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What Portugal’s 10-Year Citizenship Change Actually Means If You’re Moving to Portugal

A reader wrote to me in July with a concern I have heard several times since. Portugal's new 10-year citizenship timeline, he said, had made the Golden Visa much less attractive.

What Portugal’s 10-Year Citizenship Change Actually Means If You’re Moving to Portugal

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A reader wrote to me in July with a concern I have heard several times since.

Portugal's new 10-year citizenship timeline, he said, had made the Golden Visa much less attractive.

However, when he explained what he actually wanted, the issue became even more complicated.

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A reader wrote to me in July with a concern I have heard several times since. Portugal's new 10-year citizenship timeline, he said, had made the Golden Visa much less attractive. However, when he explained what he actually wanted, the issue became even more complicated.

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He had already started looking at Ireland instead.

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