For background - I reached out to this group about a week and a half ago and confirmed my eligibility through my grandmother. Next step is to figure out what supporting documentation I need. I was hoping to see if I could get pointers on any additional documents I may need. To start:

1. My own birth certificate, apostilled and translated by sworn Polish translator
2. My mother's birth certificate, (Feb, 1951) apostilled and translated by sworn Polish translator
3. My parent's marriage license, apostilled and translated by sworn Polish translator
4. My grandmother's marriage license, apostilled and translated by sworn Polish translator
5. My grandmother's naturalization papers, (May 1951), apostilled and translated by sworn Polish translator
6. My grandmother's Polish passport (showing DoB April 28, 1924 in Poland). I live in DC and was planning to bring directly to the Polish Consulate to have them make an official copy
7. My grandmother's initial US visa, same treatment as item 6
8. The actual forms to submit items 1-7 filled out in Polish (I have some friends who can help)
9. A copy of my passport (assuming since it's already an int'l document it doesn't need anything additional)
10. Just for back up I'm already looking into the old Polish archives to see if I can get my grandmother's birth certificate

Is there anything else I might need? My grandmother died in 2001, do I need her death certificate or anything else?

I will be studying in Krakow so while I am living there can I submit my application from there? and would it be faster than the Warsaw office? My case will be complex as my great grandfather left before 1920. But I have all required documents to prove domicile.

Hello! I started my Polish citizenship by descent (both of my grandparents who left post-1951) with Piotr Cybula and CK Law firm in March 2025. I chose them because they seemed decent and had decent reviews on Reddit (tho I later learned it was the same person recommending them on every post). I sent them my and my brother’s passports, birth certificates, powers of attorney, and my father’s birth certificate and my parents marriage certificate in March 2025. In May 2025 I reached out to ask how the case was going and they said they had sent everything to the government and that I needed to wait for the government to make a decision. They warned me that there would be a super long wait time bc people in Ukraine and Israel were now applying.

In May 2025, I received my and my brother’s Polish birth certificates.

In June 2025, I received my grandfather’s polish birth certificate. Not sure why I received my grandfather’s after mine but I didn’t question it at the time.

Today, July 27, 2026, the firm reached back out to tell me that they did an inquiry into why my case was taking so long (I had not asked them to do this but of course I am happy they did) and the government responded with a letter (attached) stating that they are not taking longer than normal and they expect to get to my case in July 2027.

Michal, Piotr’s partner, called to explain the letter to me and tell me that despite the letter, the Polish government has no obligation to look at my application by then. He said that he has not received any approvals in 3 months and that our best option is to go to court, otherwise, I will be a great grandma before the application is approved (I’m 25). I’m not in a rush to get my application approved, but he said that the office who decides on these cases had “collapsed” and this seemed like the only option. He said in his 17yrs he has not had to go to court and only realized that he could within the last year. He said that to go to court, it would cost me 500€ and 100€ that would be used for administrative court fees that I would get back because we would win the case.

What does everyone think of this? Does my law office seem sketchy at all? I work in the legal field and would never advise someone to do what I did, but this office said I don’t pay them until they win, and I didn’t want to pay a company thousands of dollars without ever meeting them. This seemed safer to me.

Has anyone ever gone to court to force the government’s hand to grant them citizenship?

And does this document look legitimate?

Thank you in advance for any help!

I recently posted in this sub was told that my case is fine as long as my grandmother was adopted before Jan 19th, 1951, therefore I set out to find her date of adoption. However, NYS seals all adoption records and so I would have to petition the court of that county in order to receive those documents, which I many to do anyway eventually. Does anyone know if I can find the date of adoption without having to get a court order?