Decree-Law no. 71/2017, which was published June 21st, came into force on July 3rd of 2017 and introduces amendments to the Portuguese Nationality Regulations.

 Organic Law no. 9/2015, dated July 29th, amended the Portuguese Nationality Law introducing the possibility for grandsons of Portuguese nationals, born outside Portugal, to apply for the Portuguese nationality. The entry into force of these amendments was, however, conditional to a future change of the Portuguese Nationality Regulations as it was needed to specify the way such attribution would take place, which only happened now, in 2017, with the enactment of Decree-Law no. 71/2017.