With one passport, you can enjoy the right to live in as many as 27 countries, and even enjoy almost the same education, social welfare and medical services as citizens of these 27 countries...
I believe that at this point, many people have guessed that what we are talking about is EU passport !
According to the Treaty of Maastricht, everyone who holds citizenship of any EU member state is an EU citizen and can enjoy visa-free, residence, education, work and medical treatment in EU member states. Welfare.
Since the Cyprus citizenship by investment project, which can obtain an EU passport in one step, has been shut down, what is often mentioned is that through Irish immigration status, after meeting the relevant requirements of residence time and other requirements, you can apply for Ireland (EU) passport.
In fact, in addition to Ireland, there is also this method to obtain an EU passport relatively easily, and the approval rate is as high as 99%.
Portuguese passport approvals reached 99%
Recently, Portugal SEF announced the "2021 Annual Immigration Statistics Report". The report shows that there were 54,288 naturalization applications in 2021. The Immigration Bureau accepted a total of 47,248 applications, of which 46,855 people successfully applied and were granted The batch size is as high as 99%!
In fact, it is relatively easy to apply for a Portuguese passport through the Portuguese Golden Visa. Although the Portuguese Golden Visa is not a permanent residence status, you can directly apply for passport status with this visa:
- Hold Portuguese legal residence status for 5 years and live in Portugal
- No criminal record
- Pass the Portuguese A2 test
- As many times as possible Prove to the Portuguese government that you have established close social ties with the local area, such as participating in local community activities, learning languages locally, etc.
* Please refer to the official announcement for specific requirements.
In addition, children who are about to be born can also enjoy the "born on arrival" policy after their parents obtain the Portuguese golden visa: after one of the non-Portuguese parents has legally lived in Portugal for one year, the child born in Portugal can apply for Portuguese citizenship.
*Parents must not reside in Portugal as employees of their own government;
*The applicant has not declared that he does not wish to become Portuguese.
* Please refer to the official announcement for specific requirements.
