Portuguese Nationality

  Portugal recently made global headlines for granting its migrants full citizenship rights during the Covid-19 pandemic. Portugal has always been a haven for immigrants hoping for a new life. The 2019 Expat Insider survey crowned Portugal as the most welcoming country for expatriates, with some 36% of expatriates instantly feeling at home! Understandably, Portugal is experiencing a phenomenon that has been on the rise for four consecutive years. According to SEF 's 2019 RIFA ( Immigration, Border and Asylum Reports), Portugal has witnessed an increase in requests for Portugal citizenships, as well as foreign residents in the past four years- and the applications are at an all-time high since 1976! As per the reports, the number of immigrants in Portugal increased by roughly 200,000 between 2015 and 2019. In 2019 itself, more than 74,000 foreign citizens applied for Portuguese nationality, the highest value of the last five years. Furthermore, between 2018 and 2019, there was a net...

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To get updates from the  Central Registry Office  email rcentrais.inscricao@irn.mj.pt with process applicant's name, process No., date of submission.

  REOPENING OF PUBLIC ATTENDANCE   All appointments that were assigned since the Consulate General's closing date to the public, have been canceled and new dates will be reassigned in the coming months. It should be noted that the Consulate-General remains closed to the public, with passport and / or citizen card renewals only being met in a staggered and careful manner, in order to continue to guarantee the security of all. The Consulate-General will contact the users by telephone in order to assure the possibility of their appearance. When contacted, be sure to bring the following documents:   RENEWAL OF PASSPORT OR CITIZEN CARD: - 2 recent photographs (passport size, white background); - copy of the birth and marriage registration (assento de nascimento and casamento); - original and a copy of the last BI / CC (identity card / citizen card, valid or expired); - original and a copy of the passport; - original and a copy of proof of address; - printed copy of the email r...

  Informa-se que continua a ser possível o contacto com a Conservatória por outros meios que não o presencial: -  Entrega de processos ou documentos  solicitados pode ser efetuada por correio, para Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca n.º 198 a 200, 1099-003 Lisboa -  Consultas do estado do processo de nacionalidade  podem ser efetuadas online em    https://justica.gov.pt/ Servicos/Estado-do-processo- de-nacionalidade -  Informações e impressos para o pedido de nacionalidade  disponíveis em   https://irn.justica.gov. pt/ - Ce rtidões de nascimento, casamento ou óbito  podem ser obtidas através da internet –    https://www.civilonline. mj.pt/CivilOnline/ -  Certidões de (in)existência de testamento , escritura de renúncia ou repúdio de herança ou legado podem ser obtidas através da internet - https://www.sit.irn.mj.pt/ portal/Testamentos/ PedidoCertidao/ Criar10Requerente Portuguese to English Translation Please ...

For those born in Goa before 19th December 1961: List of documents: Birth Certificate / Birth Teor of applicant ( Birth Certificate in Portuguese) Document of Identification – Indian Passport along with Aadhaar Card or Election Card/ Voters Card or Driving License or ID card from the country you're in Death Certificate (If the applicant is deceased) Birth Certificate / Birth Teor and Marriage Certificate / Marriage Teor of the applicant’s parents Certificate of Residency with full address and photograph, indicating residency between January 1974 and December 1975 For those born after 1961: It will be necessary to prove that your parents or grandparents were born in Goa and got married there before 1961. Assento de Nascimento and Assento de Casamento (photocopy) of the applicant’s parent .(Assento de Nascimento is the birth certificate issued by Conservatoria dos Registos Centrais in Lisbon, Portugal & Assento de Casamento is the marriage certificate issued by the Conservatoria ...