Portuguese nationality is available by several routes: legal residence, marriage or civil partnership, descent, and in specific cases Sephardic origin.
They share one bottleneck: civil registry documents, which usually must be current, apostilled and translated.
Frequently asked questions
- Is a language exam required?
- Sufficient knowledge of Portuguese must be evidenced, with exemptions for nationals of Portuguese-speaking countries.
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