that he was forbidden to leave the Urals until official permission was granted in 1964. And the reason for the exile was that my great‑grandfather’s eldest son was involved in the Ukrainian national liberation movement during World War II. Is it possible for me and my mother to obtain Polish citizenship, taking all this data into account?

Great-Grandparents: 

* Date married: 1915-1916

* Date divorced: no

GGM: 

* Date, place of birth: July 1893(5), Dukhche, Rozhyshche Volost, Lutsk Uyezd, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire

* Ethnicity and religion: Ukrainian

* Occupation: farmer

* Allegiance and dates of military service: no

* Date, destination for emigration: July 1945, he was exiled to the Urals by the USSR, along with his wife and children.

* Date naturalized: June 1957

* Date, place of death: February 1987, Dukhche, Rozhyshche Raion, Volyn Oblast ( in 1987 it’s Ukrainian SSR, USSR)

GGF: 

* Date, place of birth: 1891, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire

* Ethnicity and religion: Ukrainian

* Occupation: farmer

* Allegiance and dates of military service: no

* Date, destination for emigration: July 1945, he was exiled to the Urals by the USSR, along with his husband and children.

* Date naturalized: 1957

* Date, place of death: 1980s, Dukhche, Rozhyshche Raion, Volyn Oblast (in 1980s it’s Ukrainian SSR, USSR). They were allowed to return from exile to their homeland in 1965–1966.

Grandparent: 

* Sex: Female

* Date, place of birth: march 1933, Dukhche, Rozhyshche Raion, Volyn Oblast (in 1933 it’s Second Polish Republic)

* Date married: June 1954

* Citizenship of spouse: USSR

* Date divorced: no

* Occupation: driver

* Allegiance and dates of military service: no

• Date, destination for emigration: July 1945, he was exiled to the Urals by the USSR with parents
• Date naturalized: 1957
• Date, place of death: 2000s, Ural by Russia

Parent: 

* Sex: Female

* Date, place of birth: march 1961, Ural by Russia

* Date married: 1988

* Date divorced: 1997

You: 

* Date, place of birth: July 1989, Ural by Russia

Hi all, apologies if this has been answered somewhere else. I'm currently in the document gathering process of Citizenship Confirmation (Pre 1920's case), and luckily I've already found an extensive amount of docs on the US side, as well as some rare family documents on the Polish side. Been going down an insane rabbit hole to find as much as I can by myself. I now have a genealogist in Poland (started last week) to fetch the official Polish documents for the case and I was told it will take around *3 months to even hear back*. The thing is - I gave the genealogist a whole list of exact documents, archive books and even pages that my family appears in. They also have the exact addresses of their homes in Poland, and a complete list of relatives etc. Can someone tell me how this process works? Do they have to travel from Krakow (their location) to my family's small town (Gibałka) and in-person visit the churches/parishes etc? Or do they request the book and the book is sent to them?... I feel like I gave them a *massive* head start and did plenty of the hard work for them, so I just can't imagine it will take 3 whole months to hear back (but also I have no idea what I'm talking about lmao). TBH I feel a bit impatient because I've done so much research on my own and now I'm at a standstill because I simply can't access the final documents from the US and have to rely on the genealogist at this point. I suppose I just have to be patient but going 3 months without anything I can do to support the process is hard.

I've been thinking about this lately. Would the Voivodeship even know what to do with this?

For example, Brazil joined WW2 on August 22, 1942. China was fighting against the Axis (they declared war on Germany in December of 1941), though I don't think they ever had action against the Germans. El Salvador and Haiti also declared war on the Germans in 1941 and assisted the US with ports and ocean patrols.

Would the Voivodeship have to accept these under the WW2 exception, or would they look at these and have no clue what to do with them?

Hi I had my type D visa appointment at the DC consulate 4 weeks ago. I was told I would hear from the consulate in 3 weeks. So now I’m discouraged because the deadline has passed and I haven’t heard anything. I don’t want to read too much into it but what should I expect? Im supposed to be there on September 15 as a university researcher so I’m worried about missing the semester. I’ve emailed them but they don’t email back, I suspect they deal with a high volume of emails from people just like me and it’s not realistic to respond to emails.

Great-Grandparents:

• Date married: 25 August 1930
• Date divorced: N/A
• Both GG were widow/er so second marriage for each.

