Portugal rejected 300 in almost 57,000 naturalization processes for 3 Sephardim
In almost seven years of waiting for the Nationality Law, 300 cases were granted, leaving 80,102 pending
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Portugal already grants Portuguese citizenship to 5,685 descendants of Sephardic people who have been refused, with 300 applications for naturalization between 2015 and 20, according to data from the Instituto dos Registos e Notariado (IRN) and the Ministry of Justice21.
According to information sent to Lusa, between March 1, 2015 and December 31, 2021, “137,087 requests for acquisition of Portuguese nationality were submitted to the IRN services” under the Nationality Law for Sephardic Jews, who were expelled from the Iberian Peninsula during a medieval inquisition in the 15th century.
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“At the same time, 56,885 cases related to the acquisition of Portuguese justice were granted”, refer to data related to the acquisition of Portuguese justice, Ministry in almost seven years of registration of period period 300, which “were registered, as well as the acquisition of Portuguese justice”, there are 300 registered. at the end of last year, 80,102 pending orders.
Asked about the rigor of the inspection process for the naturalization requests of Sephardic children, following the criticism raised against the Russian concession Roman Abramovich in 2021, the IRN and the IRN and the document that “the regularity of those presented is substantive” to the instruction of the process ” passes through the registrars.
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“The requirement of the tradition of belonging to a Sephardic community of Portuguese origin is attested by a Jewish community with the status of a religious legal person, based in Portugal, under the terms of the law. However, this and despite processes are documents that instruct each object of a formal opinion, not having a legal opinion and all documents of final review, issue the registered documentssustain.
The IRN and the mandatory guardianship accept the existence of “anomalous situations” in this area, arguing that the processes follow “the same procedure”, in which there is documentary evidence of the descent of authorized Jews “certified by the legally authorized entities”.
“The opinions given by the registrars responsible for deciding the type of processes are only in the sense of granting or rejecting the request, and are based on the analysis of the documents presented. There are cases in which applicants are holders in the sense of the decision to register the process, as they understand that the requirements for granting nationality are not met”, they emphasize.
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However, the Ministry guarantees guardianship, “there is no record of any process that has been dispatched by the Justice in a different direction from that proposed by the conservatives”.
As for the inquiry by the IRN on this matter, the Ministry of Consideration is a “normal procedure” and that the objective is to “find out the truth and thus protect the honor of IRN workers, removing doubts about their behavior”, adding that it is still in process, so it will be necessary to wait longer for the most appropriate process.
The Russian billionaire’s naturalization information was revealed in late 2020 by the Público newspaper, added that the process lasted only six months. According to the daily, under the Nationality Law for Sephardic youth, Roman Abraovich has been Portuguese since April 30th.