Portuguese citizenship - fingerprints required for police clearances

To get PT citizenship you need to provide criminal records obtained in the countries where you have lived for more than 1 year. You don't need to give your fingerprints, and you can usually even receive the criminal record at home by post or email. At least that's what happens in Portugal and the UK...

https://www.gov.uk/request-copy-criminal-record

https://eportugal.gov.pt/servicos/pedir … singulares

Thanks Jonny, but I was born in what used to be a British colony in Africa. My fingerprints were never taken there, so I have to supply my fingerprints in order for them to check that I was not a villain before they issue a police record to that effect. For others who might be in my shoes (needing to get documents out of Africa and other exotic places, there is a bureau which helps, viz. https://clearancecentral.co.za/. They are based in South Africa but help to get apostilled birth certificates and other documents out of all sorts of countries. They have a high rating on the South African equivalent of Trust Pilot...but, as I say...it is up to the candidate to provide fingerprints which they then use to apply at the relevant department in whichever exotic country you came from.