Brazilians in Portugal
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Brazilians represent approximately 25% of the foreign population in Portugal. 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 European) 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.
Total population | |
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276,200 (2.67% of total population)[1][2] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Lisbon metropolitan area, Porto metropolitan area and Faro | |
Languages | |
Portuguese | |
Religion | |
Christianity (mainly Roman Catholicism, some Protestantism, mostly Evangelical and Pentecostal), but also Irreligion, Spiritism, Afro-Brazilian Religions, Buddhism and possibly Judaism or Japanese new religions | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Portuguese Brazilians, Brazilian diaspora, Brazilians, Brazilian British |