salvo-conduto
Published 8 November 2026, 20:40
salvo-conduto (one-off pass)
A one-off document issued instead of a travel document. For leaving Portugal it is issued by the AIMA board; for entering the country, by a Portuguese embassy or consulate, and only with a favourable opinion from AIMA.
Where you come across it. Someone is stuck without documents: they cannot leave Portugal or cannot get back in.
The conditions are narrow: the law speaks of foreigners not resident in the country who have proved that leaving is impossible or difficult, and of exceptional cases where no other travel document can be obtained. It is not a routine way of getting home.
Official website: aima.gov.pt