Honorary Consul for the Republic of Poland:
Christopher A. Kerosky, Esq.

In January 2004, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Poland, has created the position of Honorary Consul for the Republic of Poland in San Francisco, and has appointed to this position Christopher A. Kerosky, an attorney at law. Mr. Kerosky, a San Francisco attorney of Polish ancestry, has been working with the Polish community here for 20 years.

Mr. Kerosky was former counsel for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C. He is also a former President of the Polish American Congress (PAC), Northern California chapter, and counsel to the Polish Consulate, the PAC, the John Paul II Foundation, and numerous other Polish-American organizations. Mr. Kerosky is a member of the Consular Corps of San Francisco and represents the Polish Government vis-a-vis the Polish Community of the Bay Area, the Mayor's Office of the City of San Francisco and other governmental entities and in other official capacities.

The position is strictly honorary and Mr. Kerosky has no visa or passport duties. All passport and visa questions and inquiries should continue to be addressed to the Consulate for the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles. Consulate located at 12400 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 555, Los Angeles, California 90025; telephone: (310) 442-8500.

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