The short answer is: the latest public figure we found shows that Karol Nawrocki granted Polish citizenship to 25 people. The data only runs to 4 February 2026, so it should not be presented as an exact total today. We found no newer aggregate published by the Chancellery of the President of Poland (KPRP).
What the Presidential Chancellery reported
According to KPRP figures quoted by Rzeczpospolita, the Chancellery received 5,470 applications for a grant of Polish citizenship in 2025. By 1 August 2025, Andrzej Duda had signed 222 orders: 999 people were granted citizenship and 1,335 were refused.
Karol Nawrocki took office on 6 August 2025. The Chancellery said that he issued no citizenship orders before the end of that year.
Between 1 January and 4 February 2026, KPRP received another 445 applications. During that period, Nawrocki signed four orders which:
- granted citizenship to 25 people;
- refused citizenship to 18 people.
The 445 incoming applications and the 43 people covered by the orders do not necessarily belong to the same cohort. Dividing 25 by 445 would therefore not produce a valid “approval rate”.
Comparison with previous presidents
- Karol Nawrocki: 25 grants from the start of his term to 4 February 2026 — roughly 4 per month over this early period.
- Andrzej Duda: 20,463 people over two terms, or roughly 170 per month. After his first five years, the official KPRP website reported 10,011 grants.
- Bronisław Komorowski: 9,228 people between 10 April 2010 and 5 June 2014 — roughly 185 per month. This is the Chancellery's official figure for just over four years, not his entire term.
- Lech Kaczyński: open government data shows 664 grants in 2006. It was the lowest annual figure in the 2005–2022 data, but still far above Nawrocki's initial pace.
On the published snapshot, Nawrocki was granting citizenship at a pace around 40 times lower than the monthly averages under Duda or Komorowski. This remains an early comparison: a new administration may need time to organise the caseload, and presidential orders can cover groups of applicants and be issued in batches.
What the number does not prove
The figure of 25 does not prove that the President introduced a formal quota or that a particular applicant has almost no chance. A citizenship grant under Article 18 of the Polish Citizenship Act is a presidential prerogative. The decision is discretionary, does not require reasons and cannot be appealed.
There is also no statutory deadline for this procedure. A low number of decisions could reflect a stricter policy, a slow start by the new administration, cases being accumulated for later orders, or a combination of these factors. Newer KPRP data is needed to distinguish between those explanations.
A presidential grant is not recognition by a voivode
The President grants citizenship. This is a separate route without a closed list of conditions that guarantee a positive decision.
A voivode recognises a person as a Polish citizen when the statutory conditions are met. Depending on the legal basis, these may concern residence, immigration status, income and Polish-language knowledge. A voivode's decision can be appealed; a presidential order cannot.
The most accurate conclusion today is therefore: the publicly confirmed minimum for Karol Nawrocki is 25 citizenship grants, but the figure stops on 4 February 2026. The comparison should be updated when KPRP publishes newer data.