estada temporária
Published 5 November 2026, 03:36
visto de estada temporária (temporary stay visa)
A national visa for a purpose that ends when the reason for it does: treatment in a Portuguese hospital, work on a short contract, research for less than a year, accompanying a sick relative. It is not for settling: it does not lead to a residence permit, and it is extended separately and on its own terms. That is what sets it apart from a residence visa (D2, D7, D8, the D4 student visa), which people come on precisely in order to get a residence permit.
Where you come across it. Conversations about applying to study: a consulate sometimes accepts documents for a student visa but issues a temporary stay visa, and then plans to get a residence permit here fall apart.
The name sounds like "temporary residence permit", but it is not one. From 11 September 2026, a university student on a temporary stay visa cannot apply for a residence permit from inside the country; they will have to go back to the consulate for a residence visa.