It sounds like the children or grandchildren don't need the language requirement, but greats onwards do.
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 12:25 PM, Marilyn Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > So am I understanding that you are not required to have a knowledge of the > language to get dual citizenship? > That is my limiting factor. > > Marilyn Thompson > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 11:45 AM, David Perry <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >> pic/azores/E_FxJBlCA4I/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
