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Naturalisation roadmap

The Brazilian passport within a few years

The realistic road to naturalisation, step by step. What you decide now sets your date.

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What is inside

  • When your years actually start counting: not on arrival, but with permanent residence
  • Four years or one: which paragraph applies to you, with the legal source next to it
  • Which visa starts the clock when, and why that choice is half the decision
  • What Portuguese really means: being able to communicate, not a European level
  • Being registered is not enough: what the authority counts as residence
  • Do you have to give up your old passport? Country by country, not one answer for all

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You will receive a confirmation email. After that the Naturalisation roadmap lands directly in your inbox. The PDF is in German.

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