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On Aug 21, 2015, at 2:41 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t know how much of an overkill it might be…I have a close friend who > married a Russian woman. She is a concert violinist and speaks English at a > B2 level with a reasonable knowledge of US history. It took her 5 years and > over 5000 in legal fees to get her citizenship here. There are always stories > of easy US citizenship but it actually ranks as one of the more difficult > ones to get if you have minimal legal standing for it. Portugal is considered > somewhat easier, just not the easiest. If you want citizenship just to have a > second passport then there are other places to go. If you want to be part of > Portugal and its people then that is possible…But, you must prove your > interest in the country. You can do this by living there for 5 years and > being part of their economy, by ancestry to the gparent level, by ancestry to > the ggparent level with language ability, by investing in the country 350,000 > euro. It is not impossible and it is not difficult by most developed nation > standards. One must decide the route, the reason, and the qualifications > necessary and then be about the business of applying. > I am surprised at the interesting observations made by my US based relatives. > There seems to be an expectation that if it isn’t done the way it is in the > USA it isn’t right or easy or modern. The correct observation is that it is > different and works for Portugal, that is all that matters in this case. > I have no interest in stirring up a hot debate; my interest is in encouraging > those that want to try for citizenship to do so and to do it by the > Portuguese parameters, after all Portugal is the country they are applying > to. We Americans always criticize immigrants that don’t want to become > American they just want the citizenship but not the culture or ideas…well? > > Sent from Windows Mail > > From: Jose Medeiros > Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 1:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > > 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. 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