By Lidiane de Carvalho Over the past months, headlines across Europe have referred to a new Migration and Asylum Pact that will “strengthen border controls” and “accelerate return procedures”. This informative article offers a client-focused overview of the new EU rules, their timeline, and what they may mean in practice, with particular attention to Portugal. What is the EU Migration Pact? The “Pact” is not a single law but a package of EU regulations and decisions that refo

By Miguel Becerra Quintero and Lidiane de Carvalho Does the new wording of Article 3(3) of the Nationality Act, approved by Law No. 37/81 of 3 October, as currently in force following Organic Law No. 1/2026 of 18 May, finally resolve the problems surrounding the judicial recognition of common-law partnerships (civil partnership, de facto relationship, unmarried partners) for applications to acquire Portuguese nationality by declaration on that basis? Since 2006, the Nationali

By Lidiane de Carvalho As expected, and as anticipated in our earlier analysis [Portugal Nationality Law 2026: What the New Changes Mean for You] – the recent amendments to the Portuguese Nationality Law are already generating intense legal and constitutional debate around the protection of legitimate expectations, legal certainty and trust in a democratic state governed by the rule of law. This debate is particularly relevant for individuals who organized major personal, fam