Numbers

In two years, the SEF (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras – Borders and Foreigners Organization) evaluated 6463 requests from Israeli and Turkish citizens. 2436 have already benefited from the law that awards Portuguese citizenship to Sephardic Jews.

More than 37,000 foreign citizens requested Portuguese nationality in 2017, an increase of 5.2% over 2016, according to the Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) in a report that was presented on 27.6.18.

Since 2015, more than a thousand descendants of Jews that were expelled from Portugal in the 15th century obtained Portuguese nationality. The Jewish Community of Porto organized a concert to celebrate the occasion.

Out of the 714 applications finalized, 713 were approved and one was denied

Translated from the original in Portuguese found here The number of requests to obtain Portuguese nationality has reached the highest value of the last seven years in 2016, totaling 35,416, according to the Annual Report of Internal Safety data (ARIS). The 2016 report informs that of 35,416 requests to obtain Portuguese nationality, the Immigration and Borders Service has issued …

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