Request portuguese nationality

Online:

The application for nationality is available online for people over 18 years of age who have been living in Portugal for at least five years and for people who have been married or living in a non-marital partnership with someone of Portuguese nationality for more than 3 years.

The online service can only be done through a lawyer

or solicitor.

The lawyer or solicitor must access NacionalidadeOnline and authenticate themselves with their digital certificate.

At the counter:

The application for Portuguese nationality is made in person, in one of the following places:

• at the counter of the Institute of Registration and Notary Affairs at the National Support Centre for the Integration of Migrants (CNAIM) in Lisbon or Oporto
• at the Registry Spaces in Lisbon, on Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, on the Campus da Justiça and in Benfica
• at the Central Registry Office in Lisbon
• at the Nationality Desk
• at the Odivelas Citizens' Shop
• at the Civil Registry Offices
• at the Portuguese Consulate in your area of residence.

Go to one of the locations indicated and apply for Portuguese Nationality. Deliver the requested documents. 

By mail:

The application for nationality can be made by mail and the form to be filled in depends on the particular situation. After filling in the form, you must send the application to the Conservatória dos Registos Centrais, Rua Rodrigo da Fonseca, 202, 1099-033 Lisbon.

The documents to present when applying for Portuguese Nationality vary according to your conditions. Check if you are able to apply for Portuguese Nationality and which documents and requirements are necessary according to your profile:

You were born in Portugal:

• You were born in Portugal when your parents resided here and have habitually lived in the country for the last 10 years
• You were born in Portugal in 1981 or after, have foreign parents, one of them having legally resided in Portugal for at least 5 years

Born abroad

• Married or living in a non-marital partnership with a Portuguese for more than three years.
• Born abroad and has been living legally in Portugal for at least 5 years
• Born abroad and is the daughter/daughter of a Portuguese person
• Born abroad and grandchild of a Portuguese person
• Born abroad and adopted by a Portuguese person before turning 18 years old and before 8 October 1981
• Belongs to a Portuguese community abroad

You lost your nationality and you want to get it back

• Stopped having Portuguese Nationality and never obtained another one
• You stopped having Portuguese Nationality because you chose another one
• You ceased to have Portuguese Nationality when you were a minor or incapable, by decision of your legal representative
• You lost Portuguese Nationality because you married a foreign man before 1981

Other cases that allow the attribution of Portuguese Nationality

• You are under 18 or incapable and, when you were born, your mother or father did not yet have Portuguese nationality
• Has rendered relevant services to the Portuguese State or to the Portuguese community
• Descended from Portuguese Sephardic Jews

The price of the application may vary. Consult the conditions that apply to your case to know the price.

The consultation of the process status of the application for Portuguese Nationality is free.