The Portuguese government filed with the Assembly of the Republic, with effect from 1 January 2024, the revocation of the norm that allows nationality by naturalization "to the descendants of Portuguese Sephardic Jews, through the demonstration of the tradition of belonging to a Sephardic community of Portuguese origin, based on proven objective requirements of connection to Portugal, namely nicknames, family language, direct or collateral descent", including new Christians.
The proposed law does not affect the assessment of applications for granting Portuguese nationality submitted based on this rule "until December 31, 2023". In other words, time is running out.
So far, nothing has changed. Parliament is the only body that can vote to change the law, and only the President of Portugal can ratify it. Until that happens, Portuguese law remains in effect.
However, the program is likely to close, so it's best not to waste any more time, as such a request requires research time.
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