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Your on-installation Legal Office can help with simple notaries and powers of attorney on a walk-in basis. Complex notary services and other legal advice is available by appointment.
V Corps Legal Assistance Office (Camp Kosciuszko): vcorps.osja-legal-assistance.mil@army.mil
Trial Defense Service Europe: usarmy.bavaria.7atc.mbx.trial-defense-services.mil@army.mil DSN (314) 599-7737
Powers of Attorney are recommended for spouses so they may handle paperwork if the military sponsor is not available due to training or deployment.
Dependents wanting to work while overseas should have their sponsors reach out to their servicing personnel or legal office.
Tax preparation services are no longer handled by legal offices, but there are numerous free options for simple return preparation.
Other legal services offered include wills, medical directives, Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) issues, estate planning, immigration, debt or credit problems, and other non-criminal issues.
Assistance with military criminal issues is provided by Trial Defense Service offices.
Upon arrival in Poland, getting cell phone and internet service is vital and allows you to stay
connected. In accordance with the Service Members Civil Relief Act, a service member can bring a copy of military orders to their U.S. phone carrier to cancel their current contract if desired. If you keep your U.S. phone plan, be sure to unlock your existing phone before departure to obtain Polish phone service or have a dual SIM phone to maintain two phone plans.
Note: When you arrive, put your phone on airplane mode to avoid unexpected charges.
· Orange Polska: orange.pl/lp/for-foreigners
· T-Mobile: t-mobile.pl/c/na-karte/en
· Plus: plus.pl
· Play: play.pl/nowy
Google Voice will allow you to port your U.S. number for a fee ($20) so you can keep it. You can then use a local SIM card to have a local number and U.S. number simultaneously (with a dual-SIM phone.) Google Voice allows free calls to the U.S. using Wi-Fi. If you don’t want to be limited to Wi-Fi and haven’t gotten a local SIM yet, Google Fi is a paid phone plan that uses T-Mobile’s cell towers. Starting either of these processes is much easier while still in the U.S. Visit Google Voice’s website for more information: voice.google.com.
Allows you to purchase data packages for weekly, monthly and subscription-based services.
· Passport
· Military ID
· Skype
· Facebook Messenger
· Facetime
· Google Chat
