portuguese citizenship

Goa, Daman and Diu Freedom Fighters Association on Tuesday demanded that Goans who have opted for portuguese citizenship, using a unique Portuguese nationality clause, should be punished. They have also threatened to disrupt a heritage festival proposed by the BJP to be held in Panaji.

B Vijayan.RG convenor, N Shivdas, said chief secretary told the.

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In a new twist to Glen Ticlo's portuguese citizenship issue, Portugal's foreign ministry has written to the Indian government that the Aldona MLA who was granted portuguese citizenship got the citizenship cancelled in January 2013.

An inter-ministerial panel set up by the Modi government to resolve the citizenship issue of Goans who technically became Portuguese nationals by virtue of enrolment in the Central Registry of Births, Marriages and Deaths maintained in Lisbon, Portugal, has recommended setting up of a designated authority to decide the status of their Indian citizenship based on whether or not they had acquired portuguese citizenship voluntarily.

Amidst hopes that a central government authority will resolve the dual citizenship issue related to Goans, chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Thursday expressed his views against Goans taking up portuguese citizenship.

A man from Valsad is accused of using his deceased cousin's identity to obtain portuguese citizenship. Inconsistencies in documents during his Indian visa application and mismatched biometric data led to the discovery, resulting in a forgery complaint with Gujarat University police.

The demand was made when a delegation of the forum led by joint convenor Suresh Pilarnkar, former bureaucrat, called on joint election commissioner Narayan Navti and submitted a memorandum listing out their demands.

The recommendation of the Portuguese embassy in India to its government to stop granting portuguese citizenships to Goan residents has evoked mixed response in the state.

As Portugal's elections unfold, Goans with portuguese citizenship show varied engagement. Some, like Maria, actively voted, driven by family benefits, while others, such as Monisha in Toronto, abstained due to a lack of connection to Portuguese politics.

It has historic relevance because the apex court believed the legislator, who had asserted that he had not accepted portuguese citizenship voluntarily.

Stakeholders are now keeping a close watch to see if the number of Indian’s giving up their citizenship and applying for portuguese citizenship will drop following the United Kingdom’s decision to walk away from the European Union

Goa Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar requested Portugal Prime Minister António Luís Santos da Costa to safeguard the welfare of the Goan diaspora that migrated using the portuguese citizenship route.

Under Portuguese law, Goans and those living in Daman and Diu during the erstwhile colonial rule were legally Portuguese citizens.

The MEA memorandum dated April 4 said, "The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to accept 'revocation certificate' as an alternative document in lieu of 'surrender certificate' in case of Indian nationals hailing from the erstwhile Portuguese territories in India, who have acquired Portuguese nationality as per Portuguese Nationality Law."

The many aspirants to the Portuguese passport in Goa may have hoped for dual citizenship when Union minister for state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju promised to ‘resolve’ the contentious issue, while he was on a visit to Goa. But those who had asked why can’t they hold dual citizenship, seem to be unaware of the complexities of allowing dual citizenship, and that their persistent demand for that elusive dual citizenship could only be pushing them in the opposite direction.

The activity of the Congress in Goa to settle personal scores by exposing portuguese citizenships of rivals has opened a Pandora’s Box for about one lakh Goans who now risk losing their Indian citizenship, Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar said in Friday. Parrikar however said that his government will fight for these Goans.

Daman police believe the Union territory, located just off south Gujarat, has become a gateway to Europe.

Billionaire Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich has become a Portuguese citizen, adding the European Union member country's passport to his Russian and Israeli ones.

The United Goans Democratic party (UGDP) on Saturday ridiculed the statement of the MGP demanding the deportation from India of people having 'dual citizenship', seizure of their assets and the closure of the Portuguese consulate in Goa.

The Union ministry for law and justice, in its opinion to the ministry of home affairs (MHA), said that mere registration of birth by a Goan in Portugal does not amount to acquiring portuguese citizenship.

Parrikar added that the BJP is also confident of obtaining special status for Goa on certain issues but it would take time.

Goans for Goa, a newly formed organization believed to be propped up by former PWD minister Churchill Alemao, has demanded that the state government come out with a "white paper" over the issue of Goans holding portuguese citizenship.

‘People Of Different Mentality Opt For portuguese citizenship’

Chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday said that a proposal for giving a one-time settlement to those whose birth has been registered in Portugal but who have not obtained a passport, is being considered by the central government.