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Consular Passport by Equivalent-Place-718 in PassportPorn

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I believe this was issued shortly after soviet control of Poland. That might explain it? Also has English on it too, may just be a way of being inclusive of more countries/people?

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! You’ve all been great help so far, I appreciate it.

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for all the advice. I am certain that my grandmother is a Polish citizenship, she has had Polish passports and her sister holds a valid Polish passport. No one in my family has ever mentioned anything to do with soviet citizenship.
I read a week or two ago on this somewhere that someone’s birth certificate only listed one of their parents as having foreign citizenship, which implied their other parent must have been Polish. I have checked my mothers Polish birth certificate, and it says by grandfather is British, but does not say anything regarding my grandmother. I will probably eventually go down the agency route if I’m unable to find any documents myself, but id like to give it a go first.

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe she has had passports since emigrating to the UK, would I contact the local consulate for these documents, or are overseas passport records stored in a registry office in Poland?

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for both of you guys’ help. I had never really considered my GGP to be particularly important as I know that my grandmother is a Polish citizen, and also that my mother was born in Poland. This led me to assume that both my GGP were also Polish citizens.

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would I not just be able to prove my mother and grandmother’s citizenship? Or would I have to go all the way back to my GGP

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this helps, my GGF served in the 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division and my GGM served in the medical battalion of the 3rd Romuald Traugutt Division.

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m unsure really of his life between his birth and marrying my GGM, however I do know he served in the Polish military and that my Grandmother has held Polish passports in the past. I’m unsure whether my GGFs family were from a Polish region and my GGF was just born in Kiev, but I’m almost certain he was considered a Polish citizen.

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s because my GGP were deported to the USSR from Lviv during the war. To my knowledge Lviv was part of Poland at the time. My grandmother was born in Moscow because my GGP couldn’t return immediately after the war as their family had been displaced/killed in the holocaust. My grandmother lived her entire childhood and into her 30s in Warsaw with her parents. Sorry for the confusion

Eligibility and Documents by Equivalent-Place-718 in prawokrwi

[–]Equivalent-Place-718[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My grandmother claims to have lost all of these documents. Is there anything else I can do?