Israeli Community


President sends veto to change of nationality for Sephardim

In a letter to the President of the Republic, Martins Castro asked for a veto of the recent changes hastily approved by parliament.

on January 27, 2024
Doubts about changes in the regulation of Portuguese nationality for Sephardim

Deadlines, validity, certificates, CIL, CIP... We have selected some of the main doubts about the recent changes in the regulation.

on March 25, 2022
Changes in the regulation of Portuguese nationality law for Sephardic descendants

Follow here all the updates on the recent changes to the regulation

on March 19, 2022
Note of clarification: Portuguese nationality by the Sephardim

If the text amending the regulation has not undergone major changes, there will be a standardization of the certification process, which will bring more clarity and transparency.

on March 16, 2022
Portuguese nationality for descendants of Sephardic Jews

Portuguese law grants Portuguese nationality, by naturalization, to those who prove Sephardic ancestry.

on March 8, 2022
Attention! Special operation of CIL and CIP en septiembre

Following the Jewish tradition, the Israeli communities of Lisbon and Porto have changed their functioning, respecting the days of celebration.

on August 19, 2021
Attention! Special operation of CIL and CIP in September

Following the Jewish tradition, the Israeli Communities of Lisbon and Porto have their functioning changed, respecting the days of celebration. 

on August 18, 2021
Portuguese citizenship by the Sephardim and the genealogical study

Sites such as Family Search and MyHeritage may make searching easier, but they do not guarantee the veracity of all data.

on May 19, 2021
Founding partner and lawyer of Martins Castro will be in Argentina

With the aim of reporting on this issue and narrowing down the local community, Renato Martins travels to Buenos Aires between 8 and 11 December

on December 9, 2020
Israeli certification for Portuguese nationality by Sephardic

The certificate is an indispensable document for all people who want to achieve this type of Portuguese citizenship.

on September 22, 2020
Victory of the world Sephardic community: law change proposal retreats

PS withdraws proposal and sends the nationality regulation to the Executive Branch by Sephardic way

on July 20, 2020
Timeline: proposal to change the “Law of Nationality through Sephardic way”

Follow the updates of the proposal that wants to change the Portuguese law that grants citizenship to Sephardic descendants.

on June 26, 2020
Israeli Community of Lisbon launches new procedures

CIL started to make a new system available on its website for filling out an online form to submit the entire process.

on June 16, 2020
4 common mistakes in Portuguese citizenship processes at CIL

This process can be rejected by the institution. Knowing this, we have listed some of the most common mistakes at this stage.

on October 28, 2019
Martins Castro visits the Israeli Community of Lisbon this Monday (21)

Due to the waiting time for these analyzes, it can be seen that the volume of orders has grown recently.

on January 21, 2019