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How could the government double the time to get the Portugal citizenship?

Is it true that the government wants to double the time to get the citizenship to 10 years? There's a lot of speculation online. How real could this be?


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  • Lamares, Capela & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados
    June 26, 2025

    The Portuguese government has presented a proposal to amend the nationality law, aiming to double the residency period required to obtain Portuguese nationality to 10 years. However, at this moment, this is still just a proposal, and the law has not yet been approved or come into effect. Therefore, we cannot provide official information about these changes to the nationality law yet. In the coming days, if the proposed changes are approved and published, we will make these known on our official website.