Portugal to Allow Birthright citizenship

• 15 November, 20

Children born to foreign parents, at least one of whom has lived – legally in Portugal for a year will be eligible for Portuguese citizenship at birth. The country’s newly amended nationality law was published in the government gazette, the Diário da República, following President de Sousa’s promulgation of the same on November 3rd.

Though children born in Portugal to foreign nationals resident in the territory already did qualify for birth-right citizenship, at least one of their parents had to have been resident in the country for two or more years. The new law reduces that time-frame to one year.

Clarifying what effect this will have on Portugal’s golden visa holders, Patricia Valadas Coriel of Lisbon-based Valadas Coriel & Associados says “this law allows children born in Portugal to obtain Portuguese citizenship if one of the parents were living in Portugal for the last year, legally or illegally.” A parent who has held a golden visa for at least a year and subsequently has a child, she explains, will be able to confer Portuguese citizenship on that child at birth, even if they have only fulfilled the minimum 7-day physical presence requirement.

Portugal Golden Visa Program is the most competitive program that offer foreign investors and family members the right to reside in Portugal/EU and get EU passport. Make an investment from 280,000 Euro or above, You can obtain your European residency in just 1 year for the whole family, residence permit holders already have the right to reside in Portugal and enjoy free travel within the 26 nation members of the Schengen zone, and eligibility to apply for citizenship after five years.

Cre:imidaily, Diário da Repúlica no.219/220, Series I of 2020-11-10