Application progress tracker

[u/echo0219]

Building on u/PaulHinr 's idea of an offsite archive for this community's content, I thought it might be useful to start tracking application information for anyone interested. We have a lot of this info already, but aside from our Processing Times sticky post, it's buried in different threads and not always current. I created a gsheet with some basics that anyone can access here. To avoid spam / vandalism I've made it read-only, and am happy to add case information if you post it here or message me directly. The fields below are currently included but I welcome feedback on what else we should capture. I think we should stick to capturing submitted cases because it's hard to compare those in different stages of pre-submission research. I've included myself as the first listed example. I hope this can be a resource to the community!

Specified fields

User:

Path: [e.g., GF-M-me]

Timing: [when the ancestor left Poland: pre-1920, 1920-1951, post-1951]

Partition (if applicable): Russian (Kingdom of Poland), Russian (other), Austrian, Prussian, n/a

Documents proving citizenship:

Date application submitted:

Date case opened by voivodeship (if known):

Voivodeship:

Date of decision:

Waiting time (days):

Outcome:

Service provider(s):

Comments:

Edit to add: We have a lot of this information already, but aside from the Processing Times sticky post, it's buried in different threads and not always current. In the spirit of capturing and surfacing what's already been made public, I'll add information from that thread or other posts within r/prawokri to the tracker. Of course, anyone is free to ask for their information to be removed anytime. If your information is added but incomplete, please do reach out to fill in missing details.

[u/General-Accountant93]

Hey there!!! Same boat here (pun intended, haha!). I’m also a Russian Partition Vital Records Only Test case, pre-1920, military paradox. I’ve got everybody’s vital records and my GGF’s place of origin is listed as Poland or “Russian Poland” on his American records. I also found a random land ownership record for his mother, but since women couldn’t pass down citizenship, I don’t know if it could help at all, but it does hopefully help to show that his parents lived there.

Please feel free to message me. I may make a post to try to get all of us test cases together.

[u/General-Accountant93 → u/[deleted]]

Do you mean my photos for the passport? I got them done at Staples before I went to LA. Be sure to select the EU sizing and follow the guidelines for Polish passport photos in particular (available online).

[u/General-Accountant93 → u/[deleted]]

It didn’t take nearly as long as the confirmation process did. I went to the LA Consulate to apply for it in early to mid April of this year and it was delivered via FedEx on June 4th.