prorrogação de permanência
Published 8 November 2026, 19:36
prorrogação de permanência (extension of stay)
Permission to stay in the country longer than your visa or visa-free entry allows. For those with a short-stay visa or who entered without a visa, the stay can be extended by up to 90 days and then once more by the same amount (article 72 of the foreigners law). You apply in Portugal, before the permitted period ends.
Where you come across it. A visitor came for two weeks, but circumstances have changed and they need to stay longer.
Once you exceed 90 days in six months, the extension is valid only for Portugal — you cannot travel to other countries on it. An application made more than 30 days after the end of the permitted period is not considered at all.
Official website: diariodarepublica.pt/dr/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2007-67564445