Citizenship Takes Longer Than the Law Says
Portugal gives its migration agency 90 days to issue a residence permit, and the agency has taken two to three years. Only then does the ten-year count to citizenship begin. Every nationality law prints one number, but a second one, set by the queue, decides when the passport arrives. IMI follows eight routes: Portugal, the United States, five Caribbean programs, Paraguay, Panama, Spain, Poland and Italy. In the September 2026 Visa Bulletin, the final action date for Chinese investors in the unreserved EB-5 category was December 1, 2016. Caribbean brochures advertise three to six months…
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