I too had a stumbling block - my father had changed his last name from Pereira
to Perry. That would be a "break" in the paper trail and was sufficient to
deny my application. Fortunately, I had a document from 1938 when my father
legally changed his name using his two brothers as witnesses. The San
Francisco Consulate was a bit reluctant to accept anything that old and in fact
they had rejected my father's birth certificate from the Azores also acquired
in 1938 so I had to get a more recent copy. Anyway, they sent everything off
to Lisbon and someone in Lisbon apparently was happy with the name change
document and approved my application.
My son had applied before I did in New York and was told he had to learn the
language, etc., etc. I applied in San Francisco with no such requirement -
just submit the papers and pay the money. After I received my citizenship, I
sent my paper trail along with my Lisbon acceptance to my son in New York who
was then able to sail through with no additional requirements and he received
his citizenship in just a few weeks.
David
On Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:28 AM, Phil Lopes <[email protected]>
wrote:
I secured dual citizenship several years ago and it took 5+ years but the
offer for second generation citizenship was new at the time. It seems the
process now is less time consuming. My major stumbling block was that since I
had lived in three countries, I had to secure police reports from each which
was impossible. The block was only overcome by the Portuguese Consul General in
San Francisco securing a waiver of this requirement for me.Phil Lopes
On Monday, January 9, 2017 at 1:51:44 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote:
Has anyone done this and how difficult of a process was getting Dual
citizenship?
Obrigado,
Colleen Wright
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