# Moving the Goalposts on Citizenship again

**URL:** <https://community.nomadgate.com/t/moving-the-goalposts-on-citizenship-again/70581>\
**Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\
**Tags:** portugal\
**Created:** [April 9, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/moving-the-goalposts-on-citizenship-again/70581 "2025-04-09T18:41:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/moving-the-goalposts-on-citizenship-again/70581/2 "2025-04-09T19:29:48Z")

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Already being ‘raged’ about here:

> [@PGV / ARI Rage, Tragedy, & General Madness](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/pgv-ari-rage-tragedy-general-madness/66450/265):
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> Now what we’ve discussed is becoming a real threat. Govt is aiming to increase time for citizenship. It is now 5 years and very likely it will be increased… In the article, it even says that the govt’s intention is to increase from 5 year to 10 years astonished

Video of his comments is here:

> [@PGV / ARI Rage, Tragedy, & General Madness](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/pgv-ari-rage-tragedy-general-madness/66450/270):
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> Continuing news are somewhat related to the intention to increase residency time for citizenship: Portugal to hit 1.6 million foreign resident mark [[Imigrantes em Portugal já ultrapassaram 1,5] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ-vc8f1Tcc) At 1:10, he says: …Precisamos de rever os requisites de atribução da nacionalidade portuguesa designadamente quanto ao prazo minimo de residencia e presença em território nacional…… In English: we have to re-look at the requirement of Portuguese citizenship process. Specifically the mini…

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