Quote: Official correspondence sent to applicants through the Portuguese Consulate in Goa and made available to this newspaper says Portuguese passports will henceforth be issued only to those who hold a Portuguese identity card or an old Portuguese passport issued by the erstwhile Portuguese regime in Goa. Diplomatic sources in New Delhi said though the new rules were not legally valid, they were being implemented under pressure from the European Union to make it "extremely difficult" for Indians to apply.
Under Portuguese law, those born in Goa, Daman and Diu (former Portuguese enclaves) before December 19, 1961 (when the Liberation took place), are entitled to Portuguese nationality. Until now, all it required was an officially authenticated photocopy of the original birth certificate to apply. ===== Above is not very clear.. The new requirement providing 'óld passport or Id Card' was there more than 2 years ago. Even the agents would not accept fresh applications without it. The abv docs were not neccessarily required from the applicants but it could be also from their parents or grand parents who were born in Goa before 1961. If an applicant is say 15 then (1960) now would be 61 or say just 10 then. now would be 56 Any applicants in this age group? may be a handful (e.g retired seamen etc) No such applicants will have such Id Docs unless they travelled to Bombay with their parents etc before 1961 and if they have kept/saved that Docs. (before 1961, such doc were required even to go the Bombay and Karwar I suppose, as it was part of India and Goa being part of Portugal) Don't know if children were also required such docs while travelling with their parents. Also, under the Portuguese law, not only those who are born before Dec 19, 1961 are entiltled to apply portuguese Passport but also those who are born after 1961 entitled to portuguese citizenship if they could prove that their parents or grand parents were born in Goa 1961. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
