• The documents enclosed to the application have to be submitted either in the form of original version or of certified copies.

Who can certify the document to be a true copy?

1. Polish notary or Polish consul,

2. the documents can be certified at the Mazowieckie Voivodship Office in Warsaw upon submitting the application. To this end the original version of the document and photocopies made on one’s own have to be prepared.

• All the documents and official letters in foreign language have to be translated into Polish by Polish consul or Polish sworn translator.
• The application for the consent to the abandonment of Polish nationality only for  the juvenile child has to be signed by both of the parents. The child who is at least 16-years-old on the day of submitting the application, also has to agree to the loss the status of Polish citizen.
• If the foreigner submits the application for himself or herself, as well as for the juvenile, the other of the parents has to agree to abandon the Polish nationality of the child. Such a statement can be accepted by the following persons:

1. the Voivod competent for the seat – if the parent resides in Poland,

2. the Polish consul – if the parent resides abroad or stays in Poland basing on the visa or in visa-free traffic.

In the case when the statement has been submitted before other Voivod or consul, information on this fact has to be included in the application.

• If the foreigner submits the application for himself or herself, as well as for the juvenile at least 16-years old, the other of the parents has to agree to abandon Polish nationality of the child. Such a statement can be accepted by the following persons:

1. the Voivod competent for the seat – if the parent resides in Poland,

2. the Polish consul – if the parent resides abroad or stays in Poland basing on the visa or in visa-free traffic.

In the case when the statement has been submitted before other Voivod or consul, information on this fact has to be included in the application.