Polish Citizenship by Descent: Complex Family Lines, Reviewed by a Polish Attorney
In 6 questions: does your line break at 1920, 1951, military service, or the maternal line?
- A Polish attorney (radca prawny, licensed in Poland only) reads your answers personally
- An honest first view of whether your line looks worth a closer look, before you pay anything
- Reply within 24 hours on business days
Radca prawny (licensed in Poland only; not a US attorney), OIRP Gdańsk entry no. GD/GD/2577
Office in Gdynia, Poland · Applications filed with the competent Polish voivode (for most US families, the Masovian Voivode) · English throughout
What you'll get
Your answers, reviewed
An attorney reads all 6 answers and checks them against the four points where Polish lines usually break.
Your options, explained
Plain English: what looks solid, what needs a document, and what could be a problem.
A rough cost and timeline
Which fee bracket your case likely falls into and how long the process usually takes.
Hard cases are the ones we're here for
We look closely at harder lines, too: great-grandparent lines, early naturalizations, military service, earlier refusals.
Great-grandparent lines
Poland has no generation limit. What matters is that the chain wasn't broken along the way, and that is something records can prove.
Naturalized before 1951
A US naturalization before January 19, 1951 often ended Polish citizenship. But the exact date and who it covered decide the case, and family memory is often off by years. We order the file before drawing conclusions.
Military service
Service in a foreign army could cause loss of citizenship under the 1920 Act, including drafted service. Service and draft records need careful reading.
Turned down before?
A refusal or a "no" from another company isn't always the end. Send us what you were told, and we'll read the decision and the records behind it.
Already confirmed but stuck?
You have your citizenship confirmation, but the passport still feels far away. Birth certificate transcription, PESEL number, the consulate appointment: we handle the Polish side of the passport stage for confirmed families too.
Fees, upfront and in writing
The 6-question check is free. Here is what the paid work costs.
Preliminary check: free
This check. A Polish attorney reviews your answers and gets back to you with a preliminary view on whether your case is worth pursuing, an invitation to book a call and, if you are ready to begin, a link to start. An informal view, not a legal opinion, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Document analysis: $850
One written legal opinion based on the documents you already have: it traces your line from the Polish ancestor to you and shows whether the ancestor's Polish citizenship can be proved. Flat fee, paid upfront.
Complex case with online records search: $1,500
For families with few documents. We search online archives and record databases for those records ourselves, then deliver the same written opinion. If new documents surface or new questions arise within 30 days of receiving your opinion, a supplementary opinion is included. Book the assessment · Pay $1,500
What we need to start either one
Your ancestors' names, dates and places of birth, when they lived in Poland and when in the USA, and how each generation is related, down to you.
Document search in the USA, Poland and Canada: additional $2,000
When important questions remain open after the written opinion, the firm searches for the missing documents in the USA, Poland and Canada. Offered only where the opinion shows it is needed.
Full citizenship confirmation case: $6,500–12,500
Full representation before the Polish authority, confirmed in writing after we have read the records. Parent or grandparent line: $6,500. Great-grandparent line: $9,500. Maternal line, further generations and complex cases: $12,500.
Family members and passports
Additional adults on the same confirmed line $2,500 each; minor children $1,200 each. The passport stage (civil registry transcription, PESEL, consulate) is $1,800 per family.
Official costs
Official fees, record requests, apostilles, sworn translations and archive searches are billed at cost, with receipts, never marked up.
Fees are in US dollars and invoiced in Poland by MS sp. z o.o., our Polish billing company, on the attorney's behalf.
Questions first? Email hello@polishlineage.com or call our US line, (212) 301-7798. Our office is in Gdynia, Poland.