Early Applications for Citizenship

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Building on @mdusanic’s earlier post…

  1. Número de submissão: This is provided when you file your Nationality application. It’s in the format “IRN‑xxxxx/2026,” and goes through these states:
    Em Pagamento > Submetido > Em Verificação > (maybe Em Correção) > Verificado > Finalizado
  2. Número do processo: This is assigned once the request is officially filed.
    I’ve seen people refer to process numbers in the format “2026/22XXX” (Porto) and “49xxx/26, 59xxx/26” (Porto and Lisbon IRN).
  3. Código de consulta/senha de acesso: This is what is commonly called a “tracking number” a.k.a. “access key, access code” in the format “xxxx-xxxx-xxxx” which can be used to track your application’s progress here:
    https://meu.registo.justica.gov.pt/Pedidos/Consultar-estado-do-processo-de-nacionalidade … and it goes through these states:
    Submetido > Em análise > (maybe Aguarda resposta if IRN needs more docs) > Para decisão > Concluído

#2 and #3 probably arrive around the same time.

  • Prime says people are waiting 5 to 7 months.
  • This post said “Porto Central Archives takes 6 months to give the tracking number. [Lisbon] Central Registry – about 2 months.”
  • And then we have this 8-May post where a couple received their Número Processo (xxxxx/26), Submissão (IRN-22xxx/2026), and Código Consulta (xxxx-xxxx-xxxx) in about 2 weeks!?

#1 and #2/3 live in totally different databases, as explained last December by the registrar of the Civil Registry and director of the Central Archive of Porto, Isabel Almeida:

Once the preliminary review has been completed, the application is assigned an access code for tracking purposes and is assigned to the registry office that will process the request.

Isabel, however, stated that until the access code is actually sent to the applicant, there is no record of the application in the system.

“There is no point in sending the original documents to the Registry Office because nobody knows where the application is; it has no application number. Until we submit it via our platform, there is no administrative application,” she explained.

…note Thomas’ update below that Porto and Lisbon IRN seem to work differently w.r.t. submitting docs post-application.

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