tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243Tue, 08 Sep 2026 12:34:58 +0000Portuguese CitizenshipLarissa BonaLarissa BonaPortugalPortuguese CommunityHistory of PortugalMigrationAmélia RodriguesAnthony Peter D'SouzaBrasilBrazilCanadaFadoGrandchildrenLisbonPlaces of PortugalProceduresQatarReader's PostSounds of PortugalSouth AfricaUSAVisaWho is entitled to the Portuguese citizenship?Portuguese Citizenship - Easy and simple information about Portuguese citizenship &amp; immigration.http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)Blogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-2429412197545019667Mon, 27 Dec 2010 21:21:00 +00002010-12-27T18:21:26.301-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipDear Readers, Due to the Holiday Season, I will not upload any post during this week, because I do not have easy access to the internet where I am. I wish you all an incredible 2011 and I hope to see you here on 3rd January. Regards, Larissa Bonahttp://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/important-message.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-796172589344321637Fri, 24 Dec 2010 12:53:00 +00002010-12-24T09:53:25.634-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese Citizenship Dear friends, I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a fantastic 2011!&nbsp; Larissa Bona<!--[if gte vml 1]> <![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]-->http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/merry-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-7339648284648908892Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:06:00 +00002010-12-23T08:06:37.532-03:00BrasilLarissa BonaPortugalPortuguese CitizenshipPortuguese CommunitySource:&nbsp;rouxinoldebernardim.blogspot.com Brazil is the country with the largest Portuguese community outside Portugal and although official records inform that such community have 5 million members, there are unofficial estimations that this number could be of 18 million members. Most Brazilians have some degree of Portuguese ancestry: some descend from colonial settlers, while others have http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/portuguese-community-in-brazil.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-2690233971364305890Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:46:00 +00002010-12-22T10:15:54.967-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipSource: cafepress.co.uk On my previous posts, I have said it was very common for the grandchildren to have the opportunity to choose between the attribution of citizenship and the naturalisation (acquisition of citizenship), but that I advised to choose the acquisition only if the children of the Portuguese citizen has passed away. Further on, I provide you practical examples for you to http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/grandchildren-of-portuguese-citizens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-2578993149232098649Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:55:00 +00002010-12-21T06:55:00.224-03:00History of PortugalLarissa BonaPortugalPortuguese CitizenshipSource: Wikipedia The first Roman invasion of the Iberian Peninsula occurred in 219 BC. Within 200 years, almost the entire peninsula had been annexed to the&nbsp;Roman Empire. The&nbsp;Carthaginians, Rome's adversary in the&nbsp;Punic Wars, were expelled from their coastal colonies. The Roman conquest of what is now part of modern day Portugal took several decades: it started from the south, http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/history-of-portugal-roman-lusitania-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-6019008399176947386Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:56:00 +00002010-12-22T10:17:34.325-03:00GrandchildrenLarissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipSource: cafeprees.co.uk Still discussing case by case who is entitled to the Portuguese citizenship, today we will talk about the grandchildren of the Portuguese citizens. The Article 6,4 of the Nationality Act establishes that the grandchildren, with at least one Portuguese grandparent, can apply for the Portuguese citizenship through naturalisation, without the need of living in Portugal, as http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/grandchildren-with-at-least-one-of-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-2054565070639351976Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:32:00 +00002010-12-17T07:32:43.463-03:00BrazilLarissa BonaPortugalPortuguese Citizenship This is a funny advertisiment made by Nike with the national football teams of Portugal and Brazil. Very nice! Have a wonderful weekend! Larissa Bonahttp://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/brazil-vs-portugal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-6339426064100134297Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:30:00 +00002010-12-16T07:30:42.853-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipPortuguese CommunitySouth AfricaSource: crossed-flag-pins.com The&nbsp;Portuguese&nbsp;explored&nbsp;the coasts of South Africa in the late 15th century, and nominally claimed them as their own with the erecting of padrões&nbsp;(large stone cross inscribed with the&nbsp;coat of arms of Portugal&nbsp;placed there as part of a&nbsp;land claim).