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

The proposal to amend the nationality law submitted to parliament by the Government (PSD/CDS) came into effect on 19 June, in ...

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

Dubai: Portugal is set to make it significantly harder for most foreigners to obtain citizenship, with the government ...

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

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

Portugal will now require 10 years of residency before most foreigners can request citizenship. People from Portuguese-speaking nations will wait seven years. New rules add culture tests, restrict ...

The proposal to amend the nationality law, which the government submitted to parliament, will take effect on 19 June to deal with the mass applications ...

Cabinet minister Antonio Leitao Amaro said the new requirement would extend the current five-year rule to 10 years for most ...

Portugal is tightening its citizenship rules, extending the waiting period for most foreigners to ten years. Citizens from ...

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 ...