Citizens from Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil must wait seven years for citizenship while those from other ...

Portugal has raised its citizenship threshold to 10 years, added new civic tests, and changed how residency is counted.

Family reunification rules are also tightening. Immigrants must now have lived in Portugal legally for at least two years to ...

The Portuguese Government has announced that it will extend the deadline for granting nationality to seven years of legal residence for Portuguese-speaking citizens and 10 years for citizens from ...

Portugal's centre-right minority government, under pressure from the far right to reduce immigration, said on Monday it would ...

Portugal tightens citizenship rules Government doubles residency requirement for citizenship to 10 years. Ilayda Cakirtekin | 25.06.2025 - Update : 25.06.2025 . ISTANBUL.

Cabinet minister Antonio Leitao Amaro said the new requirement would extend the current five-year rule to 10 years for most applicants, with a shorter seven-year threshold for those from ...

It reflects the best of what Portuguese citizenship should stand for: shared values, mutual commitment, and trust built over ...

Portugal tightens naturalization rules, ... said on Monday it would double to 10 years the amount of time most foreigners need to be a legal resident in Portugal before applying for citizenship. ...

Portugal has announced a tightening of its immigration and naturalisation laws, including doubling the minimum period of legal residency required for most foreigners to apply for citizenship to 10 ...