Thank you to Toi Staff and The Times of Israel for this headline
Better to plan and think in advance about your fate. The Portuguese Embassy because of a backlog with their online processing , offered a face to face appointment system for applications and extensions of Portuguese Passports to Israeli Citizens during the months of December and January 2025.
Interestingly this has an historical context , Portuguese Sephardic Jews were subject to the 16th Century Inquisition and many chose to leave Portugal. Portugal in 2015 passed a ” law of return” to let those affected to obtain Citizenship of Portugal and return should they so wish.
Many have applied, but have stayed in Israel with the benefit of having a European Passport. Recent events, however, have caused concern and also the cost of living in Israel is high and there is an attraction in attending European Universities which with European Citizenship is possible.
There were large queues outside the Embassy and those who had the patience were able to start the process of application and extend their documents were happy to complete the process and sad to say , it is a good plan, something anyone who lives in these times has to consider.
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