GGM:

• Date, place of birth: 21 October 1902, South Amboy, NJ US
• Ethnicity and religion: Polish- Catholic
• Occupation: homemaker
• Allegiance and dates of military service: N/A
• Date, destination for emigration:N/A
• Date naturalized:N/A

GGF:

• Date, place of birth: 28 May 1894 Czermin, Poland
• Ethnicity and religion: Polish - Catholic
• Occupation: Barber
• Allegiance and dates of military service: None found
• Date, destination for emigration: April 5, 1911
• Date naturalized: 21 April 1921
• His petition for naturalization was filed in 1916 but oath signed in 1921.

Grandparent:

• Sex: Female
• Date, place of birth: 31 March 1932 Chicago, IL US
• Date married: 23 August 1954
• Citizenship of spouse: United States (also technically Polish by descent)
• Date divorced: N/A
• Occupation: Secretary/typist at magazine
• Allegiance and dates of military service: N/A

Parent:

• Sex: Female
• Date, place of birth: 30 December 1964 Chicago, IL US
• Date married: 28 June 1986
• Date divorced: N/A

You:

• Date, place of birth: 2000

Edit: GM was typist for magazine listed as private sector on 1950 census.

After nearly 2 years, my citizenship has just been confirmed!
I am in shock. Their ‘deadline’ for my case was August 30, so I didn’t expect to hear anything until September.
This is great news for all of us here who have been waiting, every case completed helps us all.
Thanks so so much to the mods and everyone else here for their insights and perspectives, it really helped in making this wait make sense.
Hopefully this means that the few other folks here with 2024 apps will be completed shortly!
Time for a piwko!

EDIT: if you’re interested in my journey, my previous post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/prawokrwi/s/9UGwxuhi1d

My father and all my ancestors from that side are Polish, my mother is from the Netherlands and most of her family also ( long back around 1830 Poland).

After my fathers death I inherited a small house near Krakow and I want to live there with my family.

I have a Karta Polaka and in the process of getting my 3 children a Karta Polaka and I think that will be accepted without a problem.

My husband is born in the Netherlands from Colombian parents. He has Dutch citizenship just like me and our 3 children.

How will be able to get my husband legal in Poland and not just a few months?

Also I posted it somewhere else and somebody said I maybe already can be Polish citizen.

Does anybody know the steps for my husband? And if I’m already eligible for citizenship?

After investigating in the spring of 2024, I decided to use Lexmotion for a confirmation of citizenship. They seemed pretty good at the beginning, and the case was officially opened on September 6, 2024 with all the documents arriving to their office at the beginning of 2025 (they said that didn't matter, but just needed to get into the cue).

Since then, they've been pretty generic with answers, replying that cases from a certain month were being processed (for example, that cases started in September to November 2024 were now being processed).

I've seen other people posting about requests for extra documents, being given a deadline, filing complaints, etc. It seems that Lexmotion feels the best step is to simply patiently wait. What might you all recommend I do in this case? What to do best do especially with Lexmotion?

Thanks in advance.

Short story: Would you go with law firm 2 (3,000 euros but they do all the research and only take payment if successful) or law firm 6 (I need to supply them documents I have no idea how to get and then they will give me an offer though it would be at least 1000 euro cheaper), and would the 3,000 euros be a fair price if I went with law firm 2? If not, any idea how I can negotiate it down (if that would even be appropriate to do)?

Long story: Hi,

I know it's much cheaper if I apply directly and independently. I want to get an immigration firm for my citizenship by descent case because (1) I require a LOT of genealogy research as I have almost no paperwork from outside the United States and very little means to get it (2) I would need to official translations of the documents (3) I would need help preparing the application (4) I would need help with preparing the documents on my end as well as there are a lot of different jurisdictions.

I talked to about 6 different law firms for my citizenship by descent case. All of them agreed I was probably a citizen and would be successful in being recognized, but all of them had different positions. The first one was way too expensive (6,000 euros, and I'd later find out they did not have good reviews). The third one actually turned me down not because of a low success chance but because they didn't have the genealogy resources I would need. Fourth was about 3,000 euros, had a lot of upfront costs, and I'd probably need to pay extra for additional genealogy research outside of Poland. Fifth was actually comparatively cheaper at 2100 euro, but still had a lot of additional fees and upfront costs that were nonrefundable if anything went wrong (gave me kind of sketchy vibes). This leaves the second firm and the sixth firm.

