Polish citizenship

Become a citizen of Europe

What are the advantages of having Polish citizenship?

Poland is a European Union member, so as a Polish citizen, you are also a citizen of the EU. You and your children hold all the rights necessary to travel, work, vote, buy real estate, do business, and get an education as citizens of the European Union.

Why Genealogia Polonica?

• to place your application, you need a correspondence address in Poland – we give you ours
• you don’t need to speak Polish – we fill out all the documents for you
• we are a genealogy firm, therefore we are the expert in finding useful documentation for your application
• we offer legal analyses performed by a citizenship specialist
• all regular costs are included in our fixed prices
• we double-check all cases.

How does the process look:

Gathering information

Fill out the questionnaire and we’ll get back to you with additional questions. You can also ask for legal analysis, we will check all the regulations and come back to you with an analysis from which you will find out whether you can obtain Polish citizenship. Cost of analysis is 250 USD.

Collecting documents

We will get the documents needed to prove your Polish citizenship. We will get the documents needed to prove your Polish citizenship. Birth certificate is not enough, we need to also find proof of permanent residence in Poland. Additionally you will also need to collect some documents from the country of your and your ancestors’ residence like naturalization document, marriage certificate etc. (we will inform you which ones exactly).

Applying for citizenship

We will complete the application for you and provide our address in Poland, which is required to submit the application. We are applying in your behalf in Warsaw. Then we just need to wait for Voivode Office decision, waiting time is at least a year. 

If you already have all the necessary documents, you can request a personalized offer.

The cost of the citizenship process is USD 1 960 and includes
(we also accept payment in installments):

• the research as well as additional costs to get the certified copies of required documents (travel costs, stamp duties, archival fees, paid access)
• correspondence with Archives, Civil Offices, Voivode Office
• sworn translations, stamp duties, and costs of sending the decision document to your address
• placing the application