Extending Stay in Portugal
Temporary stay visa to accompany a family member for purposes of medical care
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:
- 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)
- Documentary evidence of the family link invoked – family relationship
- Supporting documentation of the family member continuing into medical treatment: evidence issued by an official health care institution declaring that the family member holding the temporary stay visa continues receiving medical care and has a vacancy for in-patient or out-patient treatment, or is registered either in a waiting list or in the integrated management system for surgery (including the foreseeable period of stay).
Notes
- Applications submitted on-line do not relieve the applicant from collecting biometric data and the affixing of SEF’s sticker, by scheduling into one of its Service Bureaus
- The validity of the visa for temporary stay, including the respective extension of stay may not exceed one year
- The validity and duration of the extension of stay may not exceed the validity and duration of the Temporary Stay Visa granted to the family member
- Applications for extending the period of stay shall not be granted when 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 199 of the Aliens Act (No travel document).
ARTICLES 71 AND 72 OF THE ALIENS ACT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 49, PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE REGULATORY DECREE N.84/07 OF 05/11, AS AMENDED
ORDER NUMBER 1563/2007, OF 11/12