interdição de entrada
Published 5 November 2026, 22:39
interdição de entrada (entry ban)
A ban on entering the country for a set period following a removal order. Under article 144 of the foreigners' law it is, as a rule, for up to five years, and longer where there is a serious threat to public order or national security. Since 11 September 2026 the article has provided for a separate, milder case: anyone who left of their own accord, either through the state voluntary return programme or by the deadline set after the removal order, is banned from entering for up to three years.
Where you come across it. A removal order, an entry in the Schengen database, refusal of entry at the border.
If the person is also barred from other Schengen countries, the ban covers the whole area, and the notice must say so. Someone who agreed at the court hearing to leave there and then and was taken to the border gets a one-year ban. The difference between three years and five is the price of leaving by the set date rather than waiting to be removed.
Official website: aima.gov.pt