{"id":1525,"date":"2018-09-29T22:12:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T22:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/?page_id=1525"},"modified":"2021-01-11T12:08:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T12:08:28","slug":"art91","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/solicitar\/estudar\/art91\/","title":{"rendered":"Article 91 \u2013 Residence Permit for higher education students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;218&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><i class=\"wp-svg-arrow-left-2 arrow-left-2\"><\/i><\/strong> <a href=\"\/en\/renovar-residencia\/estudar\"><strong>STUDYING IN PORTUGAL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;56px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Applying for Residence in Portugal<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4>Studying in Portugal<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #419926;\">Article 91 \u2013 Residence Permit for higher education students<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><i class=\"wp-svg-notebook notebook\"><\/i> Documents Required<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The application for residence title should be scheduled (<em>via an electronic platform &#8211; to be implemented for holders of residence visas<\/em>) and submitted personally on a standard form signed by the applicant or his\/her legal representative. The application may be submitted at any SEF\u2019s directorate or regional delegation, which, after proceedings and decision, will forward it to the directorate or regional delegation of the applicant\u2019s area of residence. Necessary documentation as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two recent, identical photographs, in colour with blank background, and easily identifiable (only for appointments at Odivelas, Aveiro or Braga SEF bureau)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Passport or any other valid travel document<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Valid residence visa issued under article 62 of REPSAE, except in applications submitted under n\u00ba. 4 of article 91.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evidence of sufficient means of subsistence, as per the provisions of\u00a0Order number 1563\/2007, of 11\/12<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evidence that the applicant has adequate accommodation<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Permission for SEF to check portuguese criminal record (except for under 16 years old)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><i class=\"wp-svg-notebook notebook\"><\/i> Specific Documents<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evidence of entry into the national territory and the criminal record of the applicant\u2019s country of nationality or criminal record of the applicant\u2019s country he\/she had lived in for over one year, in cases of n\u00ba. 4 of article 92 of Law no. 23\/2007 \u2013 REPSAE (exemption of a residence visa);<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evidence of registration in a higher education institution<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evidence of tuition payment required by the higher education institution, if applicable, attesting by a declaration of that teaching institution<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Health insurance or evidence in which is covered by the National Health Service<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evidence of the means of subsistence and evidence of tuition payment is not required to students of higher education admitted in a higher education institution approved under decree order of the members of the Government of the Interior and High Education, under no. 5 of article 91 of REPSAE.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><i class=\"wp-svg-signup signup\"><\/i>\u00a0Notes<\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The granting of a residence permit shall entail: the absence of any fact which, if known to the competent authorities, would preclude the granting of the visa; Absence of conviction for a crime which in Portugal is punishable by a custodial sentence of more than one year; The applicant is not within a period of prohibition of entry into the national territory, following an expulsion measure from the country; No indication in the Schengen Information System; No indication in SEF\u2019s Integrated Information System for non-admission purposes, under article 33 of the Aliens Act.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the issuance of the residence permit with visa exemption under no. 4 of article 91 of REPSAE, the applicants must submit all the documentation mentioned and in addition a document supporting the legal entry into national territory, as well as the Criminal Record of the applicant\u2019s country of nationality or criminal record of the applicant\u2019s residence for over one year (according to no. 4 of article 53 of Regulatory Decree 84\/2007).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pursuant to article 91, n.\u00ba 2, of the Aliens Act, the residence permit for students in higher education is valid for one year, and is renewable, for equal periods of time, if the holder continues to meet the conditions under which the permit has been granted. Under n.\u00ba 3 of the same article, if the permit has been granted to students of higher education covered by the European Union or multilateral programs including mobility measures, or by an agreement between two or more higher education institutions, it is valid for two years or for the duration of the study program, if less (and may be of one year in case the conditions for admission or of sufficient resources are not met by the date of granting the permit). Because these are special legal provisions, the amendment introduced to article 75 of the Aliens Act, by article 192 of Act n.\u00ba 75-B\/2020 of 31 december \u2013 State Budget to 2021 in force since 01\/01\/2021 and to 2021 does not apply.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under n\u00ba. 2 of article 97 of REPSAE, students may have a remunerated or independent professional activity provided they inform SEF accompanied by a contract of employment or of a declaration of beginning of the activity within the tax authority as well as a supporting evidence of registration withwithin social security.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evidence of the school registration and of tuition payment, health insurance and evidence of the means of subsistence will not be required for higher education students with a scholarship of Instituto Cam\u00f5es (no. 2, article 57 of Regulatory Decree 84\/07 of 5\/11).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">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).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><i class=\"wp-svg-credit credit\"><\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"\/?media_dl=3009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fees<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><i class=\"wp-svg-file-3 file-3\"><\/i> <a href=\"\/?media_dl=1923\">Standard Forms<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><i class=\"wp-svg-library library\"><\/i> <a href=\"\/en\/legislacao\">Legal Framework<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ARTICLE 91 OF THE REPSAE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH ARTICLE 57\u00a0OF THE RD 84\/2007 AS AMENDED<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">ORDER NUMBER 1563\/2007, OF 11\/12<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6><i class=\"wp-svg-phone phone\"><\/i>\u00a0<a href=\"\/en\/#contactos\">Scheduling appointment by telephone<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator align=&#8221;align_left&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_single_image image=&#8221;218&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] STUDYING IN PORTUGAL [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;56px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Applying for Residence in Portugal [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Studying in Portugal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1351,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1525"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1525\/revisions\/3200"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imigrante.sef.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}