For those of you who have not met the five-year residency requirements but will still apply for nationality, here’s some advice/clarification from immigration lawyers on the Expats Portugal podcast (basically, don’t trust false promises and save your money). The online application portal for lawyers does a pre-assessment on an applicant’s eligibility for naturalization. Some of the lawyers are bypassing this system and hand-delivering the application as if they were the applicant to avoid the pre-assessment.
Watch from time period 47:00 to 49:00 on the video link below.