Article 122, paragraph 1, sub-paragraph i) – Individuals who lost the Portuguese citizenship but remained in national territory during the last 15 years

Documents Required

The application shall be delivered personally, on a standard form signed by the applicant or by his/her legal representative, if the applicant is a minor or legally disabled, and can be submitted in any SEF directorate or regional delegation, which may send it, after proceedings and decision, to the directorate or regional delegation of the applicant’s area of residence.

• Two recent, identical photographs, in colour with blank background, and easily identifiable (only for appointments at Odivelas, Aveiro or Braga SEF bureau)
• Passport or any other valid travel document
• 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 SEF to check portuguese criminal record
• Extract from the criminal records of the country of origin
• Documentary evidence of loss of the Portuguese citizenship, or, failing that, a statement on the circumstances that resulted in that loss
• Documentary evidence of presence in national territory in the previous 15 years, including evidence of professional activity conducted by the applicant

 Notes

• Residence Permit with visa waiver is only granted to applicants who have not been the object of custodial sentence (s) that individually or jointly exceed one year of imprisonment, even if, in case of sentencing for felonious set out in this legal framework, for crime of terrorism, for highly violent or highly organized crime, the enforcement of the sentence has been suspended.
• With the amendment introduced to article 75 of the Aliens Act, by article 192 of Act n.º 75-B/2020 of 31 december – State Budget to 2021 in force since 01/01/2021 and to 2021 –, the temporary residence permit is valid for two years [and not just one] from the date of issue of the corresponding title and renewable for successive periods of three years [and not just two].

 Fees

Standard Forms

Legal Framework

ARTICLE 122, PARAGRAPH 1, SUBPARAGRAPH I) OF THE REPSAE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 61, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 10 OF THE RD 84/2007 AS AMENDED

ORDER NUMBER 1563/2007, OF 11/12

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