Edit: (also see 7-May IRN update here)
New wrinkle I haven’t seen mentioned before - not sure how true it is.
I assume she’s referring to 2. Número do processo here…
Ana Rita Gil Professora da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa. Investigadora do Lisbon Public Law
05 Mai 2026
The current state of affairs within the Administration justifies this, given that its ‘interpretation’ of the matter is profoundly unlawful. The idea is this: for the IRN, the procedure does not begin with the application, but only when the algorithm sends it to the processing platform. There are applications for citizenship submitted months ago which, as far as the IRN is concerned, have not yet “begun”. They begin when some sort of black box decides so. If the new law is already in force by then, so be it: the applicant now needs ten years to become Portuguese, rather than five.