Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?

[cj807 (Chris J)]

The need to “prove the existence of an effective link to the national community” is no longer in the Nationality Act - it was removed in 2006. I wrote about this last year

Portuguese Citizenship application after 5 years of Golden Visa

I think there’s often confusion about “effective connection” (ligação). I’d really like to check my understanding of this, so I’d welcome any corrections to what follows: There are two chains of law that are relevant. The Nationality Law, first introduced in 1981 (37/81 of 3 October). This has been amended ten times, most recently in 2020 (Organic Law 2/20 of 10 November). Chapter II of the Law is divided into three sections. Section I deals with “Acquisition of nationality by effect of will”,…