Portuguese Citizenship application after 5 years of Golden Visa

[CTC (Rob S)]

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Awaiting Pre-Approval (Stage 2)

I spoke to someone very senior in the Portuguese government today, and for what it is worth: SEF restructuring is long overdue and no one has had the courage to take it on till now. But the new Minister has taken the bull by the horns. SEF is deliberately being obstructive, and there are likely to be strikes over the next few months. But it is a short term pain to create a long term fix, and he has public support behind him. Good on him to do this - not many countries where the Minister is pre…

suggests that the clock for citizenship begins ticking from pre approval rather than the receipt of the residency card. Has anyone else heard that also?