Yes, Jose, you are right. Of course I was responding to the original article from the British Daily Mail of 13 May 2013 and the excellent response from Ferrao and Fernandes posted in this forum.
As a lawyer, I presented the legal position of Portugal, its Portuguese Nationality Law and its validity within the UK and the entire European Union, in response to the xenophobic remarks from Sir Andrew Green who stated that Indians are entering the UK borders through a loophole. It is not a loophole ! This is simply the application of Portuguese Nationality Law together with the exercise of EU rights under the Treaty of Rome which states that any EU citizen has the right to live and work in any EU country. My response serves to emphasize the fact that Goans born before 1961 are still Portuguese citizens today because they never lost citizenship rights according to Portugal. Of course it is entirely up to these Goans if they want to have those citizenship rights recognised by Portugal or not. To some extent, I agree with Mervyn. This is indeed an interesting and most peculiar situation that Portugal granted citizenship rights to Goans born before 1961 ad aeternum and I am not surprised people find it funny, especially people who do not need to avail of those citizenship rights because they already have another citizenship of another western country. Enough said on the matter... "Para bom entendedor, meia palavra basta". Best regards Paulo Colaço Dias
