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Portuguese citizenship by descent

Portuguese citizenship by descent

Artigos 1 and artigos 2

Artigos 1

The children of Portuguese parents who are born outside the national territory are also Portuguese

 
However, it is necessary to quickly complete the registration formalities of concubinage or marriage in case the parents have formalized their union.
 
Once the union of the parents is formalized, which is strongly recommended, the newborn child must be registered with the Portuguese authorities using the birth certificate and the passport of the country where the child was born.

The Portuguese government grants naturalization to foreign-born individuals with at least one unrenounced ancestor on the second degree of the Portuguese citizenship succession line.

How to do it/required documentation:

  • The signature must be notarized by a public notary, and its certification must be Apostille-authenticated.
  • The applicant’s birth certificate must be Apostille-authenticated and officially translated. 
  • This certificate must demonstrate that the applicant’s parents recognized him while he was a minor.
  • Certificate of birth for the Portuguese grandparent.
  • Certificate of birth for the parent who is the grandparent’s offspring. This certificate must demonstrate that the applicant’s elders recognized his parent while he was a minor.
  • Document demonstrating that the applicant has an extensive understanding of the Portuguese idiom. The following documents may be presented as evidence of Portuguese language proficiency:
  1. Diploma issued by a public or private Portuguese institution in accordance with Portuguese law.
    Certificate of approbation in an examination administered by any of the institutions listed in (a).
  2. Certificate of exam certification issued by Portuguese Consulates while the petitioner was residing abroad. In this case, you can demonstrate your proficiency in Portuguese by registering for the examination administered by the Center for the Evaluation of the Portuguese Language (CAPLE) and earning the Initial of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (CIPLE). The examinations are held in May and November.
  3. Certificate of Portuguese as a Foreign Language Proficiency issued by one of the accredited Portuguese evaluation institutions.

In the case of someone who has attended a public or private school in any of the Portuguese-speaking countries, a Diploma issued by these teaching institutions may serve as evidence of idiomatic Portuguese proficiency.

If the applicant is illiterate, he must provide evidence of his Portuguese proficiency commensurate with his ability to demonstrate he knows the idiom.

  • Criminal Clearance issued by the country in which the applicant was born, where he holds citizenship, and all countries in which he has resided since attaining the age of sixteen, along with the respective translation if not issued in Portuguese. The applicant is exempt from submitting the
  • Portuguese Criminal Clearance, as it may be obtained obligatorily by the Portuguese government Power of Attorney if the application is to be submitted by a lawyer or other authorized representative.

Every document must be apostilled, and non-Portuguese documents must be translated into Portuguese.

Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado, I.P.-ordered Portuguese bank payments denominated in Euros from a Portuguese-representative entity.

Send all documentation to:

Conservatória dos Registos Centrais
Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, 200 1099-003 Lisboa Portugal

 

Artigos 2

Payment link (200 euros cost) to obtain the form for the application of your naturalization process to the Portuguese government only for children – Artigos 2: 

https://crcpagamentos.irn.mj.pt/pagvisamc.aspx?productid=nac2

► The form must be filled out in Portuguese, without amendments or erasures, with capital letters and writing only one letter in each rectangle,
leaving a blank space between each word.

► This form consists of two pages that should be printed on a single sheet (front and back) to ensure identification or signature recognition.

► The form must be signed by the legal representatives of the minor or incapacitated person, or by an attorney with special powers.

► When filling out the form, the declarant must sign the desired option with an “x”.

► If the space allocated to each field is not sufficient to fill in all the information, you must use a new form, in the same format, filling in only the
missing information in the respective field. In this case, both forms must be attached.

► This form is available at http:llwww.irn.mj.pt where you can obtain additional information.

Table 1

1. The name should be the one you use according to your identification document or birth registration, and you should distinguish between first name and last name.

2. Sex: F – female; M – male.

3. Identification document: passport, residence permit or other equivalent identification document issued by the competent authority of one of the European
Union countries, of which the person concerned is holder.

