In order to prove the effective connection to the Portuguese community, it is necessary to present documents that can help to prove that the applicant has an effective connection to the national community. [...]
Amendments to the Nationality Law were regulated with regard to: - Attribution of original nationality to individuals born in Portuguese territory, children of foreigners - Acquisition of nationality by adoption - The acquisition of nationality by naturalization - Alteration of the regime of opposition to the acquisition of nationality, and to the new regimes of nullity and consolidation of nationality. [...]
Citizens born in the former Portuguese colonies, after the independence of these territories, may apply for Portuguese nationality when they have a grandfather or grandmother who was born and died in that territory, before independence [...]
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