Mario Vicente Santos Pereira wrote:
1: There were frauds done by non-Goans to obtain the Portuguese Citizenship
and they are enjoying in Portugal.
2: Our question is that the Consulate of Goa checked the papers, done final
identification and got the CR number and now they do not reply at all.
3: I feel that the Consulate should do something to the genuine applicants.
If someone raise this issue to the Authority in Portugal it will surely
sort the problem and do the needful. Please help the Goans and their wish
should be fulfilled.
jc's response:
re 1:
If you have a Processo Number - please visit
http://www.consuladoportugalgoa.com/initialpage.php#
Click on [ Estado do processo ] (It is the 7th link in the left hand column)
If you do not have one - approach the Consulate personally. You do speak
Portuguese, do you not? I just cannot envisage the Consulate turning down a
request for information from one who speaks Portuguese.
That probably (I am just thinking aloud here) one more acid test now to help
determine who is genuine and who is opportunistic.
The other one being - "Original Portuguese era document"
re 2:
That is a fair question. How indeed did so many non-Goans get OKed by the
Portuguese Consulate in Goa or Bombay. Surely the consular officials in Goa
or Bombay who are Goan or Damanese knew better.
I do know that the staff at the Consulate in Bombay were dismissed and the
consulate shut down - et moved to Goa for that reason.
While that answers that concern, it does not bring relief to the genuine
applicants stuck in the pipeline.
re 3:
Now ...please read the LAST PARA in the following and advise if you believe
this person should be helped
http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/advice/t-13278.html
sincerely
jc
PS: with the many issues present in today's world - I'd be very cautious
indeed.
