I miss-spoke when I said "all descendants". I believe it's only the first two generations that are eligible but I didn't ask about that since I was the first generation and my children would be the second. I don't know if my grandchildren could become dual citizens based on my citizenship or that of my children should they choose to apply. I'm pretty sure my grandchildren couldn't apply directly based solely on their great grandfather's birth in the Azores. Sorry about any confusion. David Perry
On Thursday, December 5, 2013 11:38:03 AM UTC-8, David Perry wrote: > 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 > > . > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
