Brazilians
Brazilians (, ) are the citizens of Brazil. A Brazilian can also be a person born abroad to a Brazilian parent or legal guardian as well as a person who acquired Brazilian nationality law, Brazilian citizenship. Brazil is a multiethnic society, ...
represent approximately 25% of the foreign population in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
. Their legal status varies according to several and complex elements such as date of arrival and effective legalization processes available to them (1992, 1996, 2001, 2003), whether they are married to a national or they have Portuguese (or other
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east ...
an) ancestors, what their level of education and work experience is, etc. Therefore, many are legal residents, others have authorization to stay (''autorizações de permanência''), others, fewer, were able to legalized through the 2003 exceptional process and have working permits, and many others are still undocumented.
Statistics
Official numbers, according to ''
Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras'', indicated that in 2005 there were 31,353 Brazilians living as legal residents, and other 39,961 had authorizations to stay, making a total of 71,314 people. About 15,000 were able to legalize thanks to the bi-national accord of 2003 (which is still open), thus there are about 86,000 Brazilians living in Portugal who have solved their legal status.
Notable Portuguese people of Brazilian descent
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Bruno Alves – footballer
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Deco – footballer
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Liédson – footballer
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Tiago Monteiro – automobile racing driver
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Pepe – footballer
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Rony Lopes – footballer
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Quim Barreiros - singer
See also
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Brazil–Portugal relations
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Portuguese Brazilians
Portuguese Brazilians () are Brazilian citizens whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in Portugal. Most of the Portuguese people, Portuguese who arrived throughout the centuries in Brazil sought economic opportunities. Although present sin ...
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Brazilian diaspora
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Immigration to Portugal
References
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
Ethnic groups in Portugal
Immigration to Portugal