I was reading that PT citizens can get Brazilian citizenship after just one year of residence.
Anyone else research this?
If this is the case, and they’re is no catch (like needing to be born in Portugal) then I’d seriously consider 1-2 years in Brazil. Given we’re all learning portugese it would be an interesting adventure and opportunity given the rise of Brazil/BRICS/Mercosur.
Constituion uses the word “originários”. I feel like the Spanish fast track this will be unclear where some day it is only to mean born, but Google translate (not what I trust) says “from”.
Yeah. I have no desire to live/work in brazil, but maybe if welfare state in my 3 target citizenships (all first world) fall apart in 50 years our children might like Brazil.
Easier to get these things before they are desireable and become hard to get.
I lived in Brazil for two and a half years about 20 years ago and really loved it. Crime is certainly an issue, and the political situation is challenging, like in the US, but the quality of life I found excellent, and the country is amazing, and the culture is wonderful. If this is true, I would explore this option. We’re should be eligible for Portuguese citizenship by 2028. Afterall, Brazil is the country of the future. Although as de Gaulle said “… and always will be…”
Just saw an article about Brazilian citizenship in LibertyMundo.
Reflecting on this is seems even more valuable.
It’s passport gives you the right to live and work anywhere in Mercosur (basically all South America).
Also, just thinking this would be a great country to have a year off or having a remote friendly employer and even get a nanny there for cheap after baby born (even if baby not born in Brazil).
Lots of potential, and what great place to practice Portuguese even if it’s a somewhat different dialect.
You can’t just turn up in Brazil and live there for 1 year and voila, apply for passport. It’s not that simple, you either have to be married to a brazilian citizen, have a brazilian child and any other reason first. They after you can apply for brazilian PR, which takes a few months. After gettting the Brazilian PR, you start counting your 1 year and you have to live in brazil for that whole year, then only you qualify to apply for brazilian citizenship, which takes up to 2 years to process and you have to stay in brazil for all that period as there are checks involved including a visit to your address by immigration police and interviewing your neighbours that you actually live there. So all in all, a near about 4 year stay in Brazil is required from start to finish and only if you qualify as either having a brazilian spouse, children and other.