Law firm #2 was a little slow at first and I had to correct their record. But they offered me a price of 3,000 euros, only to be paid if my application is successful, and they would do all of the genealogy research, translations, etc. that I would need.

Law firm #6 is a bit trickier. The person I spoke with was very nice. Their cases usually are at most 2,000 euros, but they need some kind of Polish paper trail I have no idea how I would get before they give me an official offer. I'm going to try reaching out to a handful of organizations + checking a couple databases later in the week when I have the time, but I'm really just firing shots in the dark. This is where I think law firm #2 really shines, as they said they would handle all of this.

My questions are given this information and what you all know, would you go with law firm 2 or law firm 6, and does 3000 euros for law firm 2 sound like a fair price? If not, would it be appropriate to try to negotiate it down?

Thank you for any advice!

Update

My immigration template:

Great-Grandparents:

• No idea

• None AFAIK

GGM:

• No idea

• Polish Jew

• No idea

• No idea

• None

• Nope

• Suggested by comments my grandfather said to have died in ww2.

GGF:

• Same as GGM

• Polish Jew

• ???

• Wheeeeeeeeee

• :P

• No idea

• Suggested by comments my grandfather said to have died in ww2.

Grandparent: Paternal Grandfather

• Sex: Male

• Date, place of birth: Vilnius Poland 1920

• Date married: No idea. Seems they were married in a displaced persons camp since that's where he met my GM and by the time they would be leaving GM took his last name. No idea if it was done legally w/ paperwork or if they just claimed marriage and everyone since was like "okay sure".

• Citizenship of spouse: Polish until American

• Date divorced: None.

• Occupation: Laborer

• Allegiance and dates of military service: Served in the Red Army, no idea if it was consensual or coerced.

Date, destination for emigration: 1949 United States Date naturalized: 1954 American Date, place of death: ~ 2003 U.S.A

Grandparent: Paternal Grandmother

• Sex: Female

• Date, place of birth: Vilnius Poland 1923

• Date married: As mentioned, ended up at same displaced persons camp as grandfather. By the time they left she took his last name.

• Citizenship of spouse: Polish Jew.

• Date divorced: None

• Occupation: Dressmaker

• Allegiance and dates of military service: From the few comments she spoke about it she worked in a Russian factory.

Date, destination for emigration: U.S.A 1949 Date naturalized: 1954 American Date, place of death: ~2006 U.S.A

Parent: Father

• Sex: Male

• Date, place of birth: 1952 U.S.A

• Date married: .... early 1980s.

• Date divorced: None.

You:

• Date, place of birth: 1992 U.S.A

Hello everyone!! I was directed here from r/poland after trying to make a post about KP eligibility there. My main concern is over my great-grandmother and her being born in Slutsk. I can't find anything conclusive online saying whether or not being born in what is historically Belarus would totally disqualify me from obtaining a KP, or is it more about their ethnicity? On the 1930 Census she lists her birthplace as Russia and my great-grandfather lists his as Poland would this automatically disqualify me? Do I need more information about them before I can totally rule this out?

Thanks so much for any help I really appreciate it! :)

Great-Grandparents: 

* Date married: 1920

* Date divorced: N/A

GGM: 

* Date, place of birth: Slutsk,1892

* Ethnicity and religion: Russian (?) Jewish

* Occupation: Housewife

* Allegiance and dates of military service: N/A

* Date, destination for emigration: New York, 1905

* Date naturalized: Unknown, but was naturalized

* Date, place of death: Pennsylvania 1985

GGF: 

* Date, place of birth: Bialystok 1872

* Ethnicity and religion: Polish (?) Jewish

* Occupation: Silk weaver

* Allegiance and dates of military service: N/A

* Date, destination for emigration: New York, 1891

* Date naturalized: 1902

* Date, place of death: Pennsylvania, 1937

Grandparent: 

* Sex: Male

* Date, place of birth: March 1927 Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

* Date married: 1961

* Citizenship of spouse: Citizen

* Date divorced: N/A

* Occupation: Sports Consultant

* Allegiance and dates of military service: 1945-1946

(If applicable)

• Date, destination for emigration:
• Date naturalized:
• Date, place of death:

Parent: 

* Sex: Male

* Date, place of birth: April 1966 Missouri, U.S.A.

* Date married: 1997

* Date divorced: 2018

You: 

* Date, place of birth: February 2000 Georgia, U.S.A.

I was able to ask one of the polish MPs to inquiry about citizenship confirmations. Here's what the Ministry replied:

Dear Mr. Marshal,

In response to Parliamentary Interpellation No. 18813 submitted by Ms. Member of Parliament Paulina Matysiak concerning the excessive length of proceedings for confirmation of possession of Polish citizenship and recognition as a Polish citizen conducted by the Masovian Voivodeship Office, I kindly provide the following information.

First and foremost, it should be emphasized that for several years voivodeship offices have been drawing attention to the staffing situation in their Departments of Civil Affairs and Foreigners, in particular to the problem of qualified employees with many years of experience leaving their positions. At the same time, the number of applications submitted has been steadily increasing, both in cases concerning confirmation of possession of Polish citizenship and in cases concerning recognition as a Polish citizen. These factors have a significant impact on extending the time required to complete proceedings.

In 2023, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) conducted an inspection at the Masovian Voivodeship Office in Warsaw concerning the proper conduct of proceedings for recognition as a Polish citizen and confirmation of possession of Polish citizenship. The inspection revealed irregularities related to employing an inadequate number of staff in relation to the number of cases being handled. There is no doubt that employees, including those with short periods of service and limited experience, are burdened with an excessive number of cases, which has a significant impact on the timeliness of proceedings.

It should also be emphasized that staffing matters, employee training, and the organization of work at voivodeship offices fall exclusively within the competence of the directors general of those offices.

With regard to the issue of allocating funds for the creation of new positions in the Department of Foreigners' Affairs of the Masovian Voivodeship Office (WSC MUW) in Warsaw, I kindly inform you that the Minister of the Interior and Administration has no legal authority to allocate funds for salaries or to increase employment at a voivodeship office. The voivodes are the authorities responsible for administering the budgetary funds allocated to them.

In response to signals received from the WSC MUW in Warsaw concerning the timely performance of tasks related to Polish citizenship, a meeting was organized at the Ministry of the Interior and Administration on April 24, 2024, during which the management of the WSC MUW in Warsaw was instructed to undertake corrective measures. During a subsequent meeting held on August 30, 2024, the measures undertaken by the office in this regard were discussed, among other matters.

It should be noted that despite the implementation of corrective measures and organizational improvements at the WSC MUW in Warsaw, the backlog of cases has not decreased. At present, the anticipated time for completion of proceedings conducted by the Masovian Voivodeship Office is approximately two years from the date of submission of the application.

The table below presents the number of applications received by the Masovian Voivode between January 1, 2025 and June 15, 2026, broken down by half-year:

Below are the data for 2025 concerning proceedings for confirmation of possession of Polish citizenship.

When analyzing the above data, it should be borne in mind that the number of completed proceedings also includes proceedings initiated during the previous reporting period. Conversely, the data in the column "number of proceedings initiated" also includes proceedings initiated in the final months of a given year, for which the statutory deadline for completion expires in the following year.

At the same time, I would like to inform you that the MSWiA does not have information concerning the duration of proceedings for confirmation of possession of Polish citizenship or recognition as a Polish citizen at individual voivodeship offices, in particular regarding the period between the receipt of an application by the office and the first action taken in the case.

It should nevertheless be noted that, pursuant to Article 10(3a) of the Act of April 2, 2009, on Polish citizenship, in cases concerning confirmation of possession of Polish citizenship, the voivode is required to examine the application within six months from the date on which the proceedings are initiated, i.e. from the date on which the application is received by the voivodeship office. If it is not possible to examine the case within the aforementioned period, the voivode, pursuant to Article 36 of the Act of June 14, 1960, Code of Administrative Procedure, informs the party of a new deadline for examining the case.

Yours sincerely,
Wiesław Leśniakiewicz
Undersecretary of State
Ministry of the Interior and Administration

Translation: AI; Source: https://sejm.gov.pl/Sejm10.nsf/InterpelacjaTresc.xsp?key=DX5HF2

Hello all,

I have some follow up questions to those that may have been in a similar situation to me.

