For the great-grandson to have the right to Portuguese nationality, it is essential that the son or the grandson of the Portuguese is alive and one of these two, son or grandson, obtain their citizenship first. When the Portuguese grandson obtains nationality, he becomes Portuguese and, who was the great grandson before, becomes the […]
The foreigner married or living in a non-marital partnership with a Portuguese citizen for at least three years can obtain Portuguese citizenship by marriage during that union, provided that none of the circumstances which are grounds for opposing the acquisition of nationality is verified. What to do before the marriage acquisition process? Married couples: if […]
The registration procedure for the official Portuguese language examination (level A2) is currently open, which is required for some processes of obtaining Portuguese nationality and obtaining a permanent residence permit. The registration period for this exam will take place between 18th October and 5th November 2019. The exam will take place between the 2nd and […]
The acts and facts concerning the Portuguese that occur abroad formalized by judicial sentence (or by notarial deed of equivalent value), such as divorce, acknowledgement of paternity, adoption or non-marital union, must be ratified by a Portuguese court trough a judicial action of revision of foreign sentence for that court sentence / deed to have […]
For the third consecutive year, the number of foreigners living in Portugal increased, with 480,300 people having residence permits. This figure includes immigrants (nationals from non-Schengen countries) and resident foreigners (citizens of EU and Schengen countries).
Portuguese grandchildren who obtained Portuguese nationality through naturalization have since June 2017 the possibility to proceed to the “conversion” of their citizenship into attribution.
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