grupo 2
Published 5 November 2026, 15:07
grupo 2 (restrição 997) — a mark on a driving licence allowing you to carry paying passengers
A mark on a Portuguese driving licence showing that the holder has passed stricter checks than an ordinary driver. Anyone who carries people for money needs it: TVDE and taxi drivers, and ambulance, fire engine and school bus drivers. On the licence card it appears as national code 997. It requires a medical certificate and, from a certain age, a psychological assessment as well.
Where you come across it. It is added and renewed at IMT; it is compulsory for a TVDE driver certificate, along with having held a category B licence for more than three years.
Code 997 cannot be renewed online — only at IMT, and a medical certificate is required at every renewal, not just from age 60 as for an ordinary driver. If the medical certificate or the psychological assessment expires, IMT may also withdraw the driver certificate.