Am I eligible to apply for the Portuguese citizenship?
Dear Ana, Your question is quite interesting because I am a lawyer and everyday I deal with cases just like yours. Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli were territories under the control of the Portuguese government since 1510 and were part of the Portuguese State of India. After the independence of India from the UK, the Indian Union invaded those territories and expelled the Portuguese from there in 1961. Lisbon refused to accept and recognise the sovereignty of India over those territories; broke diplomatic relations with India and even kept representatives of the Portuguese State of India in the Portuguese parliament. For this reason, the Portuguese law would still consider anyone that was born in Goa, Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli as Portuguese citizens. In 1974, the dictatorship of Salazar was overthrown by a democratic government that re-established diplomatic relations with India and recognised its sovereignty over the territories of the Portuguese State of India throug
