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

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

Portugal is looking to expand its citizenship requirements. Melania Trump's visa questioned in congressional hearing Mariska ...

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

Under existing rules, aside from the five years of residency, foreign citizens must demonstrate sufficient knowledge of ...

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

The Portuguese Government has announced that it will extend the deadline for granting nationality to seven years of legal ...

Portugal's centre-right government plans to extend the residency period required for citizenship to 10 years for most ...

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 ...

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

10-year residency: Most foreigners must now reside legally in Portugal for ten years before applying for citizenship. 7-year exception: Immigrants from Portuguese-speaking countries such as Brazil ...

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 ...