Fastest EU Naturalization

Compare naturalization timelines across major EU countries.

Ordinary naturalisation — CPLP / EU nationals (7-year track) (Art 6 n.1)
Portugal
Ordinary naturalisation (8-year residence)
Romania
Uznanie za obywatela polskiego (Wojewoda recognition - standard residence)
Poland
סוג מסלולNaturalizationNaturalizationNaturalization
זכאותPT-NAT-01 is the ordinary-naturalisation (concessão) pathway for foreign nationals who hold a preferential residence threshold under the republished Lei da Nacionalidade : nationals of the Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) and citizens of European Union Member States. It is the principal discretionary route by which a long-settled foreign resident acquires Portuguese nationality, as distinguished from the attribution (originária) routes of Article 1 (jus soli / jus sanguinis) and the declaration-based acquisition routes of Articles 3 (marriage / união de facto) and 5 (adoptionOrdinary naturalisation under Art 8(1) of Legea 21/1991 (R) is the baseline, residence-based pathway to Romanian citizenship for foreign nationals (and stateless persons) with no Romanian ancestry, marriage, refugee status, or special-contribution claim that would shorten the term. It is the route through which the NEW knowledge tests introduced by Legea 14/2025 — Art 8(1)(f) (Romanian language plus elementary culture/civilisation) and Art 8(1)(g) (the Constitution of Romaniaפרטים בהמתנה
לוח זמניםT124-48 months typical (Art 8 full cumulative conditions + oath)8-18 months
עלות מוערכתלא צויןלא צויןלא צוין
אגרה ממשלתיתלא צוין‏91.50 ‏RONלא צוין
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