4. Date the ID document was issued.

5. Authority that issued the identification document.

6. Parentage: the full name of the father and mother must be given.

7. If you have previously lived in another foreign country or countries, you must indicate the respective localities and countries if you are over 16.8. The profession is only to be mentioned if you are over 16.

Table 2

1. You can attach documents proving this effective connection.
2. You should only check this box, and make a statement about this fact, if the interested party is over 16 years of age.
3. You should only check this box, and make a statement about this fact, if the interested party is over 16 years of age.
4. You should only check this box, and make a statement about this fact, if the interested party is over 16 years of age.
5. The interested party must tick this box if he presents the birth certificate, integral copy and if possible by photocopy, of the parent (mother or father) who
acquired Portuguese nationality.
6. If you do not present the birth certificate of the mother or father who acquired Portuguese nationality, it can be obtained from the Portuguese Services,
indicating the place of birth and filiation of that parent.
7. If the minor or incapable individual was born in Portugal and presents a birth certificate, this must be a full copy and, if possible, be issued by photocopy. If
you do not submit a birth certificate, you must indicate the Portuguese civil registry office where the birth certificate is filed a n d the respective number and
year, if known, so that the services can obtain the certificate.
8. You must mark it if you want the Portuguese criminal record certificate to be obtained unofficially by the Serviços,

Table 3

1. Indication of telephone and e-mail is optional.
2. The form must be signed by the legal representatives of the minor or incapacitated individual or by their proxy with special powers for the
act. The declarant must indicate the capacity in which he/she intervenes: legal representative; mother’s attorney; father’s attorney or other
capacity.

Table 4

1. If you were born abroad, this document is mandatory. In this case, the birth registration certificate must, in principle, be a full copy and issued by photocopy.
This certificate must be duly legalized and accompanied by a translation, if written in a foreign language.
If you were born in Portugal and present a birth certificate, it should be a full copy and, if possible, issued by photocopy. If you do not submit a birth
certificate, you must have filled in field 7 of box 2, if you know these elements, so that the Services can obtain the certificate.

2. Please tick if you have submitted a birth certificate of the Portuguese national parent. If you do not present such a certificate, you must fill in the elements
mentioned in field 6, in box 2, so that the Services may obtain the certificate.

3. This document must be accompanied by a translation if written in a foreign language. A certified copy of the passport may be submitted.

4. If the minor or incapacitated person is older than 16 years old, he/she must attach the criminal record certificates issued by the competent services of the
country of birth and nationality, as well as those of the countries where he/she lived and resided after the age of 16, accompanied by translation if
written in a foreign language (mandatory documents, unless the exemption of their presentation is requested at the same time). The applicant is
exempt from presenting the Portuguese criminal record certificate, which is unofficially obtained by the Portuguese services, and must have ticked box 8 of
table 2.

5. If the minor or incapacitated person is over 16 years old, you must attach documents proving the nature of the public duties performed for a foreign state, if
you have marked the “Yes” option in field 3 of box 2.

6. If the minor or incapacitated person is over 16, he/she must attach documents proving non-compulsory military service to a foreign state, if
he/she has marked the option “Yes” in field 4 of box 2.

7. If an attorney-in-fact intervenes, the attachment of the power of attorney is mandatory.

Table 5

1. In-person recognition of the signature can be done:
– before an employee of the service who is competent to receive the form;
– in Notary Public Offices or Portuguese registry offices;
– in Consulate of Portugal abroad;
– by a Lawyer or Solicitor, or
– by the chambers of commerce and industry, recognized under the terms of Decree-Law 244I92, of October 29.
If the proxy is a lawyer or solicitor, the indication of the respective professional license is sufficient to confirm the signature.
The request is denied:

a) If it is not included in the model form approved by the President of the Institute of Registration and Notary Affairs (available at the extensions of the Central
Registry Office, Civil Registry Offices, Consulates and at the website www.irn.mj.pt);
b) If statements or formalities provided for in the form are omitted;
c) If it is not accompanied by the documents necessary to prove the facts that constitute the basis of the request.
If the request is denied outright, the declaration is ineffective, and no money will be refunded

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