Polish-Ukrainian 5-instrument bilateral framework

Example scenarios

• ELIGIBLE pathway ~8-9 years from arrival. 2022-02-24 retroactive Pomoc to 2023-11 refugee status UdSC to 2028-11 5y refugee to pobyt staly to 2030-11 2y pobyt staly to Art 30 ust 1 pkt 3 Uznanie to 2031 Polish citizenship.

  Pomoc Act retroactive 2022-02-24 (PL-VC-C-002). Art. 30 ust. 1 pkt 3 refugee Uznanie 2y; chain ~7y from refugee grant. Art. 30 ust. 2a B1 PCJP 2025-07-01 applies to 2030 app. Olena retains Ukrainian (wartime NLR).

• ELIGIBLE ~2.5y from Karta to citizenship. Total: 2019 Karta to 2024 citizenship = ~5y including pre-emigration; ~2y from arrival.

  Karta Polaka acceleration: 2019 Karta to 2022-04 pobyt staly Art 195 ust 1 pkt 9 zero-fee to 2023-11 1y to Art 30 ust 1 pkt 7. Fastest naturalization. PL-VC-B1-001 HIGH (pkt 7 not pkt 2 lit. b). PLN 219 pre-2025-08-01.

• ELIGIBLE — no residency for Art. 55 Potwierdzenie; Ukrainian-resident applicants may file in country. 6-18 months processing.

  Compelled territorial transfer (post-WWII Lwow to Lviv) does NOT constitute voluntary renunciation per Konstytucja Art 34 ust 2. Jozef Polish citizen continuously preserved. Konwencja konsularna PL-UA 1991-09-08 enables consular filing. PLN 277.

• ELIGIBLE — subject to archival quality. Compelled repatriation NOT voluntary renunciation. Polish Embassy Odessa under bilateral consular framework. 6-12 months.

  1945 PKWN-USSR Lublin agreement = COMPELLED repatriation per Konstytucja Art 34 ust 2. Wladyslawa continuously preserved. Pre-1962-08-22 chain analysis: father born Odessa 1950 paternal-line 1951 Ustawa Art 4; Iryna 1979 1962 Ustawa Art 4 equal matrilineal.