Portugal has announced the procedure for Jews of Sephardi ancestry applying for Portuguese citizenship. The first 21 applicants to apply for Portuguese citizenship have had their applications approved: 5, 000 have made enquiries. Jews of Sephardi descent must obtain a certificate confirming their 'right to return'.
The Oporto synagogue
(JTA) — The government of Portugal published its procedure for handling applications for citizenship based on the country’s law of return for descendants of Sephardic Jews.
The new procedure, effective as of Sunday, is based on legislation passed in 2013 entitling the descendants of Sephardic Jews to the Portuguese nationality deprived of them due to religious and racist persecution as of 1492, the year that is widely accepted as the beginning of the Inquisition.
It forced hundreds of thousands of Jews to emigrate under duress.
“The following document will allow the realization of the right of return to Jewish Sephardic descendants of Portuguese origin who desire, through acquiring Portuguese nationality by naturalization, to integrate into the national community with all the inherent rights and obligation this entails,” reads the new decree of law, which was published Monday.
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The BBC reports:
Thousands of descendants of Sephardic Jews have enquired about obtaining Portuguese citizenship since new rules were brought in earlier this year, it's reported. (...)
(JTA) — The government of Portugal published its procedure for handling applications for citizenship based on the country’s law of return for descendants of Sephardic Jews.
The new procedure, effective as of Sunday, is based on legislation passed in 2013 entitling the descendants of Sephardic Jews to the Portuguese nationality deprived of them due to religious and racist persecution as of 1492, the year that is widely accepted as the beginning of the Inquisition.
It forced hundreds of thousands of Jews to emigrate under duress.
“The following document will allow the realization of the right of return to Jewish Sephardic descendants of Portuguese origin who desire, through acquiring Portuguese nationality by naturalization, to integrate into the national community with all the inherent rights and obligation this entails,” reads the new decree of law, which was published Monday.
Read article in full
The BBC reports:
Thousands of descendants of Sephardic Jews have enquired about obtaining Portuguese citizenship since new rules were brought in earlier this year, it's reported. (...)
Read article in full
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ReplyDeleteBen, In Canada, if you want to apply for certain jobs or even volunteer work you are required to obtain a certificate of clearance from the police department in the jurisdiction in which you live, which will certify whether or not you have any convictions or charges pending against you.
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