Only citizens of the ten countries which have signed reciprocal agreements with Portugal are eligible to vote in local elections after three years' residence; those from Portuguese-speaking countries are eligible after two. Residents from four countries can be candidates while only Brazilian migrants granted "special statutory political rights equality" can vote in national elections. Portugal and 21 other MIPEX countries enjoy best practice on political liberties. Although associations are freely elected to a structural national consultative body, migrants are irregularly consulted in most regions and cities; in Lisbon, they have not been consulted since 2001. Still those in Portugal rank 2nd out of the 28 MIPEX countries, after those in LU. Portugal, like SE, attains best practice on implementation policies. The state actively informs those migrants who do have political rights and migrant associations can receive state funding under the same conditions as other associations.
