Larissa Bona - MRA Lawyers
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Dear Ana,
Your question is quite interesting because I am a lawyer and everyday I deal with cases just like yours.
Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli were territories under the control of the Portuguese government since 1510 and were part of the Portuguese State of India.
After the independence of India from the UK, the Indian Union invaded those territories and expelled the Portuguese from there in 1961.
Lisbon refused to accept and recognise the sovereignty of India over those territories; broke diplomatic relations with India and even kept representatives of the Portuguese State of India in the Portuguese parliament.
For this reason, the Portuguese law would still consider anyone that was born in Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli as Portuguese citizens.
In 1974, the dictatorship of Salazar was overthrown by a democratic government that re-established diplomatic relations with India and recognised its sovereignty over the territories of the Portuguese State of India through an international treaty signed by both countries.
Notwithstanding, the Portuguese government only ratified that treaty in 1975 and only legally returned those territories to India on 25th April 1976, when the new Portuguese constitution came into force.
For this reason everyone that was born before the aforesaid date would still be considered Portuguese citizens.
The current legislation of Portugal establishes that all those that were living in a Portuguese territory or under the Portuguese administration before 1981 would continue to be Portuguese citizens.
Therefore, if your parents were born in Goa during the Portuguese administration they are still Portuguese citizens and all they have to do is to register their birth in Portugal.
In the moment they grant the Portuguese citizenship, you are going to be entitled to the Portuguese citizenship as daughter of Portuguese citizens, once in Portugal the nationality is established by the blood links rather than place of birth.
However, you will only be eligible to apply for the Portuguese citizenship if your parents also register their marriage in Portugal.
So, based on all arguments I have written in this book above, I guarantee you that YES, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THE Portuguese CITIZENSHIP.
If you have any queries, please, do not hesitate to contact me.
E-mail: larissa.bona@lawrei.com
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