Pedir a nacionalidade portuguesa

Portuguese nationality can be applied for by the person who wants it, but also by someone who wants to apply for someone else, such as parents applying for nationality for their children.

Lawyers and solicitors registered with the respective Portuguese Bar Associations can use the online nationality service to represent citizens applying for Portuguese nationality in the following situations:

• Born abroad to a Portuguese mother/father at the time of birth (by transcription)
• Grandchild of an original Portuguese grandmother/grandfather who has effective ties to the national community
• Great-grandchild of a Portuguese citizen by birth, in accordance with the law
• Minor or incapacitated person whose mother/father acquired Portuguese nationality after their birth
• Married to a Portuguese national for more than three years
• De facto married to a Portuguese national for more than three years
• Lost Portuguese nationality as a result of a declaration made during their incapacity
• Adopted by a Portuguese national, after the date of entry into force of the Nationality Law
• Adopted by a Portuguese national, before the date of entry into force of the Nationality Law
• Legal resident in Portugal for at least seven years for persons holding nationality of a country where Portuguese is an official language or of a Member State of the European Union
• Legal resident in Portugal for at least 10 years for persons holding nationality of countries other than those where Portuguese is an official language or of a Member State of the European Union
• Minor, whose mother/father has been resident in Portugal, regardless of title, for at least seven years
• Minor, whose mother/father is legally resident in Portugal
• Minor who attends or has attended at least one year of school in Portugal
• Has held Portuguese nationality and, having lost it, has never acquired another nationality
• Was born in Portugal and is resident here, regardless of title, for at least seven years
• Not stateless, previously held Portuguese nationality
• Descendant of Portuguese origin
• Has rendered or rendered relevant services to the Portuguese State or national community
• Foreigner, Born in the former colonies, who has remained, regardless of title, in Portugal since 25 April 1974
• Descendant of a foreigner, born in the former colonies, who has remained, regardless of title, in Portugal since 25 April 1974
• Lost Portuguese nationality
• Lost Portuguese nationality due to marriage to a foreigner
• Lost Portuguese nationality due to voluntary acquisition of foreign nationality
• Woman who married a Portuguese national, under the terms of Law no. 2098.