Order no. 344/2023 of November 10 was published, regulating the electronic submission of applications and declarations for nationality purposes by lawyers and solicitors.
1. Object
1.1 Ministerial Order no. 344/2023, of November 10, regulates the electronic submission of applications and declarations for the purpose of granting, acquiring or losing nationality, by lawyers and solicitors, on behalf of the interested parties, and the consultation of information on the nationality procedure.
1.2 Access to the reserved area of the information system supporting the submission of nationality applications, which is accessible from the digital justice platform, available at https://justica.gov.pt, depends on the user being authenticated using their professional certificate.
2. Presentation
2.1 Applications and declarations for nationality are submitted electronically by filling in forms, to which the documents that must accompany the application or declaration are attached, in individualized form, in accordance with the procedures and instructions contained in the information system that supports the submission of applications for nationality.
2.2 The information entered on the forms and the attached documents are reflected in a single document which, for all intents and purposes, constitutes the respective application, which is electronically signed using an electronic signature certificate that permanently guarantees the professional status of the signatory.
2.3 The documents accompanying the application or declaration must be in Portable Document Format (PDF), preferably in PDF/A version, and may not exceed 10 MB each.
3. Consultation
3.1 Applications for nationality submitted electronically are entered on the worklist of the registry office to which they were assigned in the order in which they were submitted, and information on the applications submitted is made available in the reserved area of the information system that supports the submission of applications for nationality.
