Dual Citizenship - Portugal/EU

[Chava61]

It is great to have dual citizenship. You can live & work in any of the countries that you have citizenship for without worrying about trying to get a visa/work or resident permit. If you have children you can probably pass on the dual citizenship to them and they would have the same possibilities.

[shayaan]

I am a goan, my mother portuges passport is under process almost 70% done, it took 3 years to reach this stage. How long will it take for me to get mine? And i have married a Muslim does the religion have gat to do something as i need to apply for him also is this possible also my kids can they get the portuges passort. Is it possible to have a dual citizen ship i mean can i still be a citizen of Indian while holding a portuges passport.GEMINI

[moving123456]

Definitely get it if you can, even if you currently have no plan to ever use it. You never know when a second passport might come in handy in the future. If you have children now or in the future, it could be an advantage for them also some day.

[Pogolote]

Originally Posted by TriMT7

Hello,

I recently found out I can get dual citizenship (US and Portuguese), because my father is an immigrant to the United States from Portugal.

What would be the benefits of getting dual citizenship? Has anyone done it? What is the process?


I believe if I'm a Portuguese citizen, I can settle anywhere within the EU, despite being an "American first".... what would be some of the other benefits and detractions?

-----TRIMAccording to Portuguese Law, you're Portuguese right now. You are the son of a Portuguese. You need to apply at the Embassy and that's all. I believe, I'm not sure here, that you have every right a Portuguese has right now.You can keep your American citizenship since the US allows you to have dual citizenship.

[Neuling]

Originally Posted by ButterflyUK

Firstly you need to make sure that Protugal recognises dual citizenship. Spain does not. If you want to be Spanish you have to give up any other citizenship. Does your father have a Protugese passport? Is he still a portugese citizen? If he gave up his citizenship you may not be eligible.

That is not quite so, I have an Uruguayan friend who is also a Spanish citizen. For instance she voted in the last elections in Spain although she has not been there in 20+ years.


Anyway, I don't find it OK to get the Portuguese citizenship just in order to be allowed to work in the EU. If somebody from outside the EU wants to be Portuguese, he or she should indeed move to Portugal, not Germany or France etc. That attitude reminds me of those people who marry someone from a certain country only to get there.

Apart from that, Portugal is a difficult country unless you are rich or self-employed. The prospects are said to be rather gloomy as there is hardly any research etc. Portuguese entrepreneurs take their money to Brazil and Africa rather than invest it here.
And I seriously doubt the US will go down the drain even more than Portugal already has

[Pogolote]

He's the son of a Portuguese that never became American. He's a Portuguese right now. He can work in any EU country, just as any Portuguese. I'd rather have him than a Nepalese.So he wants to go to any country in the EU? So what!!

[XodoX]

I thought there was an age limit like 18 years or something like that. Didn't know you can claim it in some countries whenevr you want, regardless of your age.