Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-21 Thread MaryAnn Santos
Well put! On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 5:41 AM, kpsread...@gmail.com wrote: I don’t know how much of an overkill it might be…I have a close friend who married a Russian woman. She is a concert violinist and speaks English at a B2 level with a reasonable knowledge of US history. It took her 5

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-21 Thread Eliseu Pacheco
Very well put and thank you! Eliseu Pacheco da Silva No dia 21/08/2015, às 09:41, kpsread...@gmail.com kpsread...@gmail.com escreveu: I don’t know how much of an overkill it might be…I have a close friend who married a Russian woman. She is a concert violinist and speaks English at a B2

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-21 Thread nancy jean baptiste
Jose Medeiros, Are you a native speaker? I'm curious how difficult you found the exam? Thanks,Nancy Jean Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship From: eliseuman...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:13:38 + To: azores@googlegroups.com Very well put

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-21 Thread kpsreading
I don’t know how much of an overkill it might be…I have a close friend who married a Russian woman. She is a concert violinist and speaks English at a B2 level with a reasonable knowledge of US history. It took her 5 years and over 5000 in legal fees to get her citizenship here. There are

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-20 Thread Jose Medeiros
This is an overkill compared to getting US citizenship On Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 5:58:11 PM UTC-4, Phil Lopes wrote: I received my citizenship about a year ago. I was required to take a Portuguese exam offered by the University of Lisbon at San Jose State University. At the time exam

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-20 Thread Phil Lopes
I received my citizenship about a year ago. I was required to take a Portuguese exam offered by the University of Lisbon at San Jose State University. At the time exam was only offered twice a year. Exam took about three hours and included comprehension, writing, and conversation and cost

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-19 Thread nancy jean baptiste
Thanks for the information. It's still unclear if a language exam will be necessary. Does anyone know? Nancy Jean From: m...@nyu.edu Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:27:28 -0400 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship To: Azores@googlegroups.com Here is information I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-19 Thread Marilyn Thompson
Thank you for the information mary Ann Santos. Since I do not speak Portuguese, I guess that leaves me out. On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 5:46 AM, nancy jean baptiste fishsongf...@hotmail.com wrote: Thanks for the information. It's still unclear if a language exam will be necessary. Does anyone

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Interested in Portuguese citizenship

2015-08-19 Thread Jose Medeiros
I would not worry so much as to speak fluently A few words and you must understand some Like the old days of US citizenship I live in the white house I have a car Most important are those papers connecting you to your ancestors On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 11:19:51 AM UTC-4, Marilyn Thompson