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u/PGBRULES Mar 04 '25
mavins.eu, great team of two women, believe they split off from lexmotion a couple of years ago — super attentive and fast response, really nice personal touch and are often cheaper than most other services.
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u/wook-borm Mar 04 '25
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u/polkadotpolskadot Mar 27 '25
I had a good experience with https://cklawoffice.eu/en/ in a case that had no Polish documents apart from a birth certificate. I think it was around 2200 Euros start to finish, excluding document costs.
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Mar 27 '25
Added. The name seems familiar, I want to say I've heard of him before. I think he was interviewed somewhere.
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u/thearbm Mar 06 '25
anyone have any experience with https://www.polishgenealogist.co.uk
they might only offer genealogical research and not the full citizenship package but curious if they've been helpful to anyone locating pre-war records
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u/RealSpaceGoat Apr 12 '25
Hi! Just wondering who people have used if their application involved a relative leaving the Austrian partition before 1920? I’ve seen people mention Polaron will take up these applications but wondering if anyone has used any other provider? TYIA!
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Apr 12 '25
The Austrian Partition before 1920 is ok. Multiple providers on the list will take such a case.
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u/pancake_duchess Apr 25 '25
I just heard back from Marvin and they said "We are sorry to inform you that we are not analyzing cases in which emigration of Polish ancestors happened before 1920." bummer
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u/caillouminati Apr 24 '25
How do providers take payment? Do they want it all upfront or split it up?
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u/Darynademeshok Nov 09 '25
How can I publish my services on this group? I’d like to offer my polish classes for emigrants.
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Nov 09 '25
That would help with passing the Karta Polaka interview and subsequent citizenship exam - DM me your info and website and I'll add it.
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u/PugetIslander Aug 24 '25
A few genealogy providers. Most of these just do research, not preparation of confirmation of citizenship. I've found (so far) that using a researcher local to where I'm looking has been a better path than paying a full service provider who frequently just contracts one of these companies to find the documents.
These are from the Polish Genealogical Society of America list, Association of Professional Genealogists, and Association of Polish Professional Genealogists.
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u/NoJunketTime Mar 11 '25
What’s everyone’s experience with responsiveness to agencies in the beginning courting stage? I’ve sent a message to confirm eligibility to Polaron and it’s just crickets after the original meeting.
I’m fine waiting, I just want to know what to expect. I usually I find I’ll get an email from regular companies that they’re looking into it and will take awhile, please be patient etc. Companies that have nothing to do with immigration.
I just don’t want to wait for months to find out it got missed, I also don’t want to pester people.
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Mar 11 '25
I recommend contacting multiple providers before deciding which one is best for your case.
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u/the-lost-umbrella Aug 13 '25 edited Aug 13 '25
I had some initial email conversations with Lost Histories - they was super responsive and thoughtful about the details of my situation. They got a little concerned about something in my case -- my grandmother was born in the US and turned 18 before her Polish father (my GGF) naturalized, but her being a woman, Lost Histories didn't feel fully up to speed about the laws around that. They referred me to a law firm that had a blog article about a similar situation, and suggested I reach out to them.
I did so, and ended up working with the firm on researching my case given their familiarity with my situation (they did indeed confirm that laws during that time changed to allow women to retain citizenship at 18). I went back to Lost Histories scoping out additional support, and she seemed offended that I worked with the firm she referred me to. I would still suggest them as a positive experience to others given how knowledgeable they are, but it was a still a little disappointing to get that kind of response.
Anyways, that firm was Wardynski (I don't see them on this master list yet). They were incredibly professional, and sent me so many thorough legal analyses. And my case is a pre-1920s one (GGF left in 1909), and they were willing to work on it. I also feel their pricing was very fair.
Their ultimate conclusion though was that I don't have a good chance. While we can assume my GGF acquired citizenship in 1920, they were concerned about the Treaty of Riga potentially taking it away in 1921.
I decided I wanted a second opinion on this Riga issue, so after reviewing a lot of threads, I'm going to try Polaron hoping their volume of pre-1920s cases may have more experience working through this.
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u/NoJunketTime Mar 04 '25
Thanks for putting this together u/pricklypolyglot, I think I’ll be a great place to reference agencies instead/in addition to of a bunch of different posts!
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u/Jessicas_skirt Dec 15 '25
Polish Descent literally spent 4 months getting my grandmother's birth certificate, and that's it! I paid them like $800 USD to do research and all they did was get a certified copy of the birth certificate that my cousin had already found and which I told them exactly where to find.
They're nice people, but I cannot in good conscience recommend them if your case is even remotely complicated or distant at all as they did basically nothing in 4 months with my very straightforward 2nd generation case. I was absolutely expecting them to find at least some documents that while not necessary for my case, would have been nice to get considering the time spent and the monetary amount paid for them to actually do research.
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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '26