Polish-Belarusian post-2020 framework + Karta Polaka

Example scenarios

• ELIGIBLE confirmed 2023-03. Total ~2.5y from arrival. Karta Polaka Mazowiecki UW 2021-04 under 2016 in-Poland authority; pobyt staly Art 195 ust 1 pkt 9 zero-fee 2021-09; 1y 2022-09; Uznanie pkt 7 2022-10; Presidential consent 2023-03.

  2016 amendment Dz.U. 2016 poz. 753 authorized in-Poland UW issuance — decisive post-2020 when Polish Embassy Minsk inaccessible. 2017 amendment Dz.U. 2017 poz. 2282 ethnic-identity-alone post-2017-12-07. Belarusian Law Art 17 NLR-LOW for opposition emigres.

• ELIGIBLE subject to archival chain. Polish citizenship in law since 1974 (birth). Potwierdzenie confirms existing. No residence requirement for Art. 55. 6-24 months for 130-year chain.

  Stanislaw born Brzesc Litewski 1895 Second Republic. 1945 Soviet annexation — no voluntary renunciation = continuously preserved per Konstytucja Art 34 ust 2. Chain Art 14 jus sanguinis (1962 Art 4 paternal pre-1962-08-22; post-1962 equal matrilineal for 1974). Art 55-58 unaffected by reform-arc.

• ELIGIBLE delayed 2 months for PCJP B1. Total ~4y arrival to citizenship. 2025-12 Art 30 ust 1 pkt 7 filed; 2026 Q2 Presidential consent to Polish citizenship.

  Dz.U. 2025 poz. 622 B1 PCJP 2025-07-01 applies. Adds 2mo delay (exam cycle) but does not block. PLN 1,000 fee post-2025-08-01. Post-secondary qualification exclusion does NOT affect Darya pkt 7 Karta Polaka basis.

• ELIGIBLE confirmed 2023. Pkt 7 primary + pkt 2 lit. a supporting. Total from Karta Polaka ~2y. Filing pkt 7 primary (procedural/certain) with pkt 2 lit. a in dossier supporting.

  PL-OVL-003 BIL-03 to SPC-03 (Belarusian post-2020 + Karta Polaka 2016): pkt 7 requires 1y (satisfied); pkt 2 lit. a no residency but discretionary on MSWiA recommendation + Presidential willingness. For high-profile public-interest cases, pkt 2 lit. a explored parallel to pkt 7.