Path to citizenship after 5 years on GV

Residencies & citizenships Portugal Golden Visa 🇵🇹
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Hi again, thanks for your good wishes let me respond to incoming questions including some questions raised via direct message;

  1. Yes, I did have a A2 level language proficiency in hand, I am not 100% sure if you can submit the application without it (so that you don’t fall back in que while waiting for the certificate) and then submit it later on - something that you may want to check with the lawyers
  2. Yes I do work with a law firm - Legal Square, in a dedicated discussion thread, I’ve already mentioned my experience; while they can’t do miracles (e.g. I had hard time securing my last renewal appointment like everyone else) overall I am happy with them as they’ve been very responsive and provided right direction. I’ve been working with them since 2017 without interruption so this is my genuine reflection of their work.
  3. Good news, you don’t have to be present there for the submission, as long as you provide the power of attorney your lawyers can apply on your behalf, online - surprising right :slight_smile: I was equally surprised!
  4. No interview whatsoever :slight_smile:
  5. The required documents were;
  • criminal record (apostilled)
  • birth certificate(apostilled)
  • A2 language certificate
  • power of attorney, signed (scanned)
  • scanned copy of passport
  • valid residency permit

There are also few documents that were taken care of, e.g. proof of legal residency.
I also have a numero de utente (national healthcare number) that I had obtained via sending an email to the local medical center during Covid; there is a post in which I provided the info on how I got it

  1. In reality once I had the A2 certificate, the only other documents that I had to really get were apostilled criminal record and the birth certificate. I’ve been lucky in this sense as I could get documents, have them translated into Portuguese and then apostilled within 5-6 hours; I know this might sound unreal for some - in my case being able to get documents through a centralized e-governance platform from the local district directorate and having notaries and translators within 5-10 minutes of walking distance to each other helped. I did have them translated into Portuguese directly.

  2. As my last residency card is still valid I didn’t need to apply for PR - this could only happen due to extensions provided to residency cards during Covid… Yet I expect to apply for PR if my application is not finalized by then…

Hope these help, feel free to reach me out should you have more questions.
All the best and wish everyone a smooth and fast process in their applications.

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