&nbsp; Bartolomeu Dias&nbsp;did so in 1486, and&nbsp;Vasco da Gama&nbsp;recorded a http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/portuguese-community-in-south-africa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-5405683137820535608Wed, 15 Dec 2010 10:43:00 +00002010-12-15T07:43:47.377-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipSource: portugalnet.pt The children of either Portuguese parent, born abroad, even though their Portuguese parent (s) is not serving the Portuguese State, are also entitled to the Portuguese citizenship (remember Portugal adopts the jus sanguinis rule) as long as they declare their wish to become Portuguese. According to the Article 8.1. of the Portuguese Nationality Statute, all the child needs http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/children-of-either-portuguese-parent_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-2200662040954015743Tue, 14 Dec 2010 09:44:00 +00002010-12-14T06:44:09.465-03:00Amélia RodriguesFadoLarissa BonaPortugalPortuguese CitizenshipSounds of Portugal Nem às paredes confesso (Not even to the walls I confess) sung by Amália Rodrigues Fado is currently a worldwide known symbol of Portugal, being represented for many years in foreign countries by Amália Rodrigues, and more recently by Dulce Pontes, Mariza and Katia Guerreiro, among others. But where did the word Fado came from? It came from the Latin fatum, which means fate, the inexorable http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/sounds-of-portugal-fado.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-7484067071641849803Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:11:00 +00002010-12-13T08:11:16.536-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipSource: cafepress.co.uk Previously, I have explained about the case of the children of either Portuguese parent, born in the Portuguese territory. Today, I will explain the case of the children of either Portuguese parent, born abroad. As you may have noticed, I have written “Part I” on the title of this post because there are two possible situations that we must take into account when analysing http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/children-of-either-portuguese-parent_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-8536312169255196772Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:27:00 +00002010-12-10T07:27:02.690-03:00http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/due-to-technical-problems-we-will-not.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-8598693723468635458Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:21:00 +00002010-12-09T18:00:54.072-03:00CanadaLarissa BonaPortugalPortuguese CitizenshipPortuguese CommunitySource:&nbsp;crossed-flag-pins.com Today, I am going to talk about the Portuguese Community in Canada, which is the 6th biggest Portuguese Community in the world, with around 400,000 members. The Portuguese migration to Canada is not as ancient as the migration to Brazil or the USA, although there are records of Portuguese migration since the 16th Century. The first time that a considerable http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/portuguese-community-in-canada.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-5928579769402722582Wed, 08 Dec 2010 10:59:00 +00002010-12-09T18:02:05.840-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipSource: cafeprees.com Now, that we know who is entitled to the citizenship, the types of citizenship, the procedures through which someone can obtain it and the effects of such procedures, we will now analyse case by case of those who are entitled to the Portuguese citizenship. The Article 1, 1, (a) of the Nationality Act and the Article 3, (a) of the Portuguese Nationality Statute establish thathttp://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/children-of-either-portuguese-parent.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-229577235795971331Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:09:00 +00002010-12-07T07:09:21.677-03:00History of PortugalLarissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipSource:&nbsp;eb1-mateus-n2.rcts.pt The region of present-day Portugal was inhabited by&nbsp;Neanderthals&nbsp;and then by&nbsp;Homo sapiens. Early in the first millennium BC, several waves of&nbsp;Celts&nbsp;invaded Portugal from&nbsp;central Europe&nbsp;and intermarried with the local populations, forming&nbsp;different ethnic groups, with many tribes. Chief among these tribes were the http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/history-of-portugal-pre-history.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-8558509293062981829Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:02:00 +00002010-12-06T08:02:20.513-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese Citizenship Contacts:&nbsp; E-mail:&nbsp;larissa.bona@lawrei.comFacebook:&nbsp;www.facebook.com/larissa.bonaTwitter:&nbsp;www.twitter.com/larissa_bonaYoutube Channel:&nbsp;www.youtube.com/lmbona Larissa Bonahttp://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/effects-of-procedures-to-obtain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-2643861653615249939Sat, 04 Dec 2010 10:16:00 +00002010-12-04T07:16:11.356-03:00Larissa BonaMigrationPortuguese CitizenshipVisaSource:&nbsp;uwf.edu The Oxford Dictionary says that border means “a line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries”. The borders establish the boundaries of the territory of the nations and, even though most of them are just fictional, they are sometimes harder to be surpassed than if they were high mountains. Every day, we see in the press cases of people who risk http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/visa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-7829377614773815561Fri, 03 Dec 2010 03:01:00 +00002010-12-03T00:01:00.196-03:00Larissa BonaPortugalPortuguese CitizenshipProceduresSource:&nbsp;europabrasil.com.br The Portuguese Nationality Act, on its Title I, lists the procedures through which someone can obtain the Portuguese citizenship, which are: The Attribution of Citizenship (Chapter I); The Acquisition of Citizenship (Chapter II). The attribution of citizenship is the procedure that those persons who are entitled to the original citizenship must follow in order http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/procedures-to-obtain-portuguese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-5059319476612398313Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:01:00 +00002010-12-02T06:50:33.650-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipPortuguese CommunityUSASource: Presidency of Portugal website Today, I will talk about the Portuguese Community in the USA, the second largest Portuguese community outside Portugal (only Brazil has more Portuguese community members than the USA). For a long time, there were not accurate numbers with regards to the Portuguese community in the USA, because the American Census always included them in the Latino http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/11/portuguese-community-in-usa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)187tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-6919293634385465500Wed, 01 Dec 2010 03:01:00 +00002010-12-01T09:54:49.334-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipCristiano Ronaldo (left) is a Portuguese footballer with original citizenship and Deco (right) is a Portuguese footballer with derivative citizenship (he is naturalised) Now that we already know who is entitled to the Portuguese citizenship, the next step is to establish the types of citizenship these people are entitled to.This is important to know because each type of citizenship determines http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/12/cristiano-ronaldo-left-is-portuguese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-4184015854160059556Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:12:00 +00002010-11-30T08:12:26.982-03:00Larissa BonaLisbonPlaces of PortugalPortuguese CitizenshipCentre of Lisbon from the top of Santa Justa Lift by Larissa Bona Lisbon is the capital of Portugal and its largest city with a population of almost 3 million people (Metropolitan Area of Lisbon). Placed at the mouth of the Tagus River, it is the westernmost capital of continental Europe. Although there is a legend saying that Lisbon was founded by Ulysses, Lisbon was founded by the Phoenicians. http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/11/places-of-portugal-lisbon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-4158986106742733523Mon, 29 Nov 2010 03:01:00 +00002010-11-29T00:01:00.385-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese Citizenship Contacts:&nbsp; E-mail:&nbsp;larissa.bona@lawrei.comFacebook:&nbsp;www.facebook.com/larissa.bonaTwitter:&nbsp;www.twitter.com/larissa_bonaYoutube Channel:&nbsp;www.youtube.com/lmbona Larissa Bonahttp://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-should-someone-obtain-portuguese_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-8448170321622118994Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:39:00 +00002010-11-28T11:12:32.995-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese Citizenship Contacts:&nbsp; E-mail:&nbsp;larissa.bona@lawrei.comFacebook:&nbsp;www.facebook.com/larissa.bonaTwitter:&nbsp;www.twitter.com/larissa_bonaYoutube Channel:&nbsp;www.youtube.com/lmbona Larissa Bonahttp://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-should-someone-obtain-portuguese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-7745515811408887860Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:49:00 +00002010-11-25T10:14:40.425-03:00Anthony Peter D'SouzaLarissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipPortuguese CommunityQatarReader's PostSource: nuqataropen.wordpress.com Qatar, a small peninsula in the Gulf, has now become a major international player in the World Market, setting new bench marks in fields of lnnovation, Infrastructure development, LNG, Education and Sports. With Qatar bidding for the prestigious World Cup 2022, it becomes imperative that this jewel in the pearl of the Gulf has reached new governments to invest inhttp://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/11/portugal-qatar-new-re-beginning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3627563543206451243.post-4564699731811794117Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:52:00 +00002010-11-28T11:15:11.077-03:00Larissa BonaPortuguese CitizenshipWho is entitled to the Portuguese citizenship?Source:&nbsp;arrastao.org Every day I receive several e-mails with a very similar content. The person usually begins telling his/her case and then ends up with the "golden question": Am I entitled to the Portuguese citizenship? Therefore, in today’s post I will answer the “golden question” of most of my clients. Below, those who are entitled to the Portuguese citizenship:Children of either http://portuguesecitizenship.blogspot.com/2010/11/who-is-entitled-to-portuguese.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Larissa Bona)4