Portuguese Citizenship for Children: the fastest route to your EU passport.
If your father or mother is a Portuguese citizen (even if deceased or recently recognized as Portuguese), you are entitled to Portuguese Citizenship by Origin — retroactive to your birth and fully transmissible to your own children.
EuroNex Strategic Advantage
Why file through the Central Registry of Porto?
- Over 3x faster than Lisbon or Consulates: While Lisbon takes around 53 months for adult children, the Central Registry of Porto processes applications in roughly 15 months (and 10 months for minors).
- Marriage Transcription Assessment: We verify whether your case is exempt from prior marriage transcription (when the Portuguese parent registered your birth while you were a minor).
- Full Family Transmission: Once your Portuguese birth record is issued, your children and spouse become immediately eligible.
Statutory Requirements
What is required for the Child of a Portuguese Citizen route?
Parent's Portuguese Birth Record
Your father's or mother's Portuguese birth certificate (Assento de Nascimento). If you do not have a copy, our legal team retrieves it directly in Portugal.
Filiation Established During Minority
Your birth must have been legally registered before turning 18, establishing legal parentage under Portuguese law.
No Language Test or Criminal Record Required
As citizenship by origin (Art. 1C), this is the most streamlined process under Portuguese law — requiring neither language exams nor background checks.
Legal Leadership
Dr. André Graça
30+ Years of International Legal Career
Direct Electronic Filing by a Lawyer in Portugal
Online submission to the fastest registry with corporate-grade document auditing.
Led by Dr. André Graça (30+ years at AAA international law firms, Big Four M&A Due Diligence Director, and Multinational General Counsel), our team audits every birth and marriage certificate before filing electronically in Portugal — ensuring your case advances without delays.