# GV-\>Citizenship: Has it actually happened? **URL:** \ **Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\ **Created:** [March 9, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/gv-citizenship-has-it-actually-happened/69794 "2025-03-09T14:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rico9](https://community.nomadgate.com/user_avatar/community.nomadgate.com/rico9/32/8503_2.png) [@Rico9](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/Rico9)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/gv-citizenship-has-it-actually-happened/69794/1 "2025-03-09T14:19:27Z")
Is anyone aware of an actual instance where a golden visa applicant successfully acquired citizenship (not permanent residency)? Perhaps it is someone on these forums? I can’t seem to find it myself…. Hoping for something more firm than “yes my law firm told me it has happened“. Hopefully a situation where it’s a user on this forum or someone that a user on this forum has actually met. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![cj807](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/fbc32d/32.png) [@cj807](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/cj807)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/gv-citizenship-has-it-actually-happened/69794/2 "2025-03-09T14:47:09Z")
Here’s one example > [@Portuguese Golden Visa success stories?](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/portuguese-golden-visa-success-stories/67445/9): > > I can share my timeline: 2015: applied 2016: got my first card, which was 1 year at that moment 2022 February: applied for citizenship. Was delay in card renewal in 2021 due to covid related backlog, and lawyers recommended to renew first, than apply. Managed to renew in 2021, which is the rare case, just lost about 6 months 2023: the process was stuck until renewal. Autorenewed in November, got new contagem de tempo and sent to IRN in Jan 24 2024 Feb: favorable decision, but system delay … See that group for more discussion