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There are millions of people living around the world who are connected with Poland through their bloodline. Some do not speak the language however their ancestors took part in creating an independent and strong Poland. As their descendants, the Polish law gives them the right to be recognised as citizens and have a Polish passport.
Not knowing if one can claim citizenship based on the bloodline, lack of clear information and the complicated administrative process discourages a lot of people from obtaining a Polish passport. Because of that, they are missing the opportunity of enjoying all the privileges of being a fully fledged EU citizen.
Our family is spread from South Africa to North America and we experienced firsthand the challenges of going through the bureaucracy of governmental processes. We underwent them successfully because our legal practice in Poland could support us.
We know not everybody is so lucky. This is why we created a dedicated legal service which focuses on helping Polish descendants and Polish families around the world. Our goal is to make citizenship application or registering your child birth certificate as easy as possible without the need of leaving your home wherever in the world it’s located.
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Angelika Michalik-Tylek is a co-founder and general legal counsel who manages the legal matters at Polish Descent. With the strong support of her legal practice Angelika Michalik-Tylek and Associates, she provides full legal support to every citizenship process. Angelika believes that legal processes should be easy to understand for everyone, not only by the lawyers. She is constantly working on making sure that all our client’s citizenship cases are given the best possible legal support.
Angelika obtained her law degree from one of the oldest and most prestigious law schools in the world, Jagiellonian University. Before registering her own practice with the Cracow Bar Association in 2011 she held the position of assistant to the district judge and was running the Press Office for the District Court in Krakow.
Legal question: Can a fencing champion born in Poland, but raised in the U.S. represent either country in the Olympics?
Legal opinion: Yes. Because they have duel citizenship 😊
Adrian Michalik is a co-founder of the Polish Descent who focuses on helping as many people as possible to get Polish citizenship. Together with the team of researchers, he goes through various archives to find the records to prove Polish citizenship. Adrian believes by helping people get the Polish EU passport they will connect more with the beautiful Polish heritage and will be able to experience the best Europe has to offer.
Adrian has always combined his passion for travel with his work. He has lived on 3 continents and worked in 5 countries in the last 10 years. The Polish passport has helped him travel freely to most countries in the world. Adrian can communicate in Polish, English, and Spanish and currently is working on his Russian and Latin.
“Kotlet Schabowy is better than Ribeye Steak any day of the week” and ski touring in winter, scuba diving in summer is the way to enjoy the nature 😊.
Adrian’s goal for Polish Descent is to help 1 000 000 people to get Polish citizenship.
Pawel Michalik is a co-founder who is responsible for the smooth and secure operations of Polish Descent. Pawel believes that well-designed business processes add value to our customers by keeping the information secured, reducing the possibility of mistakes, speeding up the preparation and processing of citizenship applications and registration of Vital Records, achieving greater consistency, and constantly improving the reliability of our service. His focus on improving the operations makes work much easier for our team and more cost-effective for our customers.
Pawel brings his enormous experience in operations, data and information security, and the use of technology in process automation he gathered working for UBS bank and Google.
Pawel is a great cook and his “Golabki” in the forest mushroom sauce are to die for. He promised unlimited supplies of them to all partners at the company. This is the real reason why he got his position 😊.
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Jillian Seymour-Michalik is a co-founder of Polish Descent who ensures our services bring happiness to our customers. Jillian understands the challenges of dealing with the Polish consulate and various governmental departments in Poland as a non-Polish speaker because she experienced going through residency, registering her daughter’s birth certificate and citizenship processes by herself. Jillian ensures that the complex Polish administrative processes are designed and executed by us in a way that is easy to understand for people that live outside of Poland.
Jillian brings her international experience to the team. Before moving to Poland she successfully ran her international trade business. She has graduated from WITS Business School with the Management Advancement Programme. She is currently reading her Bachelor of Law with Arden University in the UK and learning Polish.
All female names in Poland end with the letter “a” so she became Jillianka 😊
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