Polish Citizenship by Descent — Who Qualifies & How It Works

 Polish roots? You may be eligible to confirm Polish citizenship by descent—a route that can extend to multiple generations when citizenship continuity is proven.

What Polish citizenship gives your family

• Work & live anywhere in the EU (27 countries), no sponsorship hoops

• Study on local terms at European public universities

• Family rights: include eligible children, pass citizenship forward

• A practical safety net for careers and life abroad

Eligibility — the big picture

Polish law recognizes citizenship by descent where citizenship carried forward through each generation. The specifics depend on dates, place, and continuity (for example, loss of citizenship events in prior generations can break the chain). Don’t worry—that’s exactly what we verify at the start.

Typical components we confirm:

• An ancestor who was Polish (citizen) under the law at the time

• Documentation that connects each generation (births, marriages, name changes)

• No intervening loss events that ended citizenship before the next generation’s birth

Documents we assemble

• Your documents: passport/ID; birth; marriage/divorce (if relevant); children’s records if included

• Ancestor documents: Polish vital records, local registers, residency proofs, pre/post-war materials

• Chain proofs: certificates that link parents–child across generations; name-variant reconciliation

• Compliance: certified translations, notarizations, apostilles per Polish authority specs

No documents? We retrieve records from archives and civil registries—also outside today’s Poland where borders shifted.

Steps & timing

1. Eligibility check & legal plan

2. Archive research (Poland and abroad)

3. Case build (translations, notarizations, apostilles)

4. Submission & tracking to the competent authority

5. Approval & registration

Typical duration: 18–24 months. Your EuroWise team manages the process end-to-end.

Why EuroWise

• Attorney-led route confirmation

• Genealogy in action: we find what’s missing

• Exact formatting to avoid delays

• 97% of our clients have received citizenship

Polish Citizenship by Descent — Who Qualifies & How It Works

Polish roots? You may be eligible to confirm Polish citizenship by descent—a route that can extend to multiple generations when citizenship continuity is proven.

What Polish citizenship gives your family

• Work & live anywhere in the EU (27 countries), no sponsorship hoops

• Study on local terms at European public universities

• Family rights: include eligible children, pass citizenship forward

• A practical safety net for careers and life abroad

Eligibility — the big picture

Polish law recognizes citizenship by descent where citizenship carried forward through each generation. The specifics depend on dates, place, and continuity (for example, loss of citizenship events in prior generations can break the chain). Don’t worry—that’s exactly what we verify at the start.

Typical components we confirm:

• An ancestor who was Polish (citizen) under the law at the time

• Documentation that connects each generation (births, marriages, name changes)

• No intervening loss events that ended citizenship before the next generation’s birth

Documents we assemble

• Your documents: passport/ID; birth; marriage/divorce (if relevant); children’s records if included

• Ancestor documents: Polish vital records, local registers, residency proofs, pre/post-war materials

• Chain proofs: certificates that link parents–child across generations; name-variant reconciliation

• Compliance: certified translations, notarizations, apostilles per Polish authority specs

No documents? We retrieve records from archives and civil registries—also outside today’s Poland where borders shifted.

Steps & timing

1. Eligibility check & legal plan

2. Archive research (Poland and abroad)

3. Case build (translations, notarizations, apostilles)

4. Submission & tracking to the competent authority

5. Approval & registration

Typical duration: 18–24 months. Your EuroWise team manages the process end-to-end.

Why EuroWise

• Attorney-led route confirmation

• Genealogy in action: we find what’s missing

• Exact formatting to avoid delays

• 97% of our clients have received citizenship