Access to the Digital Mobile Key, a unique means of authentication that allows access to various public and private services, is accessible, under the same circumstances, to all citizens of portuguese nationality who hold a Citizen Card and to foreign citizens residing in Portugal and holding of a foreign card or residence permit or a […]
Portugal was included in the E-1 and E-2 treaty, which means that citizens of Portuguese nationality will be able to manage trade, invest and/or live in the United States of America for 2 consecutive years, automatically renewable, according to some rules of admissibility. The U.S. House of Representatives passed – at the end of 2022 […]
According to data collected by Eurostat, in 2020, Portugal registered the 2nd highest naturalisation rate of foreign citizens in the European Union. The naturalisation rate represents the ratio between all the people who acquired citizenship of a given country over the course of a year, over the number of foreign citizens residing in that same […]
Partner Ana Sofia Lamares published an article in Advocatus regarding the main changes to the Nationality Regulation in 2022. See the full article here.
The amendment to the Nationality Regulation was published, which provides that interested parties will have to demonstrate an effective and lasting connection to Portugal, or through i) The ownership, transmitted mortis causa, of real rights over real estate located in Portugal, of other rights personal enjoyment or shareholdings in commercial companies or cooperatives headquartered in […]
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 grandchildren of Portuguese citizens are entitled to original Portuguese nationality, without needing to proof connection with the exception of sufficient knowledge of the Portuguese language. This means that after obtaining nationality, these grandchildren can pass Portuguese nationality on to their family, namely spouses and children, without limit of generations. Portuguese grandchildren who obtained Portuguese […]
This Monday, July 22, applications for the Programa Regressar have opened. A program that seeks to support the return of all emigrants or Portuguese-descendants who wish to return to work in mainland Portugal.
StartUp Visa is a program aimed at foreign entrepreneurs who want to start an innovative company in Portugal and thereby obtain a residence visa and subsequently a residence permit. Who can use StartUp Visa? It is applicable to entrepreneurs wishing to develop their project in Portugal, even if they do not have a company […]
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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