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Portuguese nationality for descendants of Portuguese Sephardic Jews — closed to new applications

Recorded requirements for this route in Portugal, each quoted from the source named beside it.

Official source: diariodarepublica.pt

Programme status: —Evidence not publishedLast reviewed 2026-09-03
Requirements link to their evidenceEvery published fact carries a dateUnknown does not mean not required

Eligibility criteria

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5 criteria. One decision board.

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Mapped
5
Evidence verified
0
To be confirmed
5
  1. 01
    Qualifying Ancestry or Return BasisQualifying Ancestry or Return Basis
    —unknown · To be confirmed on the official website
    To be confirmed
  2. 02
    Eligible Relationship and Citizenship HistoryEligible Relationship and Citizenship History
    —unknown · To be confirmed on the official website
    To be confirmed
  3. 03
    Residence RequirementsResidence Requirements
    —unknown · To be confirmed on the official website
    To be confirmed
  4. 04
    Rights GrantedRights Granted
    —unknown · To be confirmed on the official website
    To be confirmed
  5. 05
    Duration and Final OutcomeDuration and Final Outcome
    —unknown · To be confirmed on the official website
    To be confirmed

Detailed criteria and evidence

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Qualifying Ancestry or Return Basis

1 criterion
Qualifying Ancestry or Return Basis
— To be confirmed on the official website

Eligible Relationship and Citizenship History

1 criterion
Eligible Relationship and Citizenship History
— To be confirmed on the official website

Residence Requirements

1 criterion
Residence Requirements
— To be confirmed on the official website

Rights Granted

1 criterion
Rights Granted
— To be confirmed on the official website

Duration and Final Outcome

1 criterion
Duration and Final Outcome
— To be confirmed on the official website

Some public requirements are still being reviewed: 5 records do not yet have a presentation group.

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Official source: diariodarepublica.pt

Compiled and reviewed by Antonio Mira on 2026-09-03 · Requirements extracted from the official source named on the page and verified quotation by quotation against that source. Figures and wording are not restated from memory. This page was not individually read by a human reviewer; the extraction method and its limits are described in the methodology. · Methodology

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