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Wajngort → Diaz — Polish Citizenship by Descent

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Polish Citizenship by Descent

Working package for Elijah Salome-Diaz · great-grandfather route through Berek Lejb Wajngort of Ostrów Mazowiecka. Click any document below to open it.


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Overview — read this first

The whole case in one readable page. Plain English, no jargon. The lineage, the legal question, the three arguments, what to do next, a glossary. Synthesises everything in the rest of the folder.

Deep-dive documents

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US Law Analysis

Tier-1 verified answers to your three challenges — automatic derivation under the 1907 Act, the visa question, and Polish-marriage recognition. Cites 8 FAM 301.9, Acheson v. Albert, and the 1920 Polish Act directly.

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Legal Theory of the Case

The full legal brief. How the chain survives the 1928 Elias-naturalization problem. Written to the CLAUDE.md verification standard with explicit source tiers.

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30-Day Action Plan

What to do this week and next month, with pre-filled USCIS data and links to every form.

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Lineage Map

Five generations from Ostrów to North Hempstead, with per-card source citations. Documented facts only, no legal interpretation.

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Workflow Map

From today through the Voivode decision — five phases with decision points, costs, and timelines.

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Polish Archive Records

All 8 Pajączkowska 2023 translations from the Pułtusk archive, transcribed from chat. Includes the 1905 military-service summons annotation in Ela's residence book. Note: this evidence is from Russian Imperial authority, not Polish — the military-paradox argument has been downgraded accordingly.

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Uploads Audit

Every file you uploaded, where it's filed in the project folder, and what it proves. Reconfirmation check.

Primary sources (Tier 1, all in this folder)

8 FAM 301.9 — US State Dept. Foreign Affairs Manual
Acquisition of US citizenship by parent(s)' naturalization prior to the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. The FAM chart at 301.9-4 maps Berek's case directly.
USCIS Policy Manual — Vol. 12, Part H, Ch. 7
Deriving citizenship before the Child Citizenship Act of 2000. Current USCIS handling of former INA 320 and 321 cases.
Acheson v. Albert, 195 F.2d 573 (D.C. Cir. 1952)
On-point federal appellate opinion. Polish-born child of Polish parents, father naturalized May 1928 — materially identical fact pattern.
1920 Polish Citizenship Act (Refworld)
English text of Articles 1–15, including Article 11 (loss of citizenship + military-service proviso) and Article 13 (extension to wife and minor children).
1997 Polish Constitution (sejm.gov.pl)
English text from the Polish parliament's official site. Article 34(2): "A Polish citizen shall not lose Polish citizenship except by renunciation thereof."

Working files

Document_Inventory_Master.xlsx
The working tracker — every document, the lineage, issues & risks, naming convention, and cost/timeline.
Polish_Citizenship_Master_Legal_Guide.pdf
Reference compilation of the 1920, 1951, 1962, and 2009 Polish Acts. Text has now been spot-verified against the primary Refworld text.
Polish_Citizenship_Status_Report.docx
Comprehensive status report from an earlier session. Superseded in substance by Legal_Theory.html + US_Law_Analysis.html; some claims still need re-sourcing before sending to an attorney.
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