# Early Applications for Citizenship

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366>\
**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")\
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**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 6:35am UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/early-applications-for-citizenship/75366/477 "2026-10-02T06:35:35Z")

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My understanding from the earlier posts in this thread is that most/all online “IRN lawyer portal” nationality applications get distributed to either of these two:

- Conservatória dos Registos Centrais - i.e. Lisboa
- Arquivo Central do Porto

Both of which have even worse backlogs than the smaller centres… because they are where the online applications go!

> [@Citizenship processing delays](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/citizenship-processing-delays/74811/562):
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> That fast-track online application stuff is one of the biggest “non-functioning” things in the whole process. It almost slowed down the whole process, by channeling most of the applications into already overwhelmed IRNs of Porto and Lisbon. It almost seems deliberate as well.

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