For those rushing to apply before a new Nationality Law goes into force, possibly in late April/early May according to this timeline…
Regardless of whether you have your 5 years + A2 or not, criminal/birth records and apostilles take their own sweet time. Are you certain that outstanding docs can be added to your application after payment has been made, without resetting the application date to after the new Law goes into effect?
For example, does the following only apply if you need to make a correction to your application, but not if you’re tacking on late documents post-submission?
Btw… I don’t see any mention in the IRN Manual of the ability to append more docs post-submit (other than “Correção” on slides 30-32 if IRN’s eventual validation finds errors), although I’ve seen claims that it’s possible.
Based on my naïve read of the IRN User Manual…
…slide 33 suggests a “refund and pay again” notion that almost certainly would reset your submission date (in a bad way):
the “Request Refund” [“Pedir Devolução”] option will revert the order to the “Preparation” stage.
This option may be useful for correcting data that has been entered incorrectly, or for cancelling orders that, in the meantime, need to be cancelled.