Europe

Portugal
Still current at: 27 November 2009 Updated: 20 November 2009

This advice has been reviewed and reissued with an amendment to the Summary (Chelsea FC v FC Porto on 25 November). The overall level of the advice has not changed.

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Travel advice for this country

Entry requirements

Visas

As an EU national, you may remain in Portugal as a tourist for a period not exceeding three months. If you intend to settle, you must apply for a Registration Certificate from the local Camara Municipal (Town Hall) or from the nearest office of the Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras (Portuguese immigration authority).

Passport validity

A valid British passport must be held for entry to and exit from Portugal. There is no minimum passport validity requirement but you should ensure that your passport is valid for the proposed period of your stay.

Travelling with children

A minor under the age of 18 travelling to Portugal must either:

be accompanied by a parent or guardian,
be met at the airport or point of entry by a parent or guardian, or
carry a letter of authorisation to travel from a parent or guardian. The letter should name the adult responsible for the minor during his/her stay.

A minor who is resident in Portugal may be prevented from leaving the country if he/she is travelling unaccompanied and is not carrying a notarised letter of authority from a parent or guardian. This is particularly important for children returning to school in the UK.

Similarly, a resident minor travelling with just one of his/her parents, must have a notarised letter of authority to leave the country from the parent who is staying behind. A standard form of words (in Portuguese) covering both of these cases, may be downloaded from the Portuguese immigration service website in Portuguese.

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Contacts

Portugal, Lisbon, British Embassy

Address:

Rua de São Bernardo 33
1249-082

Telephone:

351 21 392 4000

Fax:

(351) (21) 392 41 53 Consular
(351) (21) 392 41 88 Visa
(351) (21) 392 40 21 Political/PPA
(351) (21) 392 41 86 UK Trade & Investment
(351) (21) 392 41 87 Management

Email: Lisbon.Consulate@fco.gov.uk

Email: PPA.lisbon@fco.gov.uk

Email: uktradeinvest.Lisbon@fco.gov.uk

Email: Visas.Lisbon@fco.gov.uk

Email: management.Lisbon@fco.gov.uk

Office hours:

GMT: (Local Time = BST)

Normal Working Hours
Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 13.00 and 14.30 - 17.30

Emergency consular assistance

(e.g. arrest, death, hospitalisation, assault/rape)
(351) (21) 392 4000

Website: http://ukinportugal.fco.gov.uk/en/