𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐆𝐀𝐋'𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 𝟗𝟐 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒

STEP BY STEP: HOW THE LAW BECOMES FINAL AND ENTERS INTO FORCE

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟏 – 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐀𝐋 The government prepares the immigration law proposal and approves it internally.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟐 – 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 The proposal is formally sent to the Assembly of the Republic.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟑 – 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐀𝐋 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 Parliament discusses and approves the proposal "in general" at the first phase.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟒 – 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 The bill goes to the Constitutional Affairs Committee for detailed review.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟓 – 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 Parties, experts, institutions, immigrant groups, schools, and stakeholders may give opinions.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟔 – 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 Political parties propose changes to the bill text.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟕 – 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 The committee prepares the final version and report.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟖 – 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 Parliament votes on the final text of the law.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟗 – 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 The President may approve, veto, or send it to the Constitutional Court.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟏𝟎 – 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 If approved, the President signs the law.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟏𝟏 – 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 The law is published in the Diário da República.

𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐏 𝟏𝟐 – 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄 The law starts applying on the date written in the law. If no date is written, normal legal rules apply.

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