# Early Applications for Citizenship **URL:** \ **Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\ **Tags:** portugal, golden-visa\ **Created:** [December 23, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366 "2025-12-23T19:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 18
**Author:** ![croiato](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@croiato](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/croiato)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/347 "2026-05-14T11:43:42Z")
You can always withdraw your application in that case and reapply at the 5 year mark. It’s not a big deal tbh. This is not a police state (just majorly incompetent to a level that feels malicious). Your next application will be treated fairly. ---
**Author:** ![i.o](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/958977/32.png) [@i.o](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/i.o)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/348 "2026-05-14T15:39:19Z")
Agreed entirely. If the government ever meant to act in good faith towards applicants of this program (the evidence shows the opposite, in my opinion), they should close the program to new applicants and ensure everyone who applied before publication of the news law is covered for citizenship under 5 years + 90 days. ---
**Author:** ![live2learn](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@live2learn](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/live2learn)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/349 "2026-05-14T19:55:44Z")
> [@i.o](#): > > If the government ever meant to act in good faith towards applicants of this program 2.5 millions of native portuguese left their own country to immigrate elsewhere. The number itself speaks about how government treats its own citizens. As a foreigner, I do not expect any promise/improvement/positive change from govt’s side. I fight for what I deserve and pray God that luck stays on my side. ---
**Author:** ![shin](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/shin/32/7413_2.png) [@shin](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/shin)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/350 "2026-05-14T22:14:17Z")
I heard about the case that gv applicants still didnt get trc after five years, and applied for ctizenship application without gv trc. Some applicants files got lost during SEF AIMA transition phase. i wonder how AIMA gonna give a confirmation about their residency in portugal ---
**Author:** ![InvestVG-PT](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@InvestVG-PT](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/InvestVG-PT)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 1:13am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/351 "2026-05-15T01:13:49Z")
You don’t need to withdraw any applications. You can apply as many times as you want using the same article for different conservatories. Each application will proceed individually until its conclusion. When citizenship is granted, all other applications will be cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 4:50am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/352 "2026-05-15T04:50:42Z")
> [@rahaskli](#): > > At this point, calling it “Golden” is a stretch. It feels more like a gold-plated visa: shiny on the outside, but not exactly what was advertised. I do love this quote - @eljefe6a the lobbying effort should start using this too. Personally, after 3.5 years and still no approval/card, the gold plating on my visa has turned out to be far less than 1µ and has already scratched-off due to AIMA and political abuse. ---
**Author:** ![PCERoman](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PCERoman](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PCERoman)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/353 "2026-05-15T10:17:05Z")
Isn’t it called “Gilded Visa” by definition ? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![callixtus](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@callixtus](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/callixtus)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/355 "2026-05-16T07:35:20Z")
More like Tarnished Gold-Plated Visa programme (TGPVP) 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![live2learn](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/df788c/32.png) [@live2learn](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/live2learn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 7:47am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/356 "2026-05-16T07:47:24Z")
> [@PCERoman](#): > > Isn’t it called “Gilded Visa” by definition ? Now I know that Portugal has best experts at “alchemy” turning papers (500k) into “Gilded Visa”. My hat off to them! ---
**Author:** ![elle1](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/4bbf92/32.png) [@elle1](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/elle1)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 8:39am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/358 "2026-05-18T08:39:47Z")
New Law published today! [https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/lei-organica/1-2026-1123539996](https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/lei-organica/1-2026-1123539996) ---
**Author:** ![PCERoman](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PCERoman](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PCERoman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:55am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/362 "2026-05-18T09:55:44Z")
This means that today is the last day to file your application! For those still on the fence, it is now or… never??? ---
**Author:** ![rahaskli](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/rahaskli/32/7753_2.png) [@rahaskli](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/rahaskli)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 9:58am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/363 "2026-05-18T09:58:34Z")
Those who wanted to apply must have applied. I wonder who is the last lucky one! ---
**Author:** ![PCERoman](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PCERoman](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PCERoman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/364 "2026-05-18T15:41:33Z")
There is a Zoom call scheduled for tomorrow with attorneys of four legal firms to develop legal challenges to the new LdN. [https://community.nomadgate.com/t/whats-the-potential-impact-of-the-2025-portuguese-election-on-the-golden-visa-program-and-pathway-to-citizenship/71816/2957](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/whats-the-potential-impact-of-the-2025-portuguese-election-on-the-golden-visa-program-and-pathway-to-citizenship/71816/2957) ---
**Author:** ![hashim.alsadr](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/hashim.alsadr/32/5719_2.png) [@hashim.alsadr](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/hashim.alsadr)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/365 "2026-05-20T03:28:25Z")
Thanks for sharing the link, unfortunately I couldnt catch the webinar. Has anyone managed to attend and if there is anything mentioned in there that wasn’t what we collectively talked about here? ---
**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/366 "2026-05-20T05:52:40Z")
I posted [some of my notes in the main thread for this topic](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/whats-the-potential-impact-of-the-2025-portuguese-election-on-the-golden-visa-program-and-pathway-to-citizenship/71816/2971). ---
**Author:** ![kadmfkmdf](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@kadmfkmdf](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/kadmfkmdf)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/367 "2026-05-23T22:03:39Z")
![image](https://c-assets.nomadgate.com/original/2X/d/d98db61f015739ff524acd132b69f8cb79fc5c22.png) is this application safe? ---
**Author:** ![kipper\_tucking0a](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/8491ac/32.png) [@kipper\_tucking0a](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/kipper_tucking0a)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/368 "2026-05-23T22:24:58Z")
It depends on what you mean by “safe”. Will the old rules apply? Yes. Will IRN accept your documents or CdT? No one knows. There’s already some folks chatting about IRN sending them notices for stale PCCs or missing apostille for applications submitted just a few weeks ago. Many applications are incomplete with the idea that exigencia would be issued many months later, by which time the correct documents would’ve been procured. But IRN is changing the game and spotting these issues in weeks instead of months. If they only take weeks to spot CdT is less than 5yrs, then it’s game over. The hope was always that IRN was so slow that in the many months that elapse before they even review the application, that people would hit their 5yr CdT and have all their documents and their A2 certificate ready. ---
**Author:** ![kadmfkmdf](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@kadmfkmdf](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/kadmfkmdf)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 9:50am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/369 "2026-05-24T09:50:30Z")
> [@kipper\_tucking0a](#): > > There’s already some folks chatting about IRN sending them notices for stale PCCs or missing apostille for applications submitted just a few weeks ago Can you link or SS the source? You’re saying Portuguese state all of a sudden became so efficient that they review your documents within a few weeks instead of a year? That does not sound believable ---
**Author:** ![Garbonzo](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@Garbonzo](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Garbonzo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/370 "2026-05-24T10:50:04Z")
> [@kadmfkmdf](#): > > That does not sound believable It’s not so far fetched. A couple years ago AIMA paid laywer 7.5 Euro to review residency applications. They could pay someone 10 euros to look through each application and find reasons to reject them. ---
**Author:** ![kadmfkmdf](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@kadmfkmdf](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/kadmfkmdf)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/371 "2026-05-24T11:41:49Z")
Yes, they can also give permanent residence permit appointments, or bring down the citizenship processing time from 3-4 years to 1 week. Totally not so far fetched [Previous page](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366.md?page=17) [Next page](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366.md?page=19)