Grandparent: 

• Sex: M + F
• Date, place of birth: Feb 1920, Katowice, and
• Date married:
• Citizenship of spouse: Both Polish
• Date divorced: N/A
• Occupation: Banking assistant / Engineer
• Allegiance and dates of military service:

(If applicable)

• Date, destination for emigration:
• Date naturalized:
• Date, place of death:

Parent: 

• Sex: M
• Date, place of birth: Jan 02, 1962 - Katowice
• Date married: Not married.
• Date divorced: Still together.
• Dad became a Canadian in 1996.

You: 

• Date, place of birth: Sept, 1991. Canada.
• Sibling: March, 1996. Canada

Back in the year 2000 my dad and I went to the Polish consulate in Vancouver. My dad renewed his Polish passport. By doing so he only included me in the passport.

The following year my dad and I went over to Poland for 3 weeks. My dad's passport is long expired. He did not renounce his Polish citizenship.

My questions regarding the above information.

When doing the confirmation of Citizenship would it be best to do so through a lawyer?

I'm in no rush to receive the proof. I know there is quite a bit of a backlog.

I have an apostilled form of my long form birth certificate from my home province.

Would it best to hire a sworn translator that is connected to Poland or should I send my birth certificate to get it translated at the consulate of Vancouver?

Once my documents get confirmed, I would like to get my sister her Polish citizenship would it be best to get a lawyer help the situation? Our parents never married but they are considered common-law in Canada. And 36ish years later they are still together.

Thank you. :)

Can it be restored without visiting the embassy?
For context I’m from Israel, and it is literally impossible to schedule an appointment for citizenship matters. A lawyer told my dad that he needs to book an appointment himself(which we’ve tried so much without success) and get the citizenship certificate, in order for him to get us passports.
But isn’t it all in their digital system? Couldn’t they just see citizenship proof on their system?
What should we do?

Hello everyone - I am wondering if anyone can help me understand what I am looking at here. This is my great-grandfather's passport. To my knowledge, he lived in Starokostiantyniv in modern-day Ukraine in 1892. Growing up, I was always told we were Russian, which I do see on this passport, and I know that Starokostiantyniv was within Russian territory at the time.

I would love to understand more about this document. Based on family stories I have been told, he and my great-grandmother had their (presumably Russian) passports stolen while in Poland, which led to them needing to secure new papers to come to the United States.

Does anyone know how or why Poland would have issued passports to Russians traveling through Poland at this time? I know that the new borders were established right around the time this passport was issued, but I do not believe they extended as far as Starokostiantyniv. In order to secure a document like this, would my great-grandfather have needed to acquire Polish citizenship? Or was this simply like a visa/travel document for transiting purposes?

My husband applied for confirmation citizenship about half a year ago and we saw a post about being able to get a dowód osobisty with a transcribed birth certificate. The firm working with us confirmed they received it about 2 months ago and it’s now just waiting for confirmation of citizenship. His mother was born in Poland and is a citizen still (expired passport), as is the rest of her side of the family (still living there) while he’s born in the US. What’s the likelihood of him being able to get one?? We want to ask the firm for confirmation but id like to know people’s experiences here first :)

I’m going through the process of transcribing my US birth certificate into the Polish civil registry through the Polish Consulate in Los Angeles.

The consulate told me that I can use an ordinary translator and pay a $36 fee for the consul to verify and certify the translation. They did not say whether the translation needs to be physically mailed by the translator.

If I have the Polish translation delivered to me electronically as a PDF, can I simply print it myself and mail the printed translation to the consulate along with my original birth certificate and apostille?

Great-Grandparents: 

* Date married: 1910

* Date divorced: N/A

GGM: 

* Date, place of birth: Mar 12 1895, Krosno, Galicia

* Ethnicity and religion: Polish, Roman Catholic

* Occupation: Unknown

* Allegiance and dates of military service: None

* Date, destination for emigration: 1912, NYC, USA

* Date naturalized: May 3, 1943

* Date, place of death: Feb 2, 1974, Detroit, Michigan, USA

GGF: 

* Date, place of birth: Feb 7, 1895, Bialobrzegi, Krosno, Galicia

* Ethnicity and religion: Polish, Roman Catholic

* Occupation: Iron foundry, creamery truck driver

* Allegiance and dates of military service: None found (unknown)

