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Recently introduced amendments to the Portuguese Nationality Law, Organic Law 1/2024 of March 5th, mark a pivotal revolution in citizenship acquisition routes. Notably, retroactive measures will [...]

The Portuguese Parliament (controlled by the Government’s Socialist Party majority) voted in favor of the Socialist Party Government’s proposal to amend the existing law pertaining to the [...]

On April 17th, 2023 (Yom Hashoah), the Jewish Community of Porto announced that it will resume the analysis of the Sephardic origins of all applicants that previously applied for Portuguese [...]

The Portuguese Government tightened the requirements to apply for Portuguese citizenship under the Sephardic Jewish Ancestry regime. However, the changes are not retroactive and do not impact [...]

On November 10th, the Portuguese Parliament introduced new amendments to Portuguese nationality law Children born in Portugal to foreign parents residing in the Portuguese territory for more than [...]

El régimen de ciudadanía portuguesa para personas con ascendencia judía sefardí tendrá restricciones dentro de poco. El Partido Socialista es el partido que gobierna en Portugal. A pesar de ser [...]

Portuguese citizenship regime for people with Jewish Sephardic ancestry will soon face restrictions. The Socialist Party is Portugal’s ruling party. Despite being the same party that first [...]

Portugal as an alternative The law allowing people of Sephardic Jewish ancestry to apply for Spanish citizenship is no longer in force after October 2019. This means people of Sephardic ancestry [...]

Since the 2015, thousands of applications for Portuguese citizenship were submitted with the Portuguese Authorities based on Sephardic Jewish ancestry. In 2017, a total of 1713 applicants were [...]

The Portuguese passport is a top tier travel document, allowing its holders to travel visa-free to 185 jurisdictions and territories – including all countries of the Schengen area. Portugal [...]