FYI - Portugal considers all descendants of folks born in Portugal to be citizens of Portugal. All one needs is an unbroken paper trail back to your ancestor who was born there and you can become a dual citizen of Portugal and the US. My father was born in Sao Miguel and after gathering the proper forms and paying a few hundred dollars to my local Portuguese Consulate, just today after about 9 months, I was notified I'm officially a Portuguese citizen even though I was born in Massachusetts. The only wrinkle in my paper trail was my father changed his name from Pereira to Perry and that would have broken the trail except back in 1938 he officially changed his name in this country. Without that document, it wouldn't have happened. It's easiest to do if a parent was born there, more difficult if it's a grandparent - the trail gets longer and fuzzier - though it's still possible. I did this, not for me - I'm too old to care one way or another but for one son who has expressed a desire to open a B&B in semi-retirement in the Azores. He too is eligible since his grandfather was born there and now his father is a citizen as well. Not only does it pave the way for him to work, live and run a business in Portugal but as a citizen of a European Union country, he can essentially do that anywhere in Europe. David .
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