For the purposes of the D7 visa for Portugal, the criminal record certificate to be submitted should be from your country of origin or from the country where you have been residing for more than one year. The certificate must be properly apostilled under the Hague Convention (when applicable) or legalized. In your case, although you hold UK nationality and previously lived for an extended period in South Africa, you have currently been residing in the United States for more than one year. Therefore, you will only need to provide a criminal record certificate from the United States, properly apostilled or legalized.
