# Awaiting Pre-Approval (Stage 2)

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-pre-approval-stage-2/45298>\
**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** portugal, golden-visa, pt-gv-stages\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-pre-approval-stage-2/45298 "2022-01-11T22:22:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/awaiting-pre-approval-stage-2/45298/1780 "2024-01-10T20:36:02Z")

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There’s an entire thread with 130+ responses about that over here:

> [@Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/wait-time-now-counts-toward-5-year-residency/62393):
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> Received this via someone else invested in my fund. I typically trust [Edge](https://nomadgate.com/go/edge?source=forum), although they’re not my lawyers. Has anyone heard anything similar? TL;DR - Parliament reportedly now counts the time between residency application and approval toward the 5-year requirement. [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/portuguese-nationality-5-year-period-now-starts-from-date-reis-f3kff?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=member\_ios&utm\_campaign=share\_via](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/portuguese-nationality-5-year-period-now-starts-from-date-reis-f3kff?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&utm_campaign=share_via)

Note Golden Visas were not the primary object of this new legislation. And as you’ll read in the thread above, it’s still unclear what ‘start’ date will be used w.r.t. GVs.

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