This is an overkill compared to getting US citizenship On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 5:58:11 PM UTC-4, Phil Lopes wrote: > > I received my citizenship about a year ago. I was required to take a > Portuguese exam offered by the University of Lisbon at San Jose State > University. At the time exam was only offered twice a year. Exam took about > three hours and included comprehension, writing, and conversation and cost > about $100.00. My guess is that the ability to speak Portuguese will > continue to be required. > > On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 4:46:40 AM UTC-7, nancy jean baptiste > wrote: >> >> Thanks for the information. It's still unclear if a language exam will be >> necessary. Does anyone know? >> >> Nancy Jean >> >> ------------------------------ >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:27:28 -0400 >> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship >> To: [email protected] >> >> Here is information I received from the Portuguese Citizenship Reconnect >> organization. Attached are two documents with specific information. >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> MaryAnn >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: *Portuguese Citizenship* <[email protected]> >> Date: Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 6:40 PM >> Subject: Re: Interested in Portuguese citizenship >> To: MaryAnn Santos <[email protected]> >> >> >> Good afternoon Ms. MaryAnn Santos, >> >> I hope this e-mail finds you well. >> >> On 29 July an alteration to the Portuguese Nationality Act was approved >> in order to consider the grandchildren of Portuguese citizens Portuguese by >> origin. In sum, under the newly enacted law, obtaining citizenship depends >> on three requirements: (i) knowledge of the Portuguese language; (ii) >> regular visits to Portugal; and (iii) the applicant cannot have been found >> guilty of a crime with a prison sentence over 3 years. >> >> I attach hereto our Legal News Alert on the new law. >> >> If you feel you meet these requirements, kindly complete the assessment >> form attached hereto. >> >> Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Lisette >> -- >> >> >> >> -- >> For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail >> (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the >> right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my >> membership." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> >
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