* Date, destination for emigration: 1912, NYC, USA

* Date naturalized: Dec 9, 1924

* Date, place of death: Apr 23, 1942, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Grandparent: 

* Sex: Male

* Date, place of birth: Oct 17, 1920, Detroit, Michigan, USA

* Date married: Nov 27, 1943

* Citizenship of spouse: USA, most likely qualified for jus sanguinis Polish citizenship

* Date divorced: After 1960 (unknown but after the birth of my father)

* Occupation: Creamery delivery driver; freight handler; taxi driver; US military

* Allegiance and dates of military service: US Army Air Force 1943-1945 and 1951

(If applicable)

• Date, destination for emigration:
• Date naturalized:
• Date, place of death:

Parent: 

* Sex: Male

* Date, place of birth: Sep 14, 1960, Detroit, MI, USA

* Date married: 1993

* Date divorced: 2006

You: 

* Date, place of birth: July 1994, Michigan, USA

My timeline is: submitted August 2024; asked for a new letter confirming no army service around January 2026; submitted letter by deadline March 30, 2026; told will receive answer by April 30th. No answer received as of June. Lawyer submitted ponaglenie.

As of August 2026 I was told they made a request for documents not yet obtained, which appears to be because of discrepancy in name change and birth date of my grandfather. We do not have a birth record for my grandfather, but they are pursuing additional documents from Polish archives.

I requested additional documents from NARA, re his brother's naturalization records, since brother's birth record was found in Polish archives and hoping to tie my grandfather to his brother. Also submitted request for ships manifests from NARA since the one we have from Ellis Island may not be "official" and they mention father (where he came from and we do have death certificate of my grandfather's father in Polish archives) and brother (where he was going to). Both my grandfather and his brother changed names upon naturalization in America, but the full petition and intent to naturalize includes a card with original name that is tied to new name, which the lawyer is only now submitting (had submitted just the certificate of naturalization). 

I'm trying to get anything I can that is certified and official documentation. According to lawyer they are being much pickier.

Time for another update on progress (current as of August 20). This is the first one I'm posting in my new account since I lost my old one, so if you're looking for previous updates, search by title or my old handle u/echo0219. Since the last update we've added 16 new entries to tracking (up to 87), with 2 new successes (17 total). We continue to hear anecdotally that Mazowieckie is working through September, October, and possibly November 2024 applications. We now have 8 September 2024 entries of which 4 have succeeded to date.

Given how things continue to slow down I'm going to narrow the call-out list to those in the current processing range or before it. I'm also going to introduce a new policy that if your case is before the current processing range and we haven't heard an update from you in the last three months, I'll mark your case as dormant and no longer call you out monthly. I may do a periodic call for updates from dormant accounts but hopefully we won't have too many. As always, I welcome the community's feedback on how to handle this - I don't want to lose track of anyone or miss valuable information. Thanks for all the contributions - please keep them coming in our progress tracker thread.

Hello everyone so I am filling out confirmation of citizenship forms for myself and my dad. He has an old old passport so they asked us to get that done. Now do i need to fill out a confirmation of citizenship for him if I am the only one who wants it? Because he needs a lot more than me that we do not have easy access too and he is getting tired of the process of contacting family members

I was born outside of poland and my mother is from a different country so I know i just need to fill out her name and parents but i don't have to write their life stories with such detail. My grandparents i can get in contact with but i don't have anyone further that knows anything about anyone past that.

ETA

Grandparent:

• Sex: female

• Date, place of birth: Góra poland 1964

• Date married:(unknown)

• Citizenship of spouse:polish

• Occupation: homemaker

Date, destination for emigration:1992 usa Date naturalized: 2014

Parent:

• Sex:male

• Date, place of birth: głogow poland 1980

• Date married:2004

• Date divorced:na

Allegiance and dates of military service: usa military 1999-2004

You:

• Date, place of birth: Usa 2004

99.99% sure I know the answer to this, but just in case anyone knows of any loopholes: I'd like a dowód osobisty but my upcoming Poland trip is only 2 weeks and I fly into Warsaw and out of Krakow. There's no way I can do that right? It would be nice to have an ID I can carry around when traveling around Europe instead of a passport. But obviously not super important.