pré-autorização de residência
Published 8 November 2026, 19:36
pré-autorização de residência
A preliminary residence authorisation issued together with a D visa. It sets out how to obtain the residence card itself and contains pre-assigned numbers: the NIF tax number, the NISS social security number and the SNS health user number. This is provided for in paragraph 6 of article 58 of the foreigners law, Lei n.º 23/2007.
Where you come across it. The papers handed over with a D visa at the consulate; AIMA and banks also refer to them.
It is not yet a residence permit: the visa itself allows two entries and a four-month stay, and the residence card is issued by AIMA at an appointment booked together with the visa.