Portuguese Passport Agents In Goa

Few years back like in 1993 there was only one know so called agent who used to live in Portugal and when on vacation used to help Goans regain their lost Portuguese Nationality and than the Portuguese Passport. I still remember people coming to visit this gentleman from far away places like Daman & Diu. He used to help these people and many still sing praises for this gentleman. In recent years many establishments have become functional to assist Goans to regain their lost Portuguese Nationality and than the Portuguese Passport. Many of these agents have an advantage over the rest as they can speak,read & write Portuguese, but if you analyse these agents they do the same procedure than is done and told by the Portuguese Consulate in Goa. If you have any difficulty they are unable to help nor willing to help to hide their in capabilities to solve the issue.

 

I understand many Goan who pursue the Portuguese Nationality are NRI's and have little or no time to understand and deal with the blockage of the process. Many Goans who had submits their parents birth registration are still waiting for an answer from Consevatoria dos Registos Centrais in Lisbon. These agents who had helped these people during the initial stages are helpless too as they themself have no clue where & whom to contact. The next fear they put in the applicants mind is not to harrass the staff of the Consevatoria dos Registos Centrais - Lisbon as they can tear and trash your process anytime they wish. This is totally false the applicant can call the Conservatoria dos Registos Centrais as many times as they wish or write or fax to them. They have to answer to us and if they don't answer then we can approach the higher ups, whatever it may be they have to answer to the applicant. Any process to register birth should not take more than nine months for person who are born before 19th December 1961.

 

The only roadblock we Goans face is the language barrier. For the last few days I have been in constant contact with different lawyers in Portugal and there are many new things I have learnt from the correspondence. One important I have discovered is that you can register the birth without any OLD ORIGINAL DOCUMENT, this is a big relief to many Goans who have either discarded or destroyed their Original Document. The process is slightly lenghty but yes one can register the birth in Portugal.