Wait what? I thought the president either vetos the whole law or none of it… I didn’t know he code veto parts of it, and the rest becomes law… we are screwed if that is the case, why would he veto the parts that are not deemed unconstitutional???
He would veto it because he can, and based on his statements to the media, I get the impression that he opposes the whole thing, along with the polarized approach to its passage.
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what did they say would be the benefit? like legally
I too have also been given legal opinion to consider applying for citizenship prior to 5yr mark. It seems like a very unwise step, and one incredibly unlikely to yield the desired result especially in a system that appears to be looking for reasons to make transition to citizenship as difficult as possible. I am likely going to hedge my bets, watch and wait in january, and hope to apply under “established rules” at 5 yr mark. interested in what others are hearing from legal system. Cost/implications of a “failed” application not trivial in my opinion.
The President has vetoed the law in its entirety
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It’s a shame this president can’t be elected again, he seems to be really well respected in Portugal
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I understood that there was a 15 day freeze on any action on the law after TC decision?
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There is the Christmas break anyway. But if motivated they could modify and pass the law in Jan/Feb.
Thanks for sharing your lawyers’ position.
Unfortunately these just look like empty answers, no reference or justification given besides saying ‘trust my honest legal advice’. I bet they have not even read the TC ruling..
Basically my lawyer said “it cant hurt”. Future applications wont be harmed by a rejection and neither will gv residency.
Maybe it will be like suing AIMA tho, where all the lawsuits prevented any lawsuits from being successful after a certain period.
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Thank you. This is very helpful.
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I have emailed my lawyer to ask her opinion on submitting an early citizenship application and whether there could be any risk/harm in doing so. Not expecting a reply now til the new year but will share her views on the matter when I have them. She’s never tried to over sell us on anything GV related so I would be inclined to go ahead if that’s her suggestion.
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Just been looking at the Portuguese citizenship application website:
It actually doesn’t say anything about being banned, rejected, barred for committing fraud or what have you if application is not all perfect. It just says the following:
“…
After submitting the application, it is received by a Registry service, which will validate the data entered and the documentation submitted.
*If any discrepancies are found, the request will be returned to you via the platform for correction or completion. After fulfilling all the requirements, please resubmit the request on the platform. *
When the application is validated by the services, the process is automatically created (in the system supporting the processing of nationality applications), and the number and status of the nationality application will be displayed in your restricted access area.
All status changes generate an automatic notification to the email address associated with your profile on the platform.
…”
Now obviously if you’ve submitted fraudulent/fake documents then that’s likely to be a different matter. But if your application is early but not incorrect, or merely incomplete say missing document, then it doesn’t seem as though it’s the end of the world, they just send it back and ask for corrections to be made and/or supply whatever’s missing.
But will be interesting to hear what various lawyers advise.
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