I:confused: :confused: 'm portuguese living in northern ireland and I'm looking to get a portuguese passport. Can I get it done in the portuguese embassy in dublin or do I need to go to london?? Do I need to register in the portuguese consulate before? Many thanks

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** Portuguese Passport Information Read Me **
Requirements To Apply:

All applications for Portuguese Nationality should be submitted to the nearest Portuguese Consulate of your area.

The following documents will be necessary for the Application:

1. For those born in the Antigo Estado da India before 18th December 1961:

• Birth certificate and Marriage certificate (if applicable) issued by the Conservatória do Registo Civil de Goa, Damão, Diu e Dadrá e Nagar Avelí.
• Same documents for the spouse (if applicable).
• Legal Identification Documents (current passport). If submitted in Goa: valid Indian Passport or identity certificate with attached photograph issued by Mamlatdar/Sarpanch. Other identity cards can include a ration card or a voter identity card or a driving licence.
• Certificate of Residency with full address and photograph.
• Certificate of Residency indicating residency between January 1974 and December 1975. If you were residing in the ex-Portuguese territories in Africa you do not qualify to apply.

2. For those born after 18th December 1961:

It will be necessary to prove that their parents were born in the Antigo Estado da India (Goa, Damão, Diu e Dadrá e Nagar Aveli) and got married there before 18th of December 1961.

• Birth certificate of the parents, marriage certificate of the parents, death certificate if any of the parents is deceased, all issued by the Conservatória do Registo Civil de Goa, Damão, Diu e Dadrá e Nagar Aveli.
• Birth certificate and marriage certificate (if applicable) of the individual applying.
• Legal Identification Documents (current passport). If submitted in Goa: valid Indian Passport or identity certificate with attached photograph issued by Mamlatdar/Sarpanch. Other identity cards can include a ration card or a voter identity card or a driving licence.
• Certificate of Residency with full address and photograph.
• Certificate of Residency indicating residency between January 1974 and December 1975. If you were residing in the ex-Portuguese territories in Africa you do not qualify to apply.

3. For those born after 18th December 1961 whose parents were born in the Antigo Estado da India before that date and got married after that date or got married outside the Antigo Estado da India:

It will be necessary to register their parents first or at least one of the parents according to number 1.

The Nationality Application of the individual can only be submitted after the full registration (birth and marriage certificate) of the individual’s parents (or at least one of the parents) as Portuguese in the Registo Civil Português.

If the birth and the marriage certificates of the parents (or of at least one of the parents) of the individual are already registered in the Registo Civil Português, the individual just has to submit the respective references (numbers and year of the birth and marriage certificate).

Attention:

All documents written in English or any other language must be translated to Portuguese.
All documents issued in Goa must be certified by a) Public Notary, b) Collector, c) Under Secretary (Home)
All documents issued in Damão and Diu must be certified by a) Public Notary, b) Mamlatdar and Joint Secretary (Home).
All documents issued in Bombay must be certified by a) Public Notary, b) Mantralaya.
Incomplete documents or documents not following these instructions will not be accepted.
NB: These are not legal/professional translations.

This part applies to all applicants:

• The reader must consult and refer to the nearest
  • The reader must consult and refer to the nearest Portuguese Consulate and ask for detailed and up to date information before proceeding.
  • It would be advised to search for professional help as well (lawyer or solicitor).
  • Please note that Portugal allows dual nationality but not all countries allow and you should be aware of this before applying.
  and ask for detailed and up to date information before proceeding.
• It would be advised to search for professional help as well (lawyer or solicitor).
• Please note that Portugal allows dual nationality but not all countries allow and you should be aware of this before applying.

My partner is portuguese and I am irish. We lived in Jersey (Channel Islands) and the consulate there organised his last passport. He moved to Northern Ireland with me and his passport got lost.

This was 3 years ago and we are still trying to get him one. He only needs his last re-issued as it hasn't expired but apparently he has to go to London and hope to be seen, if not he must go back each day to keep his place until he does get seen.

We just won't agree to this, why should he have to go to London on an open ticket, pay for accommodation until he does get seem then buy a ticket home, which of course will be expensive as he will need it for that day or the next.

He should be able to go into an office in Belfast City Centre and do this. Oh yes we were told it would probably be best to change nationality, as he would get sorted quicker!! What a joke.

Dublin are reluctant to deal with anyone residing in the north as it is deemed a different country and you would still need to provide proof of residency in the south.

We only looked into this as we both need passports to get married and that idea has not just been put on the back burner, but just burnt!!

The consulate in northern ireland just isn't worth it. She is lovely, but from a helpful point of view, no. She basically told my partner that she would go to london with him!? He shouldn't have to leave Belfast, I though that a consulate had some sort of authority, other that adult babysitting.

You can register with her, she said that the more portuguese nationals registered may help the situation but whether it will, or not I don't know. It shouldn't be a case of 'we can discriminate against one or two people, but when the numbers get up we must do something' Whether there is 10 people or 1000 people who need help they should get it.

I could go on and on about this, but I won't. I will leave you with this.

My partner was told to go to Madeira to sort this out! Ahem I think you need a passport to get there!