• According to the law in Goa, anyone who is born in Goa before 1961, their children and grandchildren are eligible for the Portuguese passport and nationality.
• If your parents were born Goa during the period of Portuguese sovereignty, even if the applicant was born in another country.
• If you are married to a Portuguese citizen.
• Anyone can apply for registration of Portuguese citizenship on the basis of their birth during the period of Portuguese sovereignty, even after their death (their descendants).
• In life, the applicant may submit the application in person. Otherwise, their descendants are entitled to submit the application on their behalf.

Requirements for Goans to apply for a Portuguese passport:

For those born in Goa before 18th December 1961:

• Birth certificate and Marriage certificate (if applicable) issued by the Conservatória do Registo Civil de Goa, Damão, Diu e Dadrá e Nagar Avelí.
• Legal Identification Documents (current passport).
• If submitted in Goa: valid Indian Passport or identity certificate with attached photograph issued by Mamlatdar/Sarpanch. Other identity cards can include a ration card or a voter identity card or a driving licence.
• Certificate of Residency with full address and photograph.
• Certificate of Residency indicating residency between January 1974 and December 1975.

For those born after 1961:

It will be necessary to prove that their parents were born in Goa and got married there before 1961.

• Birth certificate of the parents, marriage certificate of the parents, death certificate if any of the parents is deceased, all issued by the Conservatória do Registo Civil de Goa, Damão, Diu e Dadrá e Nagar Aveli.
• Legal Identification Documents (current passport). If submitted in Goa: valid Indian Passport or identity certificate with attached photograph issued by Mamlatdar/Sarpanch. Other identity cards can include a ration card or a voter identity card or a driving licence.
• Certificate of Residency with full address and photograph.
• Certificate of Residency indicating residency between January 1974 and December 1975. If you were residing in the ex-Portuguese territories in Africa you do not qualify to apply.

For those born after 1961 whose parents were born in Goa before 1961 and got married after that date or got married outside the state:

It will be necessary to register their parents first or at least one of the parents according to number 1.

• The Nationality Application of the individual can only be submitted after the full registration (birth and marriage certificate) of the individual’s parents (or at least one of the parents) as Portuguese in the Registo Civil Português.
• If the birth and the marriage certificates of the parents (or of at least one of the parents) of the individual are already registered in the Registo Civil Português, the individual just has to submit the respective references (numbers and year of the birth and marriage certificate).