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Have you checked the embassy website? Most likely u ring a 0906 number to make an appointment and go down to London at some ungodly hour and wait.manueld12 wrote:Hi im an indian national living in the UK. My dad is an EU national(portuguese) and i wish to travel to portugal next month
i have booked my flight ticket. i need to know whether its possible to apply for a visa via post or do i have to go to the embassy to put the forms in. i live abt 5 hours away from london and it would be near impossible getting time off work
please help
Before you ring the £1 line, try emailing them,stating that you have rang the 0906 number but the appointments available do not suit you and as you need to travel quite urgently, an earlier appointment would be much appreciated. They might offer you an appointment by email, saving you atleast £ 15 in call charges..manueld12 wrote:Hi im an indian national living in the UK. My dad is an EU national(portuguese) and i wish to travel to portugal next month
i have booked my flight ticket. i need to know whether its possible to apply for a visa via post or do i have to go to the embassy to put the forms in. i live abt 5 hours away from london and it would be near impossible getting time off work
please help
If your father is a Portuguese citizen then why are you not also a Portuguese citizen?manueld12 wrote:Hi im an indian national living in the UK. My dad is an EU national(portuguese) and i wish to travel to portugal next month
Are you already a citizen, and you are just going to pick up the passport and ID card? If so do not bother with the visa.manueld12 wrote:thats what i am going to lisbon for . to collect my passport and ID card etc. Stupid visa hassles will be a thing of the past once i get hold of that :twisted:
That's probably technically correct. However, that isn't necessarily going to help when it comes to boarding the plane (the airline will want to see evidence that the passenger will be admitted to the destination country) or when it comes to dealing with the immigration officers in Portugal...sakura wrote: If you are simply going to Portugal to collect your passport, then you are already a Portuguese citizen. You only obtain a passport after becoming a citizen.
So which is it?
I do not thing this is correct. If you are travelling on another passport, then you will need any visa that the passport requires.Dawie wrote:If you are a Portuguese citizen then you cannot legally apply for a Portuguese Schengen visa.
Dawie, I`ve just done exactly that and am back safely on terra firma, without encountering any problemsDawie wrote:Firstly, if you are indeed a Portuguese citizen then that means you are no longer an Indian citizen. This in turn means that your Indian passport is no longer valid and cannot be used for travel. India does not allow dual citizenship and you would have lost your Indian citizenship the moment you became a Portuguese citizen.
Secondly, countries do not issue visas to their own citizens. By definition you cannot qualify for a visa for a country you are a citizen of irrespective of what travel documentation you hold.
In a theoretical sense this may be true. But in reality India does not know about the exact dual citizenship status of each of their citizens at all times, and so functionally this is not correct.Dawie wrote:Firstly, if you are indeed a Portuguese citizen then that means you are no longer an Indian citizen. This in turn means that your Indian passport is no longer valid and cannot be used for travel. India does not allow dual citizenship and you would have lost your Indian citizenship the moment you became a Portuguese citizen.
Each country would make it’s own (and surely different) rules about how to handle somebody who claims to be a citizen and wants entry based on travel documents issued by another country. In most cases they will let you in if you provide documentation of your citizenship (other than a travel document), but you can well imagine they require you to get an entry clearance (the sneaky way of saying a visa) before flying.Dawie wrote:Secondly, countries do not issue visas to their own citizens. By definition you cannot qualify for a visa for a country you are a citizen of irrespective of what travel documentation you hold.
I understand that Goans are allowed to claim Portugese citizenship on the basis of their colonial heritage (a bit like the arrangement between Moldova and Romania). However applicant numbers, which include many bogus ones, have swelled to such an extent in recent years that the waiting list for naturalisation is reportedly around 7-8 years currently.Wanderer wrote:Maybe he or his dad is a Goan. Which reminds me; it's Goan Chicken tmrw in the canteen. Yummy!
Maybe they need to report themselves to the authorities so that they get deported to France?thirdwave wrote:I was told during one of my trips there that many people who acquired French citizenship under the arrangement were stuck in limbo as they had been rendered illegal in India after becoming French citizens but could not leave because they were unable to afford the plane fare to Paris :lol:
I think that in the case of India (perhaps rather unusually) it's the possession of another country's passport rather than the possession of another citizenship that causes loss of Indian citizenship. What view the Indian authorities, or Indian law, take of a situation like this I have no idea - where a passport has been issued but the holder has not taken possession of it...Dawie wrote:Firstly, if you are indeed a Portuguese citizen then that means you are no longer an Indian citizen. This in turn means that your Indian passport is no longer valid and cannot be used for travel. India does not allow dual citizenship and you would have lost your Indian citizenship the moment you became a Portuguese citizen.
This is not the case. Section 9(1) of the Indian Citizenship act provides that any citizen of India who by naturalisation or registration acquires the citizenship of another country shall cease to be a citizen of India.Christophe wrote:I think that in the case of India (perhaps rather unusually) it's the possession of another country's passport rather than the possession of another citizenship that causes loss of Indian citizenship. What view the Indian authorities, or Indian law, take of a situation like this I have no idea - where a passport has been issued but the holder has not taken possession of it...Dawie wrote:Firstly, if you are indeed a Portuguese citizen then that means you are no longer an Indian citizen. This in turn means that your Indian passport is no longer valid and cannot be used for travel. India does not allow dual citizenship and you would have lost your Indian citizenship the moment you became a Portuguese citizen.