Portugal righting wrongs: residency wait time now counts towards nationality

Portugal has just provided an extraordinary, relevant, and much-desired sign of lucidity! After a period in which the country became progressively less appealing and reliable for residency and citizenship planning, Portugal has finally taken a measure with real impact. Over the last three years, the country has used COVID, the Ukrainian conflict within Europe, and the restructuring of its immigration authority to justify an unbearable delay in visa processing, particularly impacting Golden Visa applications. All measures taken so far have been timid and insufficient. Judicial proceedings have become applicants’ favorite instrument to force authorities to proceed with their processes, creating a new focus for clogging up unanswered requests, this time in the courts. <a href="https://medium.com/global-citizen-solutions/portugal-righting-wrongs-residency-wait-time-now-counts-towards-nationality-8862063c207e">Website</a>