Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?

[yzwang (YWang)]

@wood.collies.0j

Constantly talking down our legal position is not realism. It is pessimism disguised as analysis.

Socrates should be rolling over in his grave.

Am I supposed to only say “hear, hear” to statement like this one below…

@gwytb

People keep repeating this like it’s fact, without ever having read the law. The original golden visa law clearly incorporated a bulletproof guarantee of access to the citizenship application process after 5 years.

…but I’m not allowed to question it? Or worse, when I question it, am I accused of “putting together a case for the enemy”?

Claim you have a legal case, get ready for challenges from whatever direction. Just because an analysis doesn’t lead to the result one likes doesn’t mean one can cover the eyes and (1) pretend the analysis doesn’t exist, and (2) pretend some first-year trainee lawyer in Portugal can’t think of the arguments in the analysis either.

Let’s just agree that the probability of the proposed changes to the nationality law being ruled unconstitutional is higher than 0% and lower than 100% (there is no draft amendment, no concrete language to even ask for a written opinion from a law firm). And do this instead:

@PTbound

But even better than having to fight for our rights in court… would be quashing this idea before it germinates into something bigger. So getting the people who already have an audience with PT politicians and bureaucrats to clearly explain the legal and investment reputation downsides. And do it now before it takes root.