Applying portuguese citizenship in person without lawyer!

Residencies & citizenships Portugal Golden Visa
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How do you know that you are eligible to apply in July 2026?
There are only two ways to confirm.

  • first one is: your first card has the date of issuance in July 2021. And you have all cards that add up 5 years in total.
  • second one is: you have CdT in hand and it states clearly that you are legal resident since July 2021.

Which confirmation of these two above have you got?

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14 days stay (per each 2 years) requirement pertains to ARI renewals only.
Your CdT or future citizenship application are unaffected.

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Thanks for sharing your experience. May I ask whether your dependent is a minor? If so, can a minor apply for citizenship before the parent gets one?

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No. My dependent is an adult.
Under my research, a minor is not allowed to apply citizenship before his parents get one.

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Thank you! That’s what I thought. Thank you for confirming and good luck with your process!

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Hey! Thanks for posting this. What are you thinking the timeline of seeing whether your citizenship is approved? Also I know it’s Portugal so timeline could be anything😂

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Thanks for your question. I think the result of my citizenship will come out in 3-5 years. However, I am considering an option to take IRN to the court if waiting time reaches 1 year mark…let’s see how things develop next year.

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after checking the process online today, a minor info was updated…Detail is written on the first post of this thread.

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