Extending Stay in Portugal
Schengen VISA
Documents Required
Applications for the extension of stay are submitted in any SEF’s directorate or regional delegation, on a standard form, signed by the applicant or his/her legal representative, or on-line, holding the necessary documentation as follows:
- Application delivered personally, signed by the applicant (where the applicant is either a minor or legally disabled person the form shall be signed by his / her legal representative)
- Two recent, identical photographs, in colour with blank background, and easily identifiable (only for appointments at Aveiro or Braga SEF bureau)
- Passport or any other valid travel document
- Whenever the applicant is a minor or legally disabled person, the application should be submitted and signed by his/her legal representative
- Evidence of sufficient means of subsistence, as per the provisions of Order number 1563/2007, of 11/12
- Evidence that the applicant has adequate accommodation
- Permission for checking criminal records, where the stay is intended to exceed 90 days (except for under 16 years old)
- Return travel ticket, or, in duly proven and well-documented situations, booking travel arrangements with clear return date, where the stay is intended to exceed 90 days
- Documentary evidence of the motives for extending the validity, or the duration, of stay must be delivered, including:
- For humanitarian reasons (in case of sudden illness of the visa holder or of a family member it is mandatory to present a medical certificate)
- For reasons of force majeure ( i.e., last minute alteration of flight schedule by the air carrier due to adverse weather conditions)
- For serious / severe personal motives (i.e. unexpected delays in completing deals or transactions in the course of business trips)
- While visiting family, documentary evidence of the family link is mandatory
Notes
- Applications submitted on-line do not relieve the applicant from collecting biometric data and the affixing of SEF’s sticker, by scheduling one at of its Service Bureaus
- Limits to the extension of stay: up to 90 days, which can be extended for another 90 days
- Where the period of stay exceeds 90 days per semester, from the date of the first entry through an external border, the extension of stay is limited to Portuguese territory
- Applications for extending the period of stay shall not be granted where delivered more than 30 days after the term of the authorized period of stay
- The following administrative offences apply: Article 192 of the Aliens Act (Illegal Stay); Article 197 of the Aliens Act (No entry declaration); Article 198 of the Aliens Act (Unauthorized professional activity); Article 199 of the Aliens Act (No travel document).
ARTICLES 44 AND 45, N.ºS 2 AND 4 OF THE REGULATORY DECREE N.84/07 OF 05/11, AS AMENDED, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 71, N.ºS 1 AND 3 OF THE ALIENS ACT