From a PÚBLICO article today, spotted by @Fesenjoon over here…
The president of the IRN (National Institute of Registries and Notaries), Jorge Rodrigo da Ponte, estimates that the total number of pending Portuguese citizenship applications exceeds 522,000 . Meanwhile, the president of the Union of Registry and Notary Workers (STRN), Arménio Maximino, speaks of a backlog of more than 700,000 applications .
Just wait until the “early” Nationality application filing factories ramp up production 