Wait time now counts toward 5 year residency?

See this jurisprudence: http://www.dgsi.pt/jsta.nsf/35fbbbf22e1bb1e680256f8e003ea931/0184459ed0922987802583150034db3d

  1. O autor esteve presente em Território nacional nas seguintes datas:
  • De 08/08/2015 a 19/08/2015
  • De 04/09/2015 a 11/09/2015
  • De 29/11/2015 a 12/12/2015
  • De 21/12/2015 a 16/01/2016.
    (cfr. documentos n.º 5 e 10 juntos com a PI e documentos de fls. 79, 80, 82 e 83 e 88 a 105 do PA).
  1. Em 17/11/2015, data em que apresentou o pedido de ARI, o autor não se encontrava em território Nacional (confissão e documento n. 5 junto com a PI).”
  1. The author was present in the national territory on the following dates:
  • From 08/08/2015 to 08/19/2015
  • From 09/04/2015 to 09/11/2015
  • From 11/29/2015 to 12/12 /2015
  • From 12/21/2015 to 01/16/2016.
    (see documents no. 5 and 10 together with the PI and documents on pages 79, 80, 82 and 83 and 88 to 105 of the PA).
  1. On 11/17/2015, the date on which he submitted the ARI request, the author was not in National territory (confession and document no. 5 together with the PI).”

He was subsequently denied.

I would be VERY happy to be proven wrong on this, I’m just curious how lawyers would reconcile this past case with the interpretation that time from the analysis/pre-approval application will count for citizenship.

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