Sergey 🇵🇹

“But I tried, though” Ken Kesey

yesterday I did a post about the new nationality law and how it affects me and people around me. and got a lot of different feedback. unfortunately the majority of comments from locals were very negative. people called me a liar. said I’m sucking resources from the country. that I abuse Segurança Social. that I should just leave. someone suggested marry a local woman to get the passport (sorry, but I have my own family) someone told me I’m black and should go back to Africa 🤷🏼‍♂️ a lot of comments saying only Portuguese should ever live here. that no foreigner should ever get a passport no matter what they contribute, no matter how long they stay, no matter how much they pay in taxes. and very very few locals who actually understood what the post was about. this is the part that hurts more than the law itself. because I genuinely love this country. the culture. the people. the ocean. the food. the pace of life. that’s why I’m here. that’s why I stayed. I don’t want to take anything from Portugal. I want to contribute to it. I do contribute to it. every month. in taxes. in work. in being part of this community. but when you share a honest experience and the response is “go back to Africa” - it tells you something about how some people here see immigrants. not as people who chose Portugal. as people who are tolerated at best. Portugal is still one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever lived 🇵🇹 the sunsets. the beaches. the festas. the warmth when people actually see you. but the system is broken. and pretending it isn’t doesn’t help anyone - not immigrants, and not Portugal.

Portugal just signed a new nationality law 🇵🇹 here's what changed and why it matters if you moved here trusting the rules: residency requirement for citizenship just doubled - from 5 years to 10 years for most people. no grandfathering. no transitional protections for people already in the pipeline. think about what that means for a second. someone left their country. packed their life. paid lawyers, accountants, relocation fees. signed leases. built a life here. learned the language. paid taxes, very high taxes. did everything right - under the rules that existed when they made that decision. and now the government just moved the finish line. doubled it. without saying "don't worry, you're covered." meanwhile Portugal is out here positioning itself as a digital capital Cloudflare opened an office here. Web Summit at Lisbon. companies are investing. conferences are coming. the whole pitch is "come build here, we're open, we're modern, we're the future of Europe." and then this. but here's what most people outside don't understand - and what even locals don't get: living here with just a residency permit is not the same as living here. every time locals find out you're an immigrant they ask "why do you need a passport?" they don't understand what it actually means: waiting 6 months to years(!!!) just to renew your residency permit. banks treating you like a ghost - good luck getting a mortgage, a loan, or even keeping your account open where your salary lands. basic things that every citizen takes for granted become bureaucratic nightmares that follow you everywhere. and the family reunification situation is just nightmare. I know people who came here in 2022. doing everything right. paying taxes. building a life. and still haven't reunited with their families in 2026. recently AIMA only opened family reunification slots for the first time in over 1.5 years. and while you wait - you can't leave the country. not to see your parents. not for a work trip. not for anything. because the moment your residency application is pending, you're stuck. if you leave, you risk everything. people are sitting here and years going by. not because they broke any rule. but because the system just doesn't move. and here's the part nobody is talking about: AIMA - the immigration agency, formerly SEF - processes cases for years. not months. years!! under the old 5 year rule, people were waiting 7-8 years by the time the bureaucracy finished with them. now imagine what happens with 10 years. it won't be 10 years. it will be 13, 14, 15! easily! no grandfathering. no "thank you for trusting us." just: new rules, good luck. you did everything right. followed every rule. waited every queue. paid every fee. and the government just doesn't care. that's not how you build a digital capital. and one more thing - there are people who invested €500K+ into this country through golden visas. half a million euros. because Portugal said "invest here and we'll welcome you." now the rules changed on them too. no grandfathering. just: thanks for the money, good luck waiting another decade. what does that say to the next investor looking at Portugal? @levelsio - you are living here. you know exactly what this feels like on the ground. you've been saying that Portugal is an amazing place but the system is completely broken - and people came for you for saying it. well. here we are. you have more reach than most people talking about this. would mean a lot if this got your attention 🙏

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