Amendment to the Nationality Regulation at Advocatus
Partner Ana Sofia Lamares published an article in Advocatus regarding the main changes to the Nationality Regulation in 2022. See the full article here.
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Nationality Regulation Amendment – Naturalization of Descendants of Sephardic Jews
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 […]
Affiliation Establishment – Amendment to the Nationality Law
What is affiliation establishment? The affiliation is the consanguineous relationship in the first degree and in a straight line, which connects the individual to those who generated him, that is, the relationship of kinship between child and parents. The rules for establishing an affiliation have varied over the years, and to determine the one applicable […]
Changes to the Nationality Law have retroactive effects
The latest amendments to the Nationality Law, which guarantee Portuguese nationality for children through parents who have a residence permit or who have lived in Portugal for at least one year, may be applied with a retroactive effect. In 2018, the amendments to the Nationality Law reduced from five to two years the minimum period […]
Amendments to the Nationality Law
Information Note On October 2nd, 2020, the Portuguese Parliament approved amendments to The Nationality Law, which was approved by the President on November 3rd. The main changes are: The government must, within 90 days, fulfill the objective requirements to prove the effective connection with the Portuguese community in the naturalization processes of descendants of Sephardic […]
President returns changes to nationality law to the parliament
On July 23, the Portuguese Parliament approved some amendments to the Nationality Law, including amendments concerning grandchildren of Portuguese citizens and citizens married to Portuguese (you can read more about this here: https://lamarescapela.pt/en/changes-in-the-nationality-law//). After approval by the Parliament, the legal texts are taken to the appreciation of the President, who has the power to promulgate […]
Changes in the Nationality Law
On July 23rd, 2020, some changes to the Nationality Law were approved by the Parliament. These amendments ease access to Portuguese nationality for some groups of people, namely grandchildren, spouses or non-married partners of Portuguese citizens. With regard to Portuguese’s grandchildren, two major changes have occurred: 1.The first one concerns the ascendant, who must have […]