# Portuguese Golden Visa success stories? **URL:** \ **Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\ **Tags:** portugal, golden-visa\ **Created:** [November 14, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/portuguese-golden-visa-success-stories/67445 "2024-11-14T19:43:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![seagu77](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@seagu77](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/seagu77)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/portuguese-golden-visa-success-stories/67445/9 "2024-11-17T15:08:57Z")
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 in creating registry and birth certificate 2024 June: got citizenship My spouse with the same timeline received request for extra documents in February, those were sent immediately, but he is waiting so far --- _[View the full topic](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/portuguese-golden-visa-success-stories/67445)._