# Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency? **URL:** \ **Category:** Portugal Golden Visa\ **Tags:** portugal\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/wait-time-now-counts-toward-5-year-residency/62393 "2024-01-05T19:03:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1286
**Author:** ![PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/dbc845/32.png) [@PTbound](https://community.nomadgate.com/u/PTbound)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2025, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/wait-time-now-counts-toward-5-year-residency/62393/1286 "2025-06-14T14:43:12Z")
The random application of this law shall continue, it seems… > [@What's the potential impact of the 2025 Portuguese election on the Golden Visa program and pathway to citizenship?](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/whats-the-potential-impact-of-the-2025-portuguese-election-on-the-golden-visa-program-and-pathway-to-citizenship/71816/92): > > Adding another news coverage [on the program of the XXV Constitutional Government delivered today 14-June to the Assembly of the Republic]: > > > It remains to be clarified how long the Government intends to set the period of residence in Portugal to be eligible for Portuguese nationality. DN knows that the intention is to increase it from five to ten years, but the programme does not confirm this. On the other hand, **it is confirmed once again that the law approved and sanctioned to count the waiting time for a residence permit as the five years provided for in the current law will not be regulated.** > > [https://www.dn.pt/sociedade/governo-prop%C3%B5e-restringir-visto-de-procura-de-trabalho-para-elevadas-qualifica%C3%A7%C3%B5es](https://www.dn.pt/sociedade/governo-prop%C3%B5e-restringir-visto-de-procura-de-trabalho-para-elevadas-qualifica%C3%A7%C3%B5es) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.nomadgate.com/t/wait-time-now-counts-toward-5-year-residency/62393)._