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Portugal Citizenship for Sephardic Jews

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Passport to Portugal via the Sephardic Jewish ancestry

Elegible applicants can submit their claim to the portuguese authorities and open a new oportunity toreside in Europe, study or simply regain the access to the country of their ancestry.

Portuguese Citizenship cases are submitted at the portuguese registries office and then examined by government clerks until a final decision is taken by the ministry of justicy and a portuguese birth certificate is issued. After this the aplicant is entitled to apply for a portuguese passport and a portuguese ID card and gets the sephardic jewish portuguese citizenship.

The number of sephardic aplicants has increased significantly on the last 5 years and there has also been an increase in the timelines of analsing the paperwok submited by aplicants. To file a complete and accurate aplication is important for a fast and expedite result.

The new law for the separdi jews published in 2022 demands that the new applicants should besides providing all documents needed before that also need to prove they have travelled to Portugal. The law text says "frequent travelling" and doesn't define when and how many times the applicant should do it. It also suggests the applicant shall be the owner of portuguese company stocks. Please consult us to find more.

The acquisition of the Portuguese citizenship by the descendants of Sephardic jews  from Portugal or the sephardic jewish portuguese citizenship is a new oportunity to reconnect with your ancestry and get the passport to Portugal and the European Union. We’re a portuguese law office engaged in the citizenship to Portugal and with several cases approved for the last 5 years.

It is important an applicant for a sephardi certificate from a portuguese community to hold ancestry on portuguese heritage. For that is important to have on of the many surnames of jewish portuguese surnames.

We can help to promote your case as speacilized lawyers in portugal jewish citizenship immigration cases.
The new law for the separdi jews published in 2022 demands that the new applicants should besides providing all documents needed before that also prove they have travelled to Portugal and resided for more than 3 years

Portuguese Citizenship for minors

Citizenship for children

Since many sephardic clients already obtained the citizenship, now is also possible to apply to citizenship for the minor children born before or after the parent gets the citizenship.



Portuguese citizenship for spouse

Citizenship for spouse

For the new citizens it is also possible to apply for nationality to the spouse - husband or wife. For this to be possible the main requirement is for the marriage between the couple to have more than 3 years. Get in touch with us for further information.

ID card and passport service

Passport and ID card escort services

We also provide support in getting the portuguese passport and ID card in Portugal by booking an appointment with the authrorities and escorting you during all the procedure.

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Descendant
of Portuguese Sephardic
Jew?

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02

Not convicted of
a crime by a prison sentence
equal to or exceeding
3 years?

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03

Historical evidence
of a Sephardic Community
of Portuguese
origin?

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Needed Documents

To apply for Portugal Citizenship the applicant and the law office must gather a few documents and apply for a certificate from a Jewsih Community in Portugal.

Elegibility criteria

Citizenship for Portuguese Jewish
Descendants

CITIZENSHIP FOR DESCENDANTS

CITIZENSHIP FOR MINORS

CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE

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PORTUGUESE PASSPORT AND ID CARD SUPPORT ESCORT SERVICE

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1050-014 Lisboa | Portugal