- Being married for more than three years;
- Has an emotional link with the national community;
- Has not practiced any crime punished with prison to a maximum equal or higher than three years according to the portuguese law (ex. Homicide, offense to the physical integrity, robbery, burglary, drug traffic);
- Cannot be a public employee of the foreign State;
- Didn't render non-mandatory military service to a foreign State.
- These declarations can be made at:
- In the extension of the Central Registry Office, placed at the National Centre of Support to the Immigrant (CNAI) of Lisbon and Porto?;
- At the Civil Registration Office (Areeiro, Benfica, Expo, Fontes Pereira de Melo);
- Citizen Store - Loja do Cidadão (Odivelas);
- At Portuguese Consular Services
- Has an emotional link to the national community;
- Was not condemned, with the decision res judicata, for the practice of any crime punishable with prison of a maximum equal or higher than three years (ex. homicide, offense to the physical integrity, robbery, burglary, drug traffic);
- Does not perfume duties of public employee of the foreign State;
- Didn´t render military service, non-mandatory, to a foreign State.
- With the request o acquisition of nationality through marriage the following documents must be delivered:
- Model form approved (For – Mod 3)
- Certificate of birth of the applicant, if possible integral copy and issued by copy, duly legalized and followed by translations, if written in a foreign language;
- Certificate of birth of the Portuguese partner, of integral possible and possible issued by copy. This certificate of birth may be officially obtained by the services if the number of the birth certificate is mentioned;
- Certificate of marriage, of integral copy possible and possible issued by copy. This certificate of marriage may be officially obtained by the services if the marriage was in Portugal;
- Document proving the foreigner nationality of the applicant, followed by translation, if written in a foreign language, or presentation of passport showing the holder´s nationality;
- Certificates of Criminal Records issued by the competent services of the country of origin as well as the countries where the applicant had or has residence after 16 years, followed by translation, if written in a foreign language. The applicant is dismissed from showing the portuguese certificate of criminal record, which is officially obtained by the Services;
- Documents proving the nature of the public duties or non-mandatory military service rendered in a foreign State, if that is the case. The presentation of these documents take place if the applicant is in this circumstances.
- Document proving efective link to Portuguese Comunity.
Note: The presentation of certificates is unnecessary if the correspondent act of registration are filed at the Central Registration Office.
The Law:
- Lei n.º 37/81, de 3 de outubro (Lei da Nacionalidade), com as alterações da Lei Orgânica n.º 2/2006, de 17 de abril e da Lei n.º 43/2013, de 3 de julho http://www.dgpj.mj.pt/DGPJ/sections/leis-da-justica/livro-vii-leis-da/pdf2827/lo-2-2006/downloadFile/file/LO_2_2006.pdf?nocache=1182328689.04
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http://www.fd.unl.pt/docentes_docs/ma/mhb_MA_19405.pdf
- Lei Orgânica n.º 8/2015, de 22 de junho https://dre.pt/application/file/67552585
- Decreto-Lei n.º 237-A/2006, de 14 de dezembro (Regulamento da Nacionalidade) http://www.irn.mj.pt/sections/irn/legislacao/docs-legislacao/decreto-lei-237-a-2006/downloadFile/file/DL_237a-2006.pdf?nocache=1201699362.99
alterado pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 43/2013, de 1 de abril https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/2013/04/06300/0192001921.pdf e pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 30-A/2015, de 27 de fevereiro https://dre.pt/application/conteudo/66619927
- Portaria n.º 176/2014, de 11 de Setembro, que revoga a Portaria n.º 1403-A/2006, de 15 de dezembro, que legisla sobre a prova do conhecimento da língua portuguesa https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/2014/09/17500/0488804889.pdf
- Decreto-Lei n.º 308-A/1975, de 24 de junho http://www.nacionalidade.sef.pt/docs/DL%20308-A-1975.pdf - Decreto-Lei n.º 209/2012, de 19 de Setembro, que altera o Regulamento Emolumentar dos Registos e do Notariado https://dre.pt/application/dir/pdf1sdip/2012/09/18200/0526605278.pdf
Source: Ministry of Justice
