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I am pleased to announce that thanks to our efforts, the two flagship Polish Consulate Generals in London and New York have joined Toronto and Sydney in agreeing to accept applications for Kresy property compensation rights until the 31 December 2008.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, 73 New Cavendish Street, London W1W 6LS England. tel: +44 (0)207 2913 900
CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, 233 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016 USA. tel: +1 (646) 237-2100

Of course we are grateful, but can only wonder why the Polish Government and its Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not publicize this important right to the Polish people outside Poland until now, as it has been in force since October 2005. Perhaps this is a lesson for us and we only have ourselves to blame for not organising ourselves in this regard much sooner, for we only had to request this and most of the diplomatic posts agreed within a few days. (Sao Paolo is notably the only Consulate General to have outright refused to accept applications, and we are hopeful that the Consulates General in Chicago and Los Angeles will join their colleagues shortly).

In any case, we do look forward to a much closer cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consular Network in the future, including on processing evidence for claims in the former Soviet republics and in promoting the Kresy-Siberia Virtual Museum in the West.

Pozdrawiam,

STEFAN WISNIOWSKI

PRESIDENT, KRESY-SIBERIA FOUNDATION
3 Castle Circuit Close
Seaforth NSW 2092 Australia
Telephone +61 411 864 873
stefan.wisniowski@...
www.kresy-siberia.org

PREZES, FUNDACJA KRESY-SYBERIA
ul. Wisniowa 40B lokal nr 6
02-516 Warszawa, Polska
Telefon +48 22 5424090 fax +48 22 5424089
Kom. +61 411 864 873
Stefan.Wisniowski@...
www.Kresy-Syberia.org

First of all - thanks to Carol and Stefan for their help.

Stefan wrote:

"I am pleased to announce that thanks to our efforts, the two
flagship Polish Consulate Generals in London and New York have
joined Toronto and Sydney in agreeing to accept applications for
Kresy property compensation rights until the 31 December 2008.

CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, 73 New Cavendish
Street, London W1W 6LS England. tel: +44 (0)207 2913 900"

Secondly - I went here this afternoon and they seemed to want the
claimant in person (not me, claimant is my mother) with their
passport or to have the signature approved by a notary public.

I think I will try to send it direct to Warsaw tomorrow - hopefully
there is enough time.

Marion

That is nonsense. They are confusing the wniosek with later sworn statements from witnesses etc.

There is no need for a notary to legitimise the wniosek.

I will try to get this fixed for any last-minute claimants (you went to London, right?)

Stefan.

Sent from my BlackBerry� from Optus

Stefan,

That is nonsense. They are confusing the wniosek with later sworn statements from witnesses etc.

There is no need for a notary to legitimise the wniosek.

I will try to get this fixed for any last-minute claimants (you went to London, right?

I did - yes. And they knew exactly what I wanted to give them as they got me to open the envelopes (probably because my Polish wasn't quite up to it all). I spoke to a gentleman in English and he was very helpful, but as you say, seemed to be confusing things (and me!).

Marion