Portugal Citizenship Changes 2026 Explained

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]So about who is affected.

[00:00:03]If we just take a conservative approach and considering that this law change has no transition period meaning that after its publication the next business days it becomes effective. It will be effective after the the 18th of May so since the 19th of May this is already valid. And we understand by having this conservative approach that all residence permit applicants and holders who haven't completed the five-year period and haven't submitted their citizenship >> [clears throat] >> by the 18th of May they will be affected because it means that by this date they didn't complete the necessary requirements to have the right for applying for citizenship meaning that before they were not entitled to apply to citizenship yet so they will be affected. Those who already applied before this date pending citizenship applications